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Precision Aerobatics Bad Boy crash
My repair job on the PA Bad Boy after the midair collision didn’t quite hold. Half the elevator come off in flight and it went straight in. The lesson is not to skimp on repairs. It’ll end up costing you more in the long run.
Repair job
The usual process to follow here, strip it all back, cut out the broken bits and start putting new bits in.
Precision Aerobatics BBV2 Midair
Precision Aerobatics BBV2 Midair, originally uploaded by mattmc. My first midair and I must say, overall, the BadBoy V2 came out of it well. The other guy didn’t have a scratch on his plane so I’m guessing I came into contact with his prop. I was surprised how well the elevator control worked as I [...]
Bad Boy – The business end
bad_boy_radio_control 103, originally uploaded by mattmc. Check out the shiny OS46AX, muffler, aluminium spinner and landing gear – comes up quite nicely. Some follow up photos post maiden flight. A few nuts and bolts to tighten, servo leads to label. I’ve swapped the 11×4 prop and plastic spinner for a 12.25 x 3.75 prop and [...]
Bad BoyV2 Maiden Flight
There’s a few steps missed here in the build log due to a hurried final day assembly to get it ready for last weekend. So here’s a video of the maiden flight – fairly short flight to iron out the bugs, check CG and son on. I’m sure there’ll be more video to come.
Landing Gear, Tail Wheel, Ailerons and Wings
bad_boy_radio_control 077, originally uploaded by mattmc. Throttle servo is in. I ended up taking the throttle servo apart so I could fit it through the fuse easier and not have to enlarge the hole too much. Landing gear securely attached. Wheels will go on at a later stage. Check out that profile. Tail Wheel assembly [...]
Bad Boy v2 – Step 1 – Tail Servos
First things first. The blank fuselage ready for the elevator and rudder servos. I removed the covering with a soldering iron. The iron melts the covering as a nice seal around the edges without any jagged edges you might get by cutting with a knife. Fuse as it comes out of the box. Servo holes [...]
Bad Boy v2 – Precision Aerobatics
bad_boy_radio_control 032, originally uploaded by mattmc. The Bad BoyV2 arrived in the post today from Precision Aerobatics. Pretty quick delivery time seeing as I rang up midday on Monday when I noticed a small notice on the PA website saying they were going to be closed for three days this week. I was really hoping [...]