More developments and tidbits · 11:53am Jul 19th, 2014
So I got all my RC stuff that I had ordered. That means that I flew the Radjet 800, though I used the Aurora 9 transmitter because the new battery arrived before the Spektrum DX6i, and I wanted to finally fly RC again. So I got it all set up and maidened the Radjet nose-first into the ground.
Ehhh... I've painted a worse picture than what actually happened. It happened right after launch and at a fairly low airspeed, resulting in some spilled guts and a squished nose. Good thing EPO is rather flexible.
So I eventually got the plane into the air and discovered that it was reeeeaaaally nose heavy. That explains the first crash.
The Radjet 800 is known as a semi-flying wing. Something like a B-2 bomber is a flying wing, but the Radjet has a fuselage and lacks vertical stabilizers, so it is reffered to as a semi-flying wing. Because it has no horizontal stabilizer, it is extremely crucial that the center of gravity is correctly configured. Too far forward and the aircraft will always try to point at the ground, too far back and it will be better off flying backwards, and since it doesn't have a horizontal stabilizer or canards, you don't have as much leverage because the elevator control is so close to the center of gravity. Thus, if the aircraft is unstable, the control surfaces will have less authority than a conventional airframe in the same situation.
Since then I have added weight to the back of the Radjet to give it better stability. I have yet to test it out.
I also flew the Blade Nano QX and I have to say that if you ever want your first quad-copter, the Nano QX is what you need. It's cheap, batteries are cheap, it's super easy to fly (with the added assistance of the SAFE system for beginners), and it's indestructible. I have crashed it many times so far and it still flies the same it did out of the box. Plus it has all the controlability as a full sized quad, so it's a recommend from me.
Lastly I took a learner motorcycle course to get my learner permit and failed. I was going fine until I was being tested, then I tensed up and failed my turns. I'm pretty upset over that...
Also. This:
The only advice I can give towards future motorcycle courses (since I've never used one myself), is that in principle, they handle kinda like a bicycle. You lean into a turn when going faster, and turn the handlebars at lower speeds (just like a bicycle). I guess just think of it as a really bulky bicycle minus the foot-pedalling, a noisy engine, and a HUGE amount of toque when moving forward.
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There's a lot more to handling a motorcycle than that.
2303103 Undoubtedly, but isn't that the basic level, in a nutshell? The turning, anyway.