Ecee Thunder and Geminee Thunder Restoration

[Voyhager3]

My epoxy and epoxy resin is getting in tonight, so I got to do a bit of prep, and whatnot, and fill in this rather large hole in the fuselage. But I think it’ll go well, I hope

 

[Rktman]

Try to keep your overall weight down. There's a tradeoff — I tissued my glider and it survived a nose-down ballistic trajectory from about 50' without a scratch. The downside was that the tissue and dope added about an ounce of weight compared to @mikec's bare balsa Ecee Thunder.

 

[Voyhager3]

Welp, it’s not the prettiest, but I think it’ll do

 

[Voyhager3]

Well, it flew I guess. Was it good, no… was it cool, yes, very cool.

It was on a E9-4, it was a bit underpowered and a bit tail heavy… it decided to fly into the sun so sorry for the questionable filming
But it was fine

 

[aerostadt]

I had some trouble getting the video to run, but finally succeeded. That was quite a loop under power. Any idea what happened?

 

[Voyhager3]

I had some trouble getting the video to run, but finally succeeded. That was quite a loop under power. Any idea what happened?

The canard is in free flutter until motor eject, but I think without that extra speed from a higher thrust motor, the canard had to much control of the aircraft than normal, casing that pitch and loop thing. It was also a bit tail heavy, which probably didn’t help.

 

[aerostadt]

The canard is in free flutter until motor eject, but I think without that extra speed from a higher thrust motor, the canard had to much control of the aircraft than normal, casing that pitch and loop thing. It was also a bit tail heavy, which probably didn’t help.

If you try something else, be sure to post your results.

 

[Hobie1dog]

the orange duct tape saved the day.

 

[Sandy H.]

Well, it flew I guess. Was it good, no… was it cool, yes, very cool.

It was on a E9-4, it was a bit underpowered and a bit tail heavy… it decided to fly into the sun so sorry for the questionable filming
But it was fine

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Maybe the flight was non-nominal, but it looked REALLY COOL!!!

Looking forward to seeing it in person soon!

Sandy.

 

[Rktman]

I had some trouble getting the video to run, but finally succeeded. That was quite a loop under power. Any idea what happened?

Maybe the flight was non-nominal, but it looked REALLY COOL!!!

Looking forward to seeing it in person soon!

Sandy.

How'd you all get the video to play? Nothing I try works.

 

[Sandy H.]

How'd you all get the video to play? Nothing I try works.

I just clicked on it and it worked. I'm using Firefox on Windows 10.

Sandy.

 

[Hobie1dog]

I just clicked on it and it worked. I'm using Firefox on Windows 10.

Sandy.

+1

 

[Rktman]

I just clicked on it and it worked. I'm using Firefox on Windows 10.

Sandy.

+1 Downloaded Firefox, works only on this browser it seems.

 

[Rktman]

Cool flight nevertheless!

 

[Crawf56]

No problems seeing the video on Chrome. Rather exciting!

 

[Voyhager3]

Finally got around to fixing the Geminee Thunder, it wasn’t even that hard of a repair, just some wood glue.
I plan on flying next weekend along with the Ecee Thunder and hopefully my new Ecee.

 

[Voyhager3]

I flew the Geminee Thunder the other day and I would say it was 93% successful!

It went up, split and lazily wandered back down.

Link to video:

(Video may need time to process after I post this)

The missing 7% comes from some burns in the trailing edges, but nothing too major.