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Post by jase on Aug 10, 2007 18:17:05 GMT 10
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Post by callun on Aug 10, 2007 19:12:57 GMT 10
Looks like a potentially tricky build. Lots of little pieces by the looks of it.
Good luck, take your time, ask bags of questions, do it right first time - it's hard to undo glue.
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Post by jase on Aug 10, 2007 23:07:49 GMT 10
granted, putting this together makes the bee look easy, but it's really not that hard. i got lucky in the sence that they included 2 packs of parts (only need 1), but i am missing the very small screws that are used to connect the elevator control horn to the elevator. so 11:46 at night. i think it's time for bed. canopy and fueslage shaped, wings together and the first signs of colour which will bring my macchi to life.
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Post by jase on Aug 11, 2007 23:38:36 GMT 10
night 3. fuselage now taped together with canopy glued on. battery pack internally installed, elevon servo installed. notice the insane amount of strapping to the front of this plane.
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Post by windsock on Aug 12, 2007 8:21:47 GMT 10
Hey Jase,
Can't wait to see this one fly. I had a PC-9 from the same place, looked great in the sky. There's something to be said about flying a plane that actual looks like a plane e.g. not a wing.
I found that I needed a good 14-16knts to make the plane perform. Let me know when you are going to give it a go.
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Post by callun on Aug 12, 2007 8:35:45 GMT 10
Looks as though it's nearly ready for a bench-flight. Needs somethingg in there for frame of reference to get an idea how it's sized up.
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Post by jase on Aug 12, 2007 13:20:22 GMT 10
this is the colour scheme i'm working off, but it will be slightly different from this. fueslage done.
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Post by callun on Aug 12, 2007 15:08:49 GMT 10
Come on man... put the dam wing in and show us a bench flight!
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Post by GotrekGurnisson on Aug 12, 2007 15:39:11 GMT 10
You might want to calculate the wing loading on that thing to determine how she'll go. I would suggest it would be fairly high. As Gerard said, you're almost certainly going to need some strong winds to fly it in. Mark had a similar experience with his BAe Hawk.
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Post by jase on Aug 12, 2007 21:41:57 GMT 10
the finished product. everything hidden expcet the battery charger plug and the on/off switch. it's been weighted as per factory specs, now for some decent wind. estimated weight.. atleast 800gm.
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Post by sean on Aug 12, 2007 22:24:54 GMT 10
Wow, those ailerons are huge, you should be able to set it up to roll very quickly. If the weight stays at about 800g then it should fly in a wide range of conditions, but won't stay up with the bees in light lift. I guess with that long nose you'll need very little if any balance weight which will make up for all that foam in the fuse.
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Post by jase on Aug 12, 2007 22:58:39 GMT 10
oh. you'd be suprised how much weight i added just to get it balanced at it's COG. 2 1/2 bead type sinkers . the instructions do say when strapping the bottom to basically "go nuts" on the front. i didn't put any colour on the bottom of the plane, instead there is about 3 layers of strapping fibreglass tape.. and i thought the plane needed more white on it the only probs with it is that the blue colour tape doesn't stick well to the bottom of the wings. it's got 3M glue on it and i heated it, but just doesn't like it... i guess if it causes me trouble i can always rip it off and start again.
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Post by sean on Aug 12, 2007 23:07:25 GMT 10
Hmm, yeah I guess it does have a long tail too. Forgot about that! .
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Post by ding on Aug 13, 2007 6:51:05 GMT 10
It should be good fun to see fly. Does it have a rudder? I'd love to have a slopey to fly at SC that had a rudder. There is a whole world of cunning stunts that you can do you if you are prepared to use the left and right sticks.
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Post by jase on Aug 13, 2007 9:06:27 GMT 10
nah, no rudder.
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