This is why I like you,and this is why I believe you gonna make it big in life...for the fact that you didn't give up,you continued to adjust and try all over again... sincerely,I was impressed.Welldone Tom 👍

Good effort

Nerves of steel!,

Muy bonito 🛩️ avión sigue tienes que hacer que vuele . Ánimo 👍

Awesome

Keep it up buddy you will get there

I admire your persistence. There are a few on the tube who could learn to do the same. You made something from nothing and there are a bunch of us out here that recognize the effort and ingenuity it takes and truly admire you for your accomplishments. Tom AMA8855

dont worry you are master

Nice video bro. The aircraft flew and you've got good flying skills.

nice brother Happy it flew at last Sorry for the loss tho.... We learn by experience

You have try man don't give up Am waiting for the next version.

Man I love you so much, you really make it up to the sky

I am copying this from my comment on Facebook: I think the major problems were being tail heavy on the successful take-offs. However, your thrust-angle on the motor needed to be adjusted by pointing the front of the EDF down towards your CoG. This also probably explains why the initial take-offs were not happening because your motor was literally pushing the nose down. So basically what I see it that the motor pushes the nose down, then you let off the throttle and the plane is tail heavy, so it "porpoises" up and just goes back and forth. You did a fantastic job--it looks awesome. I really wanted to see that thing fly around. I wish I could see it modified as I suggested and fly again...

It took some serious skills to keep that in the air! I can't wait to see version 2.0

a bigger tail might have helped. Sorry for your loss

Well done Can't wait to see the new version flying

My bandwidth with filed with frequent interruptions...so I only saw your initial 'hops' and eventual flights overhead. I DIDN'T get to 'see' when it crashed for the 2nd & then 3rd & final time. I'm sorry man--it was a beautiful build....great proportions and seemed to have been close to completion. That cycle of pitching/'porpoising' maneuvers--I remember that being like to a decalage issue, as well possibly a 'mismatch' between lift on the main wing[..Center of Lift positioning..] and the cross-section/airfoil of the "V"-stabs. They might be trying to generate lift also, when elevator input is added. It ALSO might tend to show up/"get worse" as you fly faster...so your attempts to find 'cruise speed' straight & level would just make things worse. I'm not an expert upon "V"-tails, but they DO require attention to incidences/decalage...selected airfoils & 'CoL'. Check out forums that discuss "V"-tails....'coupling'....build & stability issues related to angle of stabs AND their area/lift effects. You ARE close, though. 'Per Ardua, Ad Astra'

nice try.. for me it was still nose heavy despite the power.. maybe it has to do with your airfoil. it won't create much lift. try again .. and again and again. but each time make small adjustments. also make sure your two elevators are exactly the same with the same input in the whole range ..

Great videos on this Sonex build. Maybe the airfoil, and heavy 3d printed nacelle were a factor in this experiment?

Bro excellent perseverance. I am 19 and I also love to make and fly powered gliders. I don't have or use very powerful motor. But by looking at your plane's flight pattern , I think CG might be a problem

Sorry to see it didn't fly Tom. From what I can tell it looks like the wing airfoil is probably the issue. There is to sharp of an edge of the top and it looks like the bottom of the wing is flat, which it shouldn't be. If nothing else a symmetrical airfoil would help a lot. Also, what is the dihedral you used for the wings?

experiMETAL \m/ lol

I think it was still tail heavy....we call those oscillations "porpoising." Great try, though.

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