C-130 Hercules GWS Maiden Video

[kc135boomer]

Sweet! Thanks for the quick reply.

[kc135boomer]

Well it flew. I was a little worried as it seem to take forever to get up to speed but it finally got so S1 and leaped off the ground and went straight up (kind of looked like Fat Albert!)

I nosed it over and checked the rates which seemed to be dead on.

About 3 minutes into the flight the #4 prop flew off (kind of like the MC rate of the real ones) and into nowhere land. I made the circle to land, kept a ton or rudder into it and brought it down to a nice landing. I searched high and low for the prop but at this point I think is is gone. Hopefully I can order a new one (including the adapter) and fly it again. I think I am going t remove all four and epoxy them on to the motors as the GWS way sucks! Over all, this is going to be a fun little airplane and boy does it fly scale!!

[kc135boomer]

Update: I went back out to look for the prop. After 2 hours of nothing I decided to head out when I looked down and there it was! Except for the spinner I am good to go. My thought is to JB weld the adapters on the shaft so it does not happen again. Thoughts on this idea?

[Nitro Blast]

Top knotch! It was never lost, just misplaced!

[kc135boomer]

Take 2 today, I jb welded all the prop shafts on and went out again. The wind was kind of strong at 13 kts but it was right down the pipe. I balanced it exactly per the instructions and am still dumbfounded that the nose wheel barely touches the ground but I put it in the wind, gave it full power and in less than 10 feet it was airborne. It only needed a bit of down trip and flew real well. I am impressed how scale it actually looks. I flew for 15 minutes and did two bounce and goes. On the third attempt the wind caught it and I went around. Most airplanes would have stalled at the push it up point but this bird just flew away. Thanks to all that have given me advise on setup and such. I have a new favorite under $50 plane!

[kc135boomer]

I got to fly it last night with zero wind and I recommend this plane to anyone that wants a lazy flyer that is cool to look at and sounds awesome. On a 2S 1300 lipo I got 15 minutes of sustain flying to include about 10 touch and go's. The plane is slow just like the real one and stops traffic in its traps..





Can you find it?