Crash investigation! Any feedback welcome! :)

Hey guys!


I've been flying for few months and haven't had a single issue until yesterday!


Here's the story:


I bought a new motor (Himax 2000kv) and a separate BEC to power the receiver. I also replaced the aileron servo on the left wing.


Weather: It was rather windy but I've flown in similar condition before without this trouble.


What happened?
When I flew up towards the wind, the plane turned left and crashed on the ground. I couldn't make it turn right, like the ailerons affected it 5-10%.


I attempted this 4-5 times and the same pattern happened, except once I managed to get high up in the air and I could BARELY turn it right, and I saw the ailerons in correct position, still it was not behaving.


Could it be that the wind was just much more than I realized? Because I believe I've flown in such a windy condition without much trouble, at least I could turn left/right as I wanted as long I faced the wind.


After each attempt I carefully looked at everything on the plane, tried to move the ailerons, checked the rudder, etc.. it was all in correct position and moved correctly. The ailerons can pitch a lot so they should have good effect like I've had before.


So.. could a new motor really make the plane behave this way? Was it just the wind? Any tips on what I could check?


And btw, when the plane was in the air I saw the ailerons in "TURN RIGHT" position and it was still going left, so... what the heck? The reason I kept trying again and again was to find out what was causing this, I was so curious cause it should be able to fly stable towards the wind.


Plane: Hobbycool Bixler with all servos replaced with HXT900, motor: Himax 2000kv.


I think the wind was around 4m/s (according to weather stations) and I've flown in a 4m/s before.


I've ruled out: Interference problem, ailerons and I can't believe it was the wind :/


Thanks!

I'm sorry, but given the section this is in, what does this have to do with flashlights?

Edit: Reading through all your other posts, you're aware that CandlePowerForums is a flashlight forum and not an RC plane forum, right?

Edit2: Thanks to whichever mod moved this thread. My second question still stands though.

Is this spam? If not I apologize.

Same thread on Apple/Mac forum:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1251086

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Brilliznt!

THE_dAY said:

Is this spam? If not I apologize.

Same thread on Apple/Mac forum:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1251086

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I don't think it's spam. It is quite common to post questions in several forums to maxamise the chance of getting a usefull answer

On RC forums I could understand, but why a flashlight forum and a mac forum? Checking his posts on both forums, all have been about RC planes. I might as well post questions about pianos on a windchime forum.

jonahailsa said:

What happened?
When I flew up towards the wind, the plane turned left and crashed on the ground. I couldn't make it turn right, like the ailerons affected it 5-10%.


I attempted this 4-5 times and the same pattern happened, except once I managed to get high up in the air and I could BARELY turn it right, and I saw the ailerons in correct position, still it was not behaving.

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Can't believe you kept trying. How could the plane even take off? You were lucky to walk away the first time.

northpaw said:

Can't believe you kept trying. How could the plane even take off? You were lucky to walk away the first time.

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Its not a full size plane it's a "toy" RC plane

Does the plane have any fog lights or landing lights that we should be aware of?