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Geoff Gardiner

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  1. Geoff Gardiner
    Re-inforced the wing join with some 225g/m2 glass fibre tape and epoxy resin (secured the ends with CA first). Will do the underside next with a slightly narrower strip. More later...
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    Not sure about Dale - I'm getting more of a Jeremy Clarkson vibe!
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    Looking at the pictures I might open up the air intake holes a bit more.
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    Thanks for the pics Martin. Little bit more done on mine: I made up some base plates for the air intakes and glued them on using canopy glue. Then made a paper template for the cutout, attacked it with the drill and sanded smooth. I have also 3d printed an exhaust ring and glued that on with canopy glue. More later...
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    We could be on to something
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    Hi Paul, Coming along nicely. I guess from your pictures that it is 'self jigging' or would you advise using a SLEC type fuselage jig if you have one? I tend to use non stick oven liner as a base for gluing things up. I haven't found a glue that sticks to it yet, and the 'other half' has a roll of it in the kitchen (hope she doesn't read this). Geoff...
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    Hi Richard, Your attention to detail is appreciated. My view is 'take as long as you need and produce something that you are happy with'. Geoff...
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    I recently experienced the same symptom with a new setup in an edf model I had built, turned out to be a faulty ESC which HobbyKing replaced (without issue).
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    Hi Peter, Are you going to do a build blog? I would like to see a 6s version built. I have built a few of Tony's models but can never seem to achieve the target weight - always comes out a pound or three heavy! Martin, any chance of a picture of your alterations? - and good luck with the maiden.
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    This is my setup on the Hawk that I am currently building:
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    Hi Martin Out of interest, what happened to your original fan blade causing it to shatter? The plan with mine (at the moment) is to fit the receiver and servo batteries up against F2 with access via the cheat hole. I have been waiting ages for H-King to get their Life Zippy receiver batteries back in stock and can't decide between 2 x 700mah or 2 x 1100mah. The first option being lighter but possibly a bit low in capacity - What are your thoughts Martin? Regarding your thrust measurements, what batteries and 'C' rating are you using? If they are Multistar's (which I seem to remember you mentioning in another thread), might the 'C' rating be a bit low?
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    Little bit done today: Trimmed the side air intakes Drilled the wing for the dowel and wing bolts then installed the captive nuts in the wing plate. More later...
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    Hi Richard, will that be the Aspire system or the V4.1 system?
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    That's good news Martin - keep us posted. I am going to glass mine and am considering trying a maiden attempt before painting.
  25. Geoff Gardiner
    I wanted to get the ESC and failover switch as far forward as possible. This means it sits above the battery and gets in the way when fitting and connecting the flight batteries. For this reason I am going to make it easily removable. I have also made and fitted the thrust tube, made from 250 micron acetate. And glued on the bottom sheeting. More later...
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