RE: Flyzone Sky Fly
I had a tough crash with my SkyFly 2 recently, breaking the fiberglass rod. I replaced it with a carbon fiber arrow shaft. Works just fine. With all the other little modifications made to fix dings and what not, it's amazing it flies at all. But that's the fun of one of these gliders.
Posted on: 9/20/2010 12:03 AM by Author "neuroMarauder" in the forum "Park Flyers & Backyard Flyers"
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RE: Flyzone Sky Fly
Yes it's the 2 - It didn't even occur to me this might not be the right thread so apologies if I was posting in the wrong place. I wish I could do with out the spinner. I'm not even sure if spinner is the right term. It snaps onto the motor and holds the prop on. Very strange, I wonder if there is a balancing problem but it didn't seem like it was having troubles.
Posted on: 8/3/2010 6:10 PM by Author "neuroMarauder" in the forum "Park Flyers & Backyard Flyers"
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RE: Flyzone Sky Fly
It went well. Wind was 5-8mph, but it handled really nicely. Didn't need much trim. I had three successful soft landings over the pack. However, I was revving the motor to see if it had the juice for a fourth and final small leg around the field when it starting whirring horribly and then the red nose spinner and the prop sort of unceremoniously plopped onto the ground. We couldn't figure out what happened, other than the plastic spinner suddenly stripped out for some unknown reason. The third flight had an aborted landing that had me throwing the motor to full power while turning into the wind to avoid both a stall and some white pine. It was a pretty tough little flyer and came through but maybe that began the stripping. I'm glad it didn't happen mid-flight. I'm not so glad that I need to wait until Friday to get it back in the air.
Posted on: 8/3/2010 5:32 PM by Author "neuroMarauder" in the forum "Park Flyers & Backyard Flyers"
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RE: Flyzone Sky Fly
I had to reset the hole in the black carbon rod because it had been drilled at the wrong spot. Now it appears nice and level. I can see how it would have caused strange behavior in flight. The rudder would have been at a really strange angle.
Posted on: 8/3/2010 1:29 PM by Author "neuroMarauder" in the forum "Park Flyers & Backyard Flyers"
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RE: Flyzone Sky Fly
This thread is great and has really helped prepare me for my first flight later today, hopefully, depending on weather. I have one possible problem out of the box though, noticed as I was putting it together. The tail assembly isn't parallel with the wing. It is cockeyed and looks twisted. By loosening the rear-most screw on the fuselage, I can tweak the position of the rod and get the tail to look like it is in the right orientation in relation to the wing, BUT I'm not sure I should do this. Is this a problem that will destroy its flight characteristics, or is it normal, meaning I shouldn't mess with it?
Posted on: 8/3/2010 7:54 AM by Author "neuroMarauder" in the forum "Park Flyers & Backyard Flyers"
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