I maidened the MS Composit Pitts S2 biplane at RSA last Saturday. The take off went very well, but the plane was bit nose heavy because of the battery placement (I was running a 3S 1300 Mah), and I flew it too low and lost sight of it below the rise of the flightline. The damage to the plane was a broken prop, a rip in the rudder by the control horn, and some rips in the Epp lower aileron hinges. Fortunately, repair was pretty easy with some clear Gorilla Glue. I’ll mount the battery a bit more back for the next flight so that when I cut power, I won’t have to apply any up elevator to maintain level flight. The plane doesn’t fly has fast as the Boom, but that’s not bad since I plan to do more 3D than sport flying with this plane.
I was able to take apart the BP Hobbies 2212-13 that wasn’t spinning well after the Boom crash, and it looks like a small piece of one of the magnets around the edge of the inside of the bell broke off. I wonder if it would still work okay if I was able to superglue the small piece back.