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Gyro Testing on the Wild Hawk

Posted January 24th, 2009 at 08:53 AM by FridayTestFlying (Friday Test Flying)
Updated January 24th, 2009 at 08:56 AM by FridayTestFlying

YouTube - Put a GYRO on a RC Plane? (see sidebar)

How to put a gyro on your plane:

Dailymotion - How to put a gyro on your plane - a Tech & Science video

X-36 Introduction:

Dailymotion - X-36-Introduction - a Tech & Science video

Putting a gyro on our modified Wild Hawk was a very profitable experiment. One big thing I have learned in all this is that there is a HUGE difference between "knowing something" and "mastering something." For example, you can download all the best computer programs but unless you take the hard time to actually master one or more of them, they are doing you very little good.

Not only do I need to "know things" like how to stabilize a plane with a gyro, but I need to get out there and master it. Just bulk information is not what it takes to break new ground in the design world. It's getting out there, trying weird stuff out, crashing a few times, and making it work. This is just as much of an art as it is a science!

It's weird, but there is a whole abstract feeling that comes with this over time, much like a professional race car driver forms with his car. There is more to winning a NASCAR race than just having the right parts on your car. There is a whole invisible driver, car, crew, track relationship going on in the invisible world of the abstract. After all my testing I now know how a gyro can help stabilize a plane, but I can also really feel how it all works.

Now when I put a gyro on a new plane its like working with an old friend. I have seen and experienced exactly what it can do, what it likes, what it doesn't, etc. The airplanes and their many parts start to become real little beings that I talk with and negotiate with out on the field. Yes, I do talk to my planes and they really do talk back. I know them so well that when I ask them what they need to fly better they tell me.

This type of mad-scientist relationship with the planes only comes with putting in the time it takes to really master it and understand it beyond just the physical realm. In the end this is how I am able to make planes fly that no one else has been able to. I know its crazy, but that's how I do it!
- Dave Powers

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Wild Hawk Modifications

Posted January 24th, 2009 at 08:51 AM by FridayTestFlying (Friday Test Flying)

YouTube - Modified RC Plane! CRAZY!!! (see sidebar)

Wild Hawk SVT -Mod setup:

Dailymotion - SVT-ModSetup - a Tech & Science video

Wild Hawk SVT Ok, this project turned out to be way more fun than planned. An internet friend named RonJ gave us the idea to modify the heck out of one these Wild Hawks. I saw videos of his on YouTube and thought it was such a great idea.

What we did here is very simple:

1) We took all the stock stuff out (motor, servos, battery, ESC, receiver). We can now use this equipment in another plane, give it to a friend, sell it on ebay, whatever. So we are still making good use of the stock stuff we payed money for.
2) I took a SUPER SONIC V2 motor, (4) Good servos, and installed them.
3) Then I beefed up the wings, nose, and tail with carbon rods. The G-forces are going to tear this plane apart without them. Everything is then epoxied in place.
4) I then doubled my control surfaces (Ron tripled his, but that's just because he's crazy). I also added in some elevons and used the same fancy servo set up as our F-117.
5) I spiffed up the hatch with a tape hinge and magnets and cut some foam out to stick some fat batteries in there.

This is reason 101 why we like, use, and recommend the Wild Hawk as the BEST RC plane to start with! It does everything you need as a beginner and gives you and awesome platform to modify as your next plane. Thanks so much for the idea Ron, we love our Wild Hawk SVT! We now have one of the fastest planes at the field!
- Dave Powers