The RC plane works!

Three years ago, my parents bought me a Dynaflight Piece 'O Cake RC plane kit. Basically, it comes as a box of small balsa sticks and a large printed drawing sheet. I'd spend two weeks working feverishly after school on it, then get distraught that it wasn't ready yet, not work on it for a few months, then come back to it.

When it was nearing the end, I decided to use a geared electric motor instead of the uncontrollable 0.049cc glow motor it was designed for. Looking back perhaps I should have built it to plans, as it would have been a very slow flying craft to learn on. With the weight of the battery and the much higher thrust of the motor system, it flew much faster than originally anticipated - so much so that it was uncontrollable at full throttle. However, it flew fine in the lower throttle ranges and would last a rather long time.

In any event, I took it to my friend Mike's house where there's a large field. Here are the pics:



And a few movies: good flight, landing, plane coming out of the tree.