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Maiden flight behind me now 🙂 Still some trimming to sort out - I ran out of down trim. Home in one piece so I call that a result. Hard to find easterly slopes around here, I've been getting the maps out as it's been easterly winds for what seems like weeks now. As my car is off the road I've been using my camper, and the BoT fits in it nicely fully rigged! Spoilers rather over powerful: they dump all the lift and pitch the model steeply down. I may try shorter arms on the servos or switch to a different channel so I can be progressive rather than on or off with them.
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Matthew Lloyd replied to Tim Hooper's topic in Gliders and Gliding - General Discussion
One more evening required to sort the balance and throws, then I'm good for a flat field trim test. Dreaming of balmy days sloping my lovely new toy 😎 -
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Matthew Lloyd replied to Tim Hooper's topic in Gliders and Gliding - General Discussion
Thank you Tim -
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Matthew Lloyd replied to Tim Hooper's topic in Gliders and Gliding - General Discussion
Hi @Tim Hooper - I'm close to the first flight of my BoT 🙂 But nowhere can I find any suggestions of the throws on the rudder and elevator - would you please let me know what you have on your model? -
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Matthew Lloyd replied to Tim Hooper's topic in Gliders and Gliding - General Discussion
Thank you for your input guys. I have changed the wing fixing to wing bolts, and swapped the joiner from steel to carbon. I have also fitted spoilers! Soon I'll be covering it. Very much looking forward to flying it. I found this excellent article written by the BoT designer, reviewing the Dynaflight kit - very helpful - if tricky to read! -
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Matthew Lloyd replied to Tim Hooper's topic in Gliders and Gliding - General Discussion
Hi there Tim! I'm building a Dynaflight BoT from a kit that has sat untouched for over ten years, and I have loved getting back into building with balsa. I faithfully followed the plans and I am struggling to have faith in the wing joiner and the banded on wings. How have you got on with yours? Specifically, I'm looking for answers to... 1) What size wing bands do I need? 2) Did you add a fibreglass band around the wing root area? 3) I'm thinking of adding a couple of locating pins to the wing roots - did you? I plan to fly mine off slopes on balmy summer days 😎 BW Matthew -
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Matthew Lloyd replied to Matthew Lloyd's topic in Gliders and Gliding - General Discussion
Found the plan on the Bay of e - thank you Ben -
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Matthew Lloyd replied to Matthew Lloyd's topic in Gliders and Gliding - General Discussion
I've just downloaded the instructions - found a pdf online. It looks like I don't need plans