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Post by chamm37 on Jun 27, 2008 12:35:13 GMT 10
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Post by chamm37 on Jun 27, 2008 12:35:51 GMT 10
sorry forgot the bottom ;D  |
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Post by Pij on Jun 27, 2008 14:05:03 GMT 10
You've put in a bit of work there. I hope it can still do your regular slope needs as well as DS, or will it be a bit heavy for that?
I see a fire hazard on your dresser.
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Post by chamm37 on Jun 27, 2008 14:24:23 GMT 10
nar the soldier iron is off but yer it would be if it was on...... uuuuummmmmm i am going for a test flight this weekend but yer i am sure it should be fine to fly around still  i think it should anyway.... yer there was alot of sanding and long nights...... |
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Post by skyboyken on Jun 27, 2008 21:09:44 GMT 10
Hi Chamm,
nice work!
One suggestion is to soak the wood around the control horns with thin CA. This is because as speeds rise and the surfaces get battered by turbulence the wood tends to compress, leading to a sloppy control horn and the deadly FLUTTER! So using CA to harden the wood around the control horn is good insurance.
Go Great!
Ken.
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Post by Pij on Jun 28, 2008 1:26:35 GMT 10
That sounds like a good, simple solution to the problem. Thanks Ken, I think I'll try that some time.
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Post by chamm37 on Jun 28, 2008 7:21:14 GMT 10
yer that is wat i have done now.....i thought of it last night so i did after what happened to your plane i did just in case  |
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Post by chamm37 on Jun 28, 2008 17:38:47 GMT 10
went for a test flight today in about 10knots of wind at SC and it trys to fly like an actuall bird....it likes to flap its wings so i got a sudgestion from mark to put a centre fin on it so i am going to do so and i will post some more pics..... ;D
Allthough on a brighter hand...i did do a little bit of DSing with my bee at SC but i am only just getting into it so it was a bit iffy at some stages.....the tree kept getting in my way but i got through them and i did a couple of laps but once again the tree got me....damm trees lol ;D
Sometime soon Ken is going to take me up to Bald Knob so then i will be able to test it out then.....maybe Ken will have a go and show me how it is done ;D
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Post by chamm37 on Jun 28, 2008 17:40:18 GMT 10
oh by the way the final weight of the plane is 990grams and i still have to put on a centre fin so it will be over 1kg  |
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Post by Pij on Jun 28, 2008 18:49:23 GMT 10
Wow. Heavy. Bummer. Why does it flap its wings?
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Post by felix on Jun 28, 2008 18:54:22 GMT 10
wow i thought mine was a little chubby at 860grams......
nice build mate should be nice n stiff at that wieght.
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Post by chamm37 on Jun 28, 2008 19:04:26 GMT 10
it has got to much flutter and it looks like it is a bird flapping it wings.....hahahahahahahahahaha yer it has got basically no flex at all.....i still have to put a centre fin on and i think i will put 1 more carbon fibre rod just up the front on the nose because it seems to flex there when you bend it that way so that wont be a problem at all so once i have done all of that it will be over 1 Kg.....probally about 1100grams |
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Post by chamm37 on Jul 20, 2008 14:59:21 GMT 10
i finally got it to properly DS ;D i was at Mt Mee with sean and Andrew. We were all dsing in different spots and i got the bevo to DS.....i was so happy and it holds its energy pretty well which i am very pleased with......Even Andrew had a go at it and he was going really well with it and then it come back to me and then the next lap....CRACK!!!!!!!!!! into the ground and broke the fin off of it I have got it all fixed and ready to take it out again for another round ;D |
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i think it should anyway....
