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Post by nige on Nov 26, 2008 20:36:29 GMT 10
This is for Andrew ( something to read )
Aston ordered 4 JW36's and I got one and not surprised to say that it is a little lightweight gem.
Instructions were simple and with good quality EPP and parts.
I didn't try to make it light and with1 layer of cross weave strapping tape and then covered in 1 of colored tape it weighed in at just under 500 grams.
I first flew it in really light conditions and I was amazed at how it went being really fast and full elevator wasn't a problem, in the same conditions I would have been flying my Micro. There is a good overlap between planes which I wanted.
I flew it in 12 - 15 knots and it handled unreal with a bit of downtrim. With more wind it would be better ballasted up as when the breeze was at it's strongest at 15 Knots with heaps of lift it wasn't as fast in the turns.
Overall very happy and wouldn't have expected anything less after seeing Erics JW60
Nigel
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Post by thevon on Nov 26, 2008 21:43:50 GMT 10
Aaaah, thanks Nige! Very refreshing report. Sounds like a good little thing and I'd be keen to hear how it goes for micro-DS. I'm sure you'll try it at Lennox soon? How do you think it compares to a Weasel?
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Post by nige on Nov 27, 2008 16:57:23 GMT 10
Hi
I have only seen a weasel fly and with my JW36 not being fully tuned ( far from it ) I would say that the weasel rolls better and would be slower though and would need slightly more wind to get going.
One place we fly at Skennars head has a big cliff and then a 30m flat grass section leading back to the road where you park .
I new the JW went really well in the area just behind the cliff and down low when I came in and around myself so tried something.
I Got out of the car and got excited and thought if gave the plane a good hard throw I could nearly make it to the cliff from the road.
(you will love this Andrew it's a clutz moment)
I watched
it glide effortlessly into a slight breeze as most of the wind was going up over the cliff and not going across the grass section. It went really well, got to the
cliff edge and suddenly got a bit erratic, so I panicked and just pushed elevator down and hoped it didn't go right over the cliff. I went to put my aerial down
and run over there and realised my aerial was already down and there was my problem staring me in the face. I got over to the cliff and looked over a bit
embarrassed and saw my plane right on the edge to close to go and retrieve as it was gravely and dangerous, so the only thing was to have a bit of target practise
and knock it off so it went right down the bottom of the cliff. So two throws to line up and the third one knocked it off the edge and I went down for my 25 minute walk
there and back to retrieve my plane and contemplate my mistake and good fortune nothing happened - like flying out into the surf.
Nigel
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Post by sean on Nov 27, 2008 17:27:33 GMT 10
Haha! I can picture the situation perfectly Nige. I had a very similar experience at Pt Perry with my Skua - I crashed it onto a fairly high, shear cliff. It was a few meters from the top, the cliff is covered in loose stones and it was wedged against some vegetation so no chance to knock it down with rocks. At the time I figured my life was worth more than the Skua and thought I'd have to leave it there. But before abandoning it I had an idea - I drove to the local hardware, bought a length of pine, a big nail and their cheapest hammer. Back at Pt Perry and with a dozen tourists watching I hammered the nail into the pine, dangled it over the cliff, found it wasn't long enough, taped this assembly to a long stick I found nearby, dangled that over the cliff and after after a couple of minutes without success finally managed to spike the nail into the foam and pull the Skua back to safety...
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Post by nige on Nov 27, 2008 20:10:58 GMT 10
Great work Sean you have inspired me to be more creative, rocks are old school. I would almost welcome that senario as I do Property Maintenance for a living. I'd love to be able to use all my tools to fabricate a ladder using the timber from local trees, whip up a platform at the bottom of the ladder and then absail down using my toolbelt as a harness and lashing all my ropes together. I would take my transmitter down, relaunch fly the plane for a while from a different perspective then land up top. Back up the ropes using my crudely crafted rope puller then dismantle and recycle everything (I could leave it for next time but I would like to make it again and do it in half the time cause 30 min was just too long)  Nigel |
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Post by sean on Nov 27, 2008 20:33:45 GMT 10
Is your name Nigel MacGyver by any chance  . |
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Post by thevon on Nov 27, 2008 21:03:47 GMT 10
Ahhh, you guys are silly! But very funny. I wasn't going to admit to this but this arvo I was really having fun throwing the Nemesis around - it was just going off. And going back across the lip downwind I did one roll too many and it sort of fell out of the roll inverted and I dumb-thumbed as it disappeared. Dang, I thought - that was really, really stupid. As I descended the cliff I was prepared to see bits of yellow and red composites strewn across the rocks but I looked up and it had speared into a soft bit of the steep cliff like an arrow, and was sitting there with the tail sticking up vertically wavering in the breeze. No damage.
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Post by chamm37 on Nov 27, 2008 21:11:38 GMT 10
One thing i want to know Andrew
HOW DO YOU DO THAT!!!!!!!
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Post by airtime on Nov 29, 2008 20:34:46 GMT 10
I took my jw for it's maiden flight yesterday, man does it move. The wind was strong 15- 20 knots maybe more. It still penetrates no problem with no ballast. maybe even with the moth hard to tell unless theres 1 in the air with it. Oh my jw weighs 666 grams. still might need a little tuning, when it's invert I have to put a little down elevator, to much and it starts nose bobbing. all in all I love this plane.[img src=" ![]() "] |
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