F9f grumman panther

The canopy arrived today from across the pond

Good good. It did look a little odd without, but still awesome. Can't wait to see it in the air.....when you aiming for maiden? I may aim for the same!

DaveBright wrote: .when you aiming for maiden? I may aim for the same!

Don't bank on it Pete. We know Dave........We think he should concentrate on a guide to making up excuses. :lol:

But if it does happen I hopefully will be there with videocam.

Canopy sprayed up and fitted!

Nearly done then! Looks great

After last Saturday's flame out on the Panther and damage to the port wing and nose gear area, she is fully repaired and ready to go.
Will try late to get some pics uploaded later of the repairs.
The repairs were straight foreword as she is a wooden airframe, if it was composite airframe repairs would have been very difficult.

Great news Pete, good work.

Make sure that we rake the grass cuttings next time!

Are we trying again on Saturday?

Good to hear that it was a simple fix.

JonTappin wrote: Make sure that we rake the grass cuttings next time!

I did wonder if that might have been the cause. Are you assuming it was FOD or was there evidence that makes it certain?

Mike

The ECU recorded that the motor was shut down due to over temp which is more than likely due to lack of air, so grass cuttings look very likely to be the cause.

Mike,
I'm 99% sure it was grass cuttings which caused the over temp. The ecu "black box" recorded a temperature of 811 degrees on the turbine.
I had a similar problem the week before when the model ran through the cut grass which caused the turbine to stop. When i took the hatch off their was so much grass around the fod it looked like a wasps nest.
If would be really nice to have a mower that collected the grass when mown, as turbine models are getting more popular in the club i would hate to think that one of us could loose a model due to this problem.
It's the same sort of problems which full size jets have ie bird strikes or more recently these idiots who fly drones near airports.