Sea Land Air Paptor H650 XiaXiu 侠秀航模 River Maiden Flight - Part 1

This is our 2nd attempt to take off from the water (1st was done without the camera, of course! 😁)
It's interesting that at low throttle settings, it'll sail smoothly like a powerboat. Hit it with more speed and the ride gets very bumpy, the transition from boat to plane is rather abrupt. Nevertheless, we have lots of fun and adrenaline ran high, trying not to ditch it into the water.
As for the annoying 'clicking' noises, I believe is from the rain droplets hitting against the camera body.
0:21 It's a power boat!
0:54 Lift off
1:38 Stunt button barrel roll
2:49 Gyro off manual roll
3:52 Touch down and skip
4:37 Touch down again with a big bump

[@hassanhammoud2243]

I got to tell you with all these cool shots and stuff like that I've never seen something record from the back like that it's a whole different aspect and I think that's absolutely wild especially watching it in a totally different way. I have the identical red one like yours and I also have the larger blue one and they are both a ton of fun.

[@RCBobOng]

thank you!

[@propgear123]

Awesome on board footage bud ❤❤❤looks good off water. I bottled it as i thought mine would flip over 😂😂😂i will try it 1 day 👌🏼new supporter here ❤❤❤👊🏼

[@RCBobOng]

Thanks for the support! It's a fun versatile plane that can take much punishment. You got to try it on the water, just make sure there isn't much wind or waves. It can easily capsize in cross wind (happened to me twice already!) 😁

[@propgear123]

@@RCBobOng haha that is what I am afraid of. It is normally windy here and I don't have a reliable rescue boat yet. I may wait till summer as its freezing now and I ain't going in after it if it flips 🤣🤣🤣👊🏼

[@classybasketscatering1599]

Nice view

[@RCBobOng]

Thank you!

[@theoztreecrasher2647]

Interesting watching the motor pylon flexing in flight Bob! 😊 The little Devil does pretty good! Have to get mine in the air before 1 of the other Old Farts gets his here. 😉

[@RCBobOng]

Yes, it does flex a fair bit. I have blade tip cuts near the "gutter" area from a few bad landings. The horizontal stabiliser/elevator is another weak point but ok for now as long as I'm not attempting any acrobats. 😁

[@llledmarlll]

Yes, happened two time with me. I am using Gemfan propeller MCK 51466 V2, with good performance. Only with this prop I can land from water.

[@RCBobOng]

@@llledmarlll 👍 that's good info. Thanks!

[@theoztreecrasher2647]

@@RCBobOng We've got a 5x4x3 drone blade on currently. Works OK but it has put several marks in the plastic from heavy bumps down in spite of having some clearance on the prop when still. I'd say that using a 5.1" prop would be stretching it a bit unless you plan on treating it nice and gentle - and that's not what we bought them for! 😉😊

[@RCBobOng]

I guess maybe that's the reason why the stock prop is some weird size of 4.8", to give a little more clearance. Even so, with any rough positive G landing, it won't be long before something goes BANG! 🤣 It forces me to keep it smooth when touching down. Good habit for future bigger planes.