Google Searches - we know better than you.

I have just picked up a half built control line stunter and thought I would see what Google had to say about it, so I typed in ‘Playboy stunter’ as my search term (that’s what its called). I suppose I was asking for trouble with the term ‘Playboy’. Anyway Google in its infinite wisdom decided I really wanted to search for ‘Playboy stunner’ and gave me the results for that. Wrong. Just because 1 million punters searched for Playboy stunner doesn’t mean I want to ;o)

Glider flyaway

You are enjoying flying your favourite model and then you realise that it is not responding as it should. You watch it free flight until it hits the ground. Well thats what happened to me last night. It was at about 250 ft and in a right turn and it continued to tighten in the turn until it got into a mild spiral. It hit some bush and fell into the bush on a hill.

Well I didn't hold much hope and the bush is quite thick. There is a road which goes through it and it drove up it until I came around a corner and there it was. I was rapt. The only damage is a broken fin. I suspect the cause is a Turnigy ESC failure. I will replace it. The current ESC still works but runs very hot so that is my theory.

Parkzone P51D BNF

Well I took delivery of a Parkzone P51D BNF (bind n fly), installed my radio gear and took 5 flights to break it. Well it is fixable but I think I will get a new wing as the current one has extra diheral. I launched and then couldn't find the roll stick... doh. Hit the fence and a car. So it doesn't look quite like this any more. However it will again.

And yes, the photo is not very good quality. I took it from my phone.