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18 Mar 2013 10:40 - 18 Mar 2013 10:41 #586 by Quorneng
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The Pathfinder was developed into the even bigger Helios with a wing span greater than a 747.
During a test it pulled to many G here
and broke up here
and ended up in the sea

At several million dollars it was an expensive RC crash!
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18 Mar 2013 10:48 #587 by Klipkopwildlife
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Which begs the question, why? There's no profit in testing to destruction! :(
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18 Mar 2013 13:18 #588 by Sarah-Jane Smith
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from plane to boat in 0.000000000000000001 nano seconds :evil:
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Cos how can you be grumpy when the sun shines out your bum?!

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18 Mar 2013 15:00 - 18 Mar 2013 15:06 #589 by Quorneng
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Apparently according to the official report it was flying in marginal weather conditions and some additional payload had converted it from a "wing loaded structure" to a "centre loaded structure".
In other words they added weight in the centre which put up the bending loads. :S
You would have thought with all those boffins on the job................. :lol:
1:44 in this video shows what I call real wing flexing and at 2:41 flying higher than a U2!.
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18 Mar 2013 16:14 #590 by Sarah-Jane Smith
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96,863 ft apparently, I think there is still something beautiful and serene about the way it flies though- fancy building one? :P I can invest £1.50 so only about £1,999,850 to find :lol:

www.nasa.gov/pdf/64317main_helios.pdf

crash investigation report
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18 Mar 2013 17:11 #591 by Klipkopwildlife
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I have found Boffins to be the most inept people when it comes to using anything in the real world!
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18 Mar 2013 17:15 #592 by Eric
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Outside their own blinkered specialist field, they haven't a clue!

I tried running an rx and servos off solar panels in a model, once. It didn't work, perhaps the UK doesn't have enough sun? (It certainly didn't, last year!) Still got all the bits, so I might try again with a more modern rx.
if you are calm and collected when all about you are going berserk - you've missed something important!

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22 Mar 2013 20:35 #593 by Quorneng
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This should not be too difficult.
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22 Mar 2013 20:37 #594 by Eric
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Feisler Storch.
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22 Mar 2013 21:13 #595 by Quorneng
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It doesn't look like one to me but I agree it has many of the same characteristics. I wonder if that's a clue. :whistle:

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22 Mar 2013 21:58 #596 by alan cantwell
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well, got me beat, i think we have to look away from german planes,
i have 2 sides
no you dont,
yes i do,

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22 Mar 2013 22:58 #597 by Quorneng
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Well it certainly seems to have a cowling that could contain an inverted V8 Argus air cooled engine and as Eric alluded to it looks about the same size as Storch although the wing looks very 'clean' and devoid of high lift devices. Only one built by a well known manufacturer.

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23 Mar 2013 10:14 - 23 Mar 2013 10:28 #598 by Quorneng
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Here's another picture from a different angle.

Definitely an Argus and perhaps is does have big flaps and high lift devices after all. ;)

Would make a nice model.
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23 Mar 2013 13:51 #599 by Eric
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Yes, big flaps, drooped ailerons, full-span l/e slats.
It's not a Feisler, and it's not a Morane Saulnier.
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23 Mar 2013 14:19 #600 by Quorneng
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You wouldn't believe the trouble I had to go to in 'Paint' to hide its original markings. Lots of "select/copy/paste" to match the shades! ;)

I guess Willowlea is not about as I am sure she would find it quite fast in Google. :whistle:

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