kevin wild

December 15, 2011

Love it

touch and goes in the snow. fantastic

kev

December 14, 2011

I had a notification of your latest post come through (without photos) on my phone last night and i thought you were joking about the tights lol

I've never seen tights used before like this. is it purely for finishing or do they add strength too ??

that's what I love about this hobby. your always learning something new

keep the posts coming. hope you're not in trouble for using the wife's best tights

kev

December 13, 2011

what's the name of this thread ? lol
7 foot rotor ... this I gotta see

December 12, 2011

Hi

I ripped the innards out of a park zone p51 and made my self a shockie type indoor plane

it's 2mm depron apart from the nose where I've glue 6mm either side to take the knocks. the wing has a 2mm carbon spar and a kf section.

I fly in a single basket ball size hall and it's plenty slow enough. if i remember correctly it's 35g with the battery

I've also built a Cessna from the same system. 2mm built up fuselage and 3mm wing. the wing doesn't have a carbon spar. i did stick a single piece of sellotape on the underside though. It does bow a little on sharp turns but never let me down. the undercamber probably gives it a bit of stiffness too

have fun and if first you don't succeed then get the knife out and hack it a bit

works for me

kev

Edited By kevin wild on 12/12/2011 11:54:46

Edited By kevin wild on 12/12/2011 11:56:17

December 12, 2011

any progress good sir

December 9, 2011

hi
nice subject

even building lightly I think you'll be over 4lb. I'm not an expert though so don't quote me on it

Kev

December 8, 2011

thanks.

I can adjust fuz and wing a bit and get 3 degrees. if that doesn't improve things I could remove 10mm from the leading edge. it's a bit of a hack but as a last resort it will give me more AOA

I've now found indoor planes on the net with up to 6 degrees of attack so I'm going to give it a go

thanks again

Kev

December 7, 2011

Posted by Stephen Jones on 07/12/2011 18:41:23:

Thank you Olly

I have decided to paint this one like This

Nice

December 7, 2011

Hi

just measured the cad model and there's only one degree of attack

any ideas how much ?

kev

December 7, 2011

Hi Rich

I've just checked the incidence. 1 degree ?. I'm guessing that's not enough. I never thought to check this when I imported the jpg and traced the outlines ;-(

am I right in thinking that I need a lot more on a slow indoor model ?

kev

Edited By kevin wild on 07/12/2011 17:57:33

December 7, 2011

Hi

I'm having a spot of bother. I've built an indoor lazy bee from a three view drawing i found on on the net and it flies like a pig

with the slightest bit of rudder it just dives for the floor. i tried moving the c of g forward and backwards with no change

i thought that it was the hinge line on my rudder being about 11 degrees off the vertical but some more research shows that's how they are. ????

I only had my 2 cell 800mah lipos with me last night when i tried to fly it so is it too heavy ? (135g) and 20 inch wing span. might it be tip stalling ????

HELP

your thoughts please

kev

Edited By kevin wild on 07/12/2011 15:14:10

December 7, 2011

nice to see you have good taste in music too. if it had been a boney m cd case I would have unsubscribed from your build thread instantly

I don't think it'll fly with that battery though

looking forward to seeing more

kev

December 4, 2011

Hi

I love the idea of the the bumble bee scheme

do you think there's room to get a suitable edf in the fuz one day ?. or maybe in a larger version ?

December 4, 2011

looking good and coming together very quickly

I like the way you've done the aelerons. very clever

November 28, 2011

Looking good

love the planking. very neat

keep the balsa dust flying good sir

atb

kev

November 23, 2011

looking good

sorry i some how missed that you've not been well. hope your fighting fit soon

nice to see a plan at last

)

all the best

kev

November 1, 2011

Hi

I've made up some sanding templates for the leading edges and had a go at one of them

also sanded the bit that meets the fuselage. the fuz fits ok but i might put a bit of filler around the joint

October 31, 2011

LOL

why not get a bigger wing and take your Nan for a fly

October 28, 2011

Hi

I've done a bit more

added some servo boxes

sanded the trialing edges of top sheet

glued on the top sheets

added the leading edge strips

cut out the fin slots

dry fitted the fins and tested the rudders

October 28, 2011

Hi

your builds are a pleasure to watch. Knobbly effects are nice

I recon you'll have it flying before Santa's been

nice one

October 24, 2011

Very windy

great video (again)

kev

October 24, 2011

October 23, 2011

HI

I've spent most of today tinkering with the rudder torque rod setup. with the rudder linkages hidden in the wing it seems a pity to mount the elevon servos as i did on the original. do any of you have experience of using the torque bar method on elevons ?

I've seen this setup on youtube demonstrated but wonder if it's practical for my elevons

I've drawn it up and the servo will just fit under the wing skin if a move it in between the spars

the rear carbon spar has been hidden in the image and the elevon top skin made transparent. the servo (dark red) turns a torque rod (pink) that runs freely in a ply box in the elevon. the amount of bend in the torque bar is set to give the correct amount of movement

questions ????

is this setup good enough for a high speed model ?

can a nice slop free movement be achieved ?

how thick does the torque bar need to be ?

rudder setup

Edited By kevin wild on 23/10/2011 22:02:49

October 23, 2011

You'll have it rebuilt in no time at all

I hate to see a great model in peices

get it fixed

October 19, 2011

Trial canopy fit

the canopy locates in the two slots on top of the fuselage. the underside of the canopy needs to be sanded to suit the top of the fuselage. I've drawn a green line to show the extent of the sanding

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