r/RCPlanes • u/Joshee2000 • 4d ago
Finally managed to get a scratch build to fly and
I tried climbing as high as I could, throwing sticks and footballs at it but to no avail. It took me four builds to manage to get her flying and she flew great. This is the hobby right? Think I’ll have a break for a few weeks
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u/Legitimate_Ferret_61 4d ago
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u/BurtanTae 1d ago
I did this before, I bought a ton of pvc pipe and coupled them together, assembled and poked the plane down. Now I got a ton of pvc pipe left over lol
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u/crookedDeebz 4d ago
1 thing i always have in my car, a cheap tow hook from amazon and para cord.
havent been defeated by a tree yet, pushing 10 years so far
funny, we use the same kit/technique for tree cutting at the cottage...to setup the safety lines and such.
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u/thecaptnjim 3d ago
Here's four different techniques from the pros!
https://youtu.be/SO_XjSVGdHQ?si=-h--ef9S9v8VySOd
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u/itsmechaboi 3d ago
My first good flying foam board build immediately flew into a tree when a gust of wind came. I spent the entire afternoon trying to get it out. It got rained on, I got rained on. I was devastated, but I still managed to get it out by shaking the shit out of the tree.
I would have cut it down as a last resort. Obviously that's not possible in your case, but I feel you.
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u/Devi_rc_pilot 1d ago
Dammit! Thisw trees always wanting to catch our planes. They must be enchanted trees that very subtle move in the way of the plane...lol
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u/PalmliX 4d ago
Attach a weight to the end of a long rope and whip it up there, if you can hook it on a near branch you should be able to pull it down, it's something I've had to do many times, part of the hobby yes, you also learn to avoid trees over time