Homeslice 11 maiden flights

[@Steveme1973]

I come for the planes and stay for the waffle

[@alphaadhito]

Hear hear!

[@flyingrock6381]

What a glorious sunrise! Great flying and lovely model.

[@Reach41]

Gorgeous airplane. What a great start to the day watching Chris fly!

[@dfgaJK]

It's majestic, congrats. Although, I've crashed it 5 times just watching 😂

[@dustinwilson492]

This is the video I was waiting on to start my year.

[@tenns]

damn stayed in bed for a whole week? tough one

[@RobisonRacing68]

Its winter here Chris with snow on the ground. I'm so envious. Hope you are well! 🥰

[@Chimpster21]

Nice looking plane. And a gorgeous morning.

[@gizfpv]

Flying from a hill at sunrise with the valley full of fog - that's like the most gorgeous flying conditions 😍

[@bgmail4207]

You are the RC Bob Ross. Been watching for years, love these builds and videos. They have ESCs that brake for folding props by the way

[@sp33dp4reak]

That's a fine looking plane indeed

[@pascalfust1035]

Awesome colours, a great plane and nicely quiet flying. Congrats for another great success

[@ThumpertTheFascistCottontail]

Nice plane. Looks very smooth & graceful.

[@guloguloguy]

GREAT FLYING!!! THANKS, FOR "SHARING"!

[@thenatedog]

congrats, beautiful spot for a maiden too

[@lasersbee]

Flies quite nice... 5:09... Had the same problem with my 2 meter Phoenix 2000 until I programmed the ESC for Motor Braking... Talk about coincidence... I'm actually in the process of building up (assembling) a Volantex ASW-28 like yours...

[@iforce2d]

It's braked but that doesn't guarantee it stops, especially with only 2S power and a large prop

[@lasersbee]

@@iforce2d Got it... I'm on 3S

[@EnglishTurbines]

Nice glider, in perfect conditions....😀😏🇬🇧

[@sUASNews]

Lovely looking glider, well done. Get Ardusoar into it.

[@ukulelefatman]

I programmed my ESC to brake the motor. Check your literature for instructions. Lovely glider.

[@iforce2d]

It's braked but that doesn't guarantee it stops, especially with only 2S power and a large prop

[@davidlondon3111]

Magnificent plane Chris Thanks for sharing Your ground crew looks a lot slower than ours (white cockatoo’s)

[@alexandrebalzard4027]

Impressive for a first flight, already smooth, and well-balanced !

[@drnicwilliams]

Love hearing the almost silent swoosh as it floats overhead

[@markgreco1962]

Beautiful work

[@tenns]

I know you're busy doing all sorts of stuff, but i'd love you doing some openIPC long range combined with ELRS, or DJI if you're looking into getting fancy stuff. The landscapes around you're home are stellar. It would be a great video. Just you cruising along the hills and the trees. The new dji seems a great gopro/fpv combo, kinda expensive, but damn it would look good ! :)

[@tenns]

especially since you now have the good internet, upload some nice 4K videos :DDD

[@marc_frank]

dji just released o4

[@DugWagner]

Do you have "Brake" on your ESC, to stop the prop from spinning with power off?

[@iforce2d]

It's braked but that doesn't guarantee it stops, especially with only 2S power and a large prop

[@meijerktm]

Lovely plane again! Talking of glide ratio, it actually doesnt change when wing loading is increased. The optimal L/D is just at a higher speed, full size sailplanes ballast up with over 100 liters of water when the thermals are strong, to get a the glide polar cruve shift to higher speed. You can usually see 2 graphs for sailplane polar, 1 unloaded and 1 fully ballasted where the min sink is higher but also the speed at best glide can be 20% higher retaining the same glide ratio. So maybe cg needs to move a bit, or you might be flying it a little on the slow side to get the best glide. Keep it up, enyoing the video's very much!

[@iforce2d]

Yeah I forgot about that. If I put a flight controller on this sometime, it might be interesting to do some experiments at different weights.

[@andersson.l.e]

What a beautiful place you live in.

[@monami5201]

Well I recon you,have a winner there for a production kit, will make you a fortune 👍

[@wearemany73]

If you covered this is white film or found a way to gel coat the outside it would be super slippery and it would be much more efficient through the air. It’s still cool so well done. I have a similar set up with a fibreglass asw-28 with a folding prop extender. Yours is nice but having a clean surface for airflow over the top of the wing should never be underestimated in terms of efficiency. Also fit some tips to shed the leading edge vortices smoothly.

[@GNARGNARHEAD]

wow gorgeous maiden

[@TheRoulette77]

in final tuning ive alwase found a coupling of CG vrs tip wash out....start pushing cg back till tip stall , then add wash out to the tips... push it back a litte more add more washout.... theres a fine point where you can get better performance without loosing streight line endurance..

[@iforce2d]

Sounds like it would work, but 'add washout' is easier said than done :)

[@brucebaxter6923]

Beautiful

[@Sandeepr2]

Have you thought of putting powerfilm on one of your planes to make them fly longer? This plane could be a great candidate

[@iforce2d]

Sounds very expensive. I think the plane would have to be designed from the ground up for that purpose, it's not likely to be something you could slap on afterward.

[@Sandeepr2]

@iforce2d right, it has to be integrated from scratch while building the wings. What's the avg power (in watt) requirements for this glider?

[@Koto-Sama]

is your house collapsing?

[@iforce2d]

That's an old shearing shed that hasn't been used in decades

[@spiroskatsikas]

Can I ask what is the name of the cub ,white plane

[@iforce2d]

Volantex Trainstar Ascent

[@mumbaiverve2307]

Do the prop blades swing out due to centrifugal forces and return by spring force ?

[@iforce2d]

They swing out from centrifugal force and return by airflow/drag. But the airflow will also keep them spinning if going fast enough, so they don't fold back until under a certain speed. The ESC is braked but that doesn't guarantee it stops, especially with only 2S power and a large prop

[@mumbaiverve2307]

@@iforce2d Interesting ... Might also reduce prop breakages in a crash landing ? Cheers !

[@MrFlyingSquirl]

Please do put up the video on the other plane. What like about your channel is that you don't do reviews persay, it's more your thoughts on a plane, design or project that interest me. Your thought process is very similar to mine and I find that your insights help me when designing or working on similar projects. Like the bit in this video where you were talking about the gap around the hinges causing drag, I knew to avoid it but now I also know what sound to look out for. For what it's worth you may be able to smoothen over the gap with packing tape stuck to itself and then taped down onto the leading edge of the hinge, it'll likely lay flat over the gap and reduce the drag without you having to cut out the hinges and redo them

[@iforce2d]

Thanks. The other video is linked in the description

[@ashleymuir1046]

You can order new wing kit from hobby king for the Volantex ASW28

[@iforce2d]

Yeah I was gonna buy them but apparently they can't ship to NZ, too big,....wtf.

[@chuvak_s_troi]

ну, нарешті шось цікаве.... !!!!!

[@brucebaxter6923]

It can also get poor glide ratio with high aspect low wing loading because it flys too slow.

[@Foxyy900]

It seems like the spinning props makes it lose speed quickly, try using an ESC that is capable of breaking, that will make the props close quickly. Gorgeous plane though!

[@iforce2d]

It's braked but that doesn't guarantee it stops, especially with only 2S power and a large prop

[@brucebaxter6923]

If you are still considering making me a plane design, I was wanting something based on the miles libuella, but with the canards all flying but designed as a flying wing pivoted on the cg so they will hold a constant angle of attack not constant pitch with servo input. Let me know how much you want.

[@brucebaxter6923]

Oh and vertical fins under the nacelle for tricycle undercarriage and dihedral outboard of the nacelle

[@iforce2d]

Can you mail me, iforce2d at gmail

[@barrycole8378]

You need to put the Brke ON, on the ESC. It will glider much better with the prop folded.

[@iforce2d]

It's braked but that doesn't guarantee it stops, especially with only 2S power and a large prop

[@jeffbluejets2626]

.......maybe tape the joints on the ASW

[@o0julek0o]

Would buy/10

[@DugWagner]

My ASW28 rolls like a pig, so I have full span ailerons just to fly normally.

[@iforce2d]

Yeah it's been a while since I flew one so maybe my memory is not so good and they're always really sluggish. The first time I flew this one though, I had the aileron servos travel at about 2/3 of the range and I almost crashed it right away because there was basically no roll control.

[@kingofgods916]

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[@flat-earther]

hi iforce2d, what difference is between tax payer and slave?

[@russcole5685]

What has that got to do with this channel

[@iforce2d]

A taxpayer can choose their form of labor, and has some possibility to evade collection. Taxpayer can also practice legal avoidance to reduce their burden, can stop labor completely if supported by others, and can move to a different domicile. Slave usually implies none of these options.

[@flat-earther]

@@iforce2d thanks for your reply.