018 FTAH: Don't Judge a Plane By Its Cover

by FliteTest | March 17, 2014 | (22) Posted in Podcasts

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In this episode Wayne and Chris catch up with David after being away from the gang for a couple weeks. Chris talks a little bit about what he was doing on his trip to Florida.

Graves RC Hobbies Shop


The back warehouse which is normally off limits

The ceiling of some of the planes for sale at graves hobby shop. The whole ceiling is completely covered!

Wayne's first supercross race at Indianapolis.

Chris catching some TV at the Daytona Super Cross.

Wayne with the mini Viggen!

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Patnaude_av8r on March 19, 2014
What's the last plane they discuss? I've replayed it a couple of times and cannot hear the plane name. Sounds like a new DLG glider or similar to the alula.
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RotateB4TheEnd on March 21, 2014
I had a hard time hearing it as well, but since they talked about the Alula, i think they meant a dream flight product.

Here's what I found, and i'm pretty positive that's the correct one: http://dream-flight.com/products/libelle-dlg
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ncsky on March 18, 2014
Great podcast as usual

Is David back with the show?

Is he back in the States for a while?
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Freaky_1 on March 18, 2014
Hmmmm, hotliner radion pro?
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Hunter9921 on March 17, 2014
Love the things that you guys at FliteTest Do! Keep it up!

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Willsonman on March 18, 2014
Good podcast... Chris, please work on your filler words... its a bit distracting:)
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aliferret on March 18, 2014
Excellent pod cast again Chris
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muajg423 on March 18, 2014
I have a Duet and it flies great in winds up to 3-5 mph. I tried to fly it on Saturday in 5-10 mph winds and ended up being pushed into a lake. BUT. The electronics all survived. And it floats so it was easy to get back! I also bought a anemometer today.
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Captain Crash on March 18, 2014
does it fly still cuz i dumped mined into the lake and it still flies
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trax5 on March 24, 2014
I have a duet and it does will like you say in 3-5 mph but any higher than that it doesn't have the power/weight to really do anything
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mrscale on March 17, 2014
Wayne , love your Viggen ,I designed a 1/10 scale model back in 1980 , still have it and will be going electric EDF Soon , for pictures mail me at mrscale3557@yahoo.com .
Also have a paper and stick P-nut scale , 13" and tried to rubber power it with a balsa fan in the back , glides well but never had enough power. Jim
I have the Flite-test Viggen next on the schedule. those guys are great .!
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Captain Crash on March 18, 2014
I actually flew it in 12 mile wind it flies good but you really need to force the throttle
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SnApRoLl on March 27, 2014
Cool podcast. I used to work at Graves RC Hobbies. I worked there for a couple of years. It's definitely a unique store.
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4n6days on March 24, 2014
Another great show guys! When you were talking about stabilization systems and David said about how on the Viggen, if the gain was right for hovering it was way to high for fast flight.... I had... an IDEA!!!

If you had a FrSky Tyranis, could you have an airspeed sensor that was coupled to the gain channel for your stabilization system? That way the gain could be directly tied to IAS.
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Coilair on March 31, 2014
Good show! David, you will be missed when you leave. I enjoy any time you bring up DLGs. One thing I never heard you (David) talk about is how you ended up here in northern Ohio. I hope you will still be included in the podcast after you returned to Sweden.
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SuarezLuis on March 23, 2014
I hope in the next podcasts you guy talk about OSDs and the new Eagle Tree VECTOR
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SnApRoLl on March 27, 2014
Also if you guys are ever in that area again, be sure to check out the RCACF flying club field. It's an awesome site with a 40ft wide by 750 ft long paved runway and it's only about 15 minutes or so away from Graves RC Hobbies.
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crash1414 on March 23, 2014
Yes rotateB4TheEnd that is the correct plane we we were discussing- Chris
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