
The wind was still the enemy.
Not anymore.
Some brilliant chap invented brushless motors, another brilliant chap shoved them into the world of RC. A brushless motor is the Tyrannosaurus Rex of electric motors in the RC world - its efficient, super quiet and packs an ENORMOUS amount of power.
So I hooked it up, shoved a Master Airscrew propeller onto it and paired it with a 11.1 volt lithium polymer battery pack, then got a little nervous and bolted it onto a big chunk of wood from my backyard to prevent it from .. ermm .. taking off - and taking my fingers with it by accident during its first test run. I then powered the system up and turned the throttle on my transmitter up slowwly.. and it all came to life... a quiet humming and decent breeze at 10% power - not very impressive.
So I shoved the throttle up to max.
Big mistake...
the humming turned into a racket and the breeze turned into a gale force wind... and my quiet little engine lifted up the big ass half a kilo of chunky wood.
Now I have another dilemma - I need a bigger airplane.
lol
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