Tom Wright 2
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Attempting to get all the equipment underneath leaves the main structure uncluttered and open to adding light weight additions to improve appearance,although at this stage I will be more concerned with the flying qualities and durability.
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With the basic fus now glued my thoughts turned to locating the servos ,ESC, RX , battery and U/C mounting points. I have never been a fan of profile fuselages with the equipment stuck all over the sides as it looks so untidily so I decided to have ago at getting all the "stuff " in a false floor . Dealing with the ESC , U/C and rotor servos first by installing two side beams and hard point blocks as shown in the photo. The side beams will be bridged with a GF battery mounting plate but leaving ventilation for the ESC, the four inner blocks will form the hard U/C points. Time will tell if this idea turns out to be functional or results in a rethink !
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Got the basic fus glued up this evening , the stock u/c is OK but I may well fabricate a removable twin leg option which will also increase the track and distribute the loads over a wider area. Making the mast core removable was not a problem ,so far its all going well, and could be ready for a maiden by the weekend. Tom.
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Adrian the initial batch will be supplied with the well proven HK head parts. Have done some more dry fitting, must admit I have not looked at the instructions yet as its all pretty intuitive so far. I will build this one to allow easy removal of the spruce mast core, as replacing it after glueing would be very difficult. Tom.
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Looking at my own photos I think it is clear that the control head will need to be rear facing and not as the photos above show , good job it's a dry fit trial!
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You can easily see how the mast cladding and ply doublers will fit.
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A dry basic fus trial fit, very simple although I have not quite decided if the control head will be front or rear facing, with this being a prototype I guess AJ have left that to me .
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Welcome aboard Adrian, please do not hesitate to ask questions if my ramblings don't make sense. A quick look at the fus construction reveals precision cut joints that locate the fus core halves and floor, a spruce mast core fits neatly into the 1/4 balsa fus core and is ready drilled to attach the the control head. The mast core has pre cut 1/4 balsa to be fitted at the front and rear before adding the ply doublers show in the photo below. From what I have seen so far basic fuselage should go together very quickly as everything pre finished and interlocking.
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All the balsa and ply parts are very cleanly CNC cut , and in particular the blades are machined to a very high standard . My fist impressions suggest this is a very high quality kit that could be available at budget price if all goes well with production kits. The delta flex plate has a unique feature that could prove to very helpful , look carefully and you will see the built in shims are adjustable in a way that ensures each blade is identically set to a negative angle, cleaver! My kits came with a comprehensive assembly guide and drawings so the next step will be to identify how things go together and do some dry trail fits. Tom.
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Edited By Tom Wright 2 on 10/06/2014 16:10:19 Edited By Tom Wright 2 on 10/06/2014 16:11:35
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Following the establishment of a successful Auto gyro blades production facility the lads at AJ have now ventured into Auto gyro kit production, and sent me a couple of prototype kits for evaluation. Opening the box revealed a very neatly and well packed set of ready cut parts which will be laid out in due course to see just what we have. Tom
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The Fun Cub Gyro touching down at the field today.
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Although the model flies well the motor is a bit busy sounding at higher throttle settings ,so I ordered a lower KV as there is now loads of ground clearance with the new U/C, It now runs smoothly and quiet right through the throttle range swinging a 13 x 4 . Tom.
