Today Robert talked me into going to the field. He had something to fly, he said.
So I went. Sure enough. He had the purple Double Trouble and what looked like a bunch of parts to make three more airplanes.
What I saw were the 12-ft. wing to the :yickes: Triple Beast :yickes: and the fuselage to the BUHOR (Big Ugly H e l l On Rails). Plus the 4-ft. wing extensions to the HOR.

The first flight of the HOR without extensions was brief. Not enough up... <_<
Robert put the extensions on the HOR this time and we tried again. Perfect launch by Robert. :thumbup:

But I was unable to level the HOR. It only wanted to go left. And it did, slamming into the PVC pipe near the windsock. No damage to the pipe, almost none to the plane.
(click on pitures to enlarge)


So Robert replaced the wing with the narrower 12 ft. long :yickes: Triple Beast :yickes: wing. Another perfect launch by Robert. :thumbup:


The plane flew okay, but was difficult to steer. I landed it okay.

Then Robert cranked up the Double Trouble.


There was one brief first flight (it only wanted to go left... <_< ) But on the second flight it flew fine. And then Robert flew and landed it just fine.


But later, while I was trying to get my heli in the air, I happened to see the Double Trouble over Half Mile Road, heading East. I heard Robert yell: "I'm in trouble!" or something like that.
The plane continued on, full power, slightly downward, and headed for the property west of the field. There was a loud slam... :yickes:

Robert and David Doss went after it and found it. Luckily it didn't hit anything but a big oak tree. The tree survived. The plane did not...


Robert is planning on modifying the HOR some more...
Let's see — he hasn't done a canard yet... :o

:( Needless to say the Double Trouble is History. :banghead: I taking the engines and putting them on a HOR ( hades On Rails ) fuse. :yickes: Now it will be the Double Trouble HOR. :banana: It should be lighter and faster. We'll see. :thumbup: Thanks Flying Dutchman for all your help. :thumbup: Thanks Dave for helping find the remains of my plane.

Let's try another video... I forgot how to do it...

Bare with me...
I mean - bear with me...

<object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BxnGVie6F_k"> </param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BxnGVie6F_k" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"> </embed> </object>

Obviously not it.... :angry: :fuming:

Okay, y'all be quiet... It's coming back to me...
(Why can't everything be as simple as a Mac?...)
Try this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxnGVie6F_k

Here's the flight and landing...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtfXqTfgtJg

I have html turned off in forum posts except for me so that I could do some features like embeding the Pits Report page on the forum with an "I Frame".
Any tags in < > brackets will not work.
This keeps harmfull scripts from being posted.

We use [ ] brackets. This is BB (bulletin board) code which is a very simplified form of html that allows things like text formating, links, and pictures posted, but not powerfull enough to allow complicated codes to support scripts that could cause havoc with forum and forum users. Your computer might go puff and workie no more or at least not like you would want it to.

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Are you speaking Greek now, Mr. Alvinonline? :o
I only learned four languages, and Greek isn't one of them... :no:

I don't know if I'd call that a 'landing'... It looks a little more like an arrival to me ;)

:thumbup: Any landing that doesn't require repair work, Is a good landing.

Y'all may not know this but most of Robert's planes have an anti-flare feature built in... :D

Robert DID make a couple of modifications that did away with the flutter. He put dowel stiffeners on the leading edges of the horizontal stab and JB-Welded them to the frame. And he reduced the width of the elevator control surface and then cut the ends at an angle.

It flew fairly well. The flight was cut short because the engine was messing up.
I wonder what Robert will do to it next... :huh: