Rob Ashley
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It does Peter... It is another cracker from you and despite being miles behind shedule I'm really looking forward to it getting airborne. Peter, when you covered your original did you finish the nacelles completely in yellow? I'm going for a blue under the wings and tail with yellow on top with the saw tooth effect mirrored on upper and lower le...
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Levanter, yes I thought she looked sleek too, I guess that will mean the flight times should be longer with the batteries I have. Which reminds me, I have soldering to do.. How's yours coming along?
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Thanks Tim. Sorry to hear about your incident. Best of luck putting it back together. But it's nice to know she should fly very well.
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However, she stands on her own 2 feet for the first time... so progress has been made. Not long to go now. The jobs list is definitely getting smaller. Interestingly, I liked the shape of the plane when I first saw Peter's plan and article, but I like it more now she has taken shape, I suppose it has grown on me or maybe it just getting over some of the hurdles has made the journey more interesting. Who knows... At 68in span she is a little bigger than the original but a nice size to handle and it is time for some CG checks to determine the exact spots for the flight batteries so I can finish the battery boxes and then determine if I need a counterbalance receiver battery in the nose....
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That done a little bit of shaping on the front of the nacelles - I'm still not quite happy with the way they blend into the wing so a little more to do here. I need to add a scoop on the top of each to get some air in and over the ESC - I have made an exhaust at the rear of the underside of the nacelle on each side. Alas it was all going so well so I decided to drop a screwdriver onto the wing and put a hole in the upper surface. Thankfully it didn't smash but was repairable with cyano. I guess that will teach me to get too confident.
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I finally got around to making the undercarriage and completing the battery hatches for the nacelles. It took a while to remove the bit that were originally for IC and then enclose the whole thing. I have been dreading that job for a while, but eventually...... The slot is for a canopy latch so that I can remove the hatches to replace the batteries easily at the field. Oh yeah - please ignore my pencil scrawls on the wood - I need to sand that off... I then decided to screw the rear hatch of the nacelle down instead of gluing. Experience has taught me that I'm bound to need access at some stage so I spent a while gluing some small blocks to accept the countersunk screws -just in case I need to get in there in the future.
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Shed extension finally finished and some time to work on the GTC - managed some progress. I soldered the push rods for the ailerons and connected them. I need to remove just a little more material from the slots to make them completely bind free, but they are almost there. I then spent a couple of hours working out how to add a flapperon mix on my Futaba 14 SG - I didn't find it that easy to understand especially after realising I had changed to another model - doh....Anyway with that sorted I then connected the elevators and rudder, so all control surfaces now move correctly. I have to admit watching all the surfaces move for the first time was quite pleasing - so motivated further I did some more work.
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Posted by Broken Prop on 18/04/2018 11:32:47: I had a Peugeot 205GTi back in the day. Lovely little car with an engine that just begged to be thrashed to within an inch of it's life. So I did! Many times! Pete
