LHR Dave

HI Ron Sorry if you have already mentioned this, what is the exact type of Gorilla glue you are using to join the foam wings.? I have always been a traditional epoxy resin and aliphatic glues user. What other building uses are the Gorilla glues good for ? I see there is a different bottle on your bench. Regards Dave

The plan showed it going across thats why I was confused

Peter, I am having a moment! I have found some of the original balsa frames I made a long time ago but can't find F5,6,7. As it 2as long ago I can't remember hiw I made F5 and 6 as they are taller than the width of a 4" sheet of balsa. Please enlighten me.

All points of view welcome as many eyes are better than just mine . I still have the original frames that I have made from balsa. The good thing is that as I don't get much time to build I tend to gather bits I have made along the way without commiting to glue. I will reevaluate as I go but think you could be right. I enjoy building and probably think I was being too clever making the frames as I did. Anyway I am still building up the wing so will be a fare while until I get onto the fuse.

I was thinking of doing similar to the tail h stab and v stab but still using 1/4 balsa to elevate some tail weight. Thoughts ?

While I was in the moment, here are the pics of my fuselage frames. I have made them from 1/8 lite ply and have made them lighter whilst keeping good strength. I believe they will be stronger than just using balsa and although I have not been able to weigh them the weight difference should be minimal.

Cheers Peter I like to make things as easy as possible, so if it works will just use some 1/4 square. Thanks for your help and I know I keep promising will try to add some pics of the build where I can. Dave

Hi Peter I have a question about the wing trailing edge spar. Apologies if this question has already been raised else where in this thread. The plan states that the rear spar is made from 1/4 sheet and not 1/4 square is this correct?. Also the plan shows that the rear spar is chamfered both top and bottom but this can't be achieved on the bottom edge as it needs to be glued directly onto the trailing edge cap strip. I hope this makes sense. Dave

Hi Toto I am enjoying your build. I noticed the Sky 120 box behind your building board, is that the next project after the 40 ?

Cheers Peter , it will be a while until I fly her but I do enjoy the building, even if it takes me a lot longer than most people. 😀

Peter, did you use a 3s or 4s lipo with the 3541-1070 4Max motor and what prop size did you settle on ? I am a very slow builder (getting the time to do it rather than actually building slowly) I have Oodalally on the building board at the moment and have cut all the parts myself from your original plan from RCME. I have always intended to go electric for this model and am grateful for the electric update and confirmation that the 3541/1070 motor provides good performance, as in previous pages of this thread some of the builders have used a wide variety of motors, some of them being very powerful and possibly an overkill. I will try to post some pics of my build but cant guarantee I will find the time. Dave

Hi Peter How about a conclusion to this thread, some final photos and a flight report ? Interested to see how you got on. dave

Thanks Graham. Im trying to work out what electric motor to use from what i have in my workshop. At a guess I think I would need around 130ish watts per pound ? Dave

Peter What was the all up weight of the electric version ?

Very nice work Tim, looking very splendid out in the open.