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Brian, I had the same thing with my dx6 being a battery hog. I got fed up with it so I bought a 4000mah lipo from 4max that plugs straight in and fits perfect. now I never need to worry about the batterys going flat.have a look on the 4 max site it is purple power pack £19.99 well worth the money

Posted by Lindsay Todd on 17/12/2016 17:49:42: Its been a while since I updated this blog, the model has now flown way back in August at the Greenacres Fly In and whilst under power she performed quite nicely I just felt the gliding performance was too compromised. This was backed up on the slopes and a further problem also became evident with masking of the V Tail occurring at certain angles of attack resulting in loss of elevator effectiveness. Whilst considering various options I settled on the decisions to revert to a more conventional tail as per our second prototype which has had a better performance and also extend the wing for a better gliding performance from 66 inch to 80 inches and split in two halves with aluminium tube spars for easy transport. The model now also has larger ailerons as a result of the wing span increase and also a set of clip on struts. The result has been a significant improvement in performance as a glider. The option or question now is do I keep both wings, the short as a power model and the larger as a glider. photo of the larger wing final version on the slope today Linds Edited By Lindsay Todd on 17/12/2016 17:50:24 hi Lindsay, im new here I am going to build this in the new year. have you got any pics of the battery bay and where you have put the servos? it may help me out when I go to build it as this will be my 3rd plane built from plans. I found the plans easy enough to understand after I had read them 3 or 4 times. I must say there is something about this plane [glider] that really appeals to me cheers dan

Posted by Peter Miller on 01/12/2017 08:34:31: Daniel. Take the plan to a copy shop and ask them to flip the drawing in the copy machine. As a rather smelly alternative wipe the plan with paraffin . This will make it transparent, it also stops the glue sticking to the plan. The Paraffin dries off leaving a clean plan again. Another way is to lay hand writing carbon paper under the plan, carbon side up and draw over the plan. you will then have a carbon copy on the back. cheers peter

thanks for the welcome rob and your ideas. I think being so new to building Im gonna go with peters way and go to a copy shop. the paraffin way sounds interesting may give that a try one day. Dan........

thanks to all for the replys, I will definitely take note of all the tips and ideas for future reference when building from plans. I will look forward to sharing my builds with you guys and also following and learning [ a lot ] from everybody on here. the build I have completed and the build I have just started the plans show me everything. but in the November issue of rcme [ woodpecker ] that plan only shows half the wing and half the elevator. how do you go about building these when it is like this? as I am going to build this in the new year. Dan

hi everybody. im new to the forum I have been aeromodelling for around 7yrs I am a self taught modeller I flew at my local fields for a few years. then decided I would like to join my local club so that's what I did. after I had been there a while I took my A certificate which then allowed me to fly solo which was great.i have been flying foames since I started aeromodelling. this year I decided to have a go at building from plans so I chose a 3 channel high wing plane. I got the plans free from a magazine I then brought all the stuff and got building straight away to cut along story short I finished it not to long ago I took it along to my club and it flew really well was I pleased or what!..half way through that the build I was already thinking what should i build next anyway I found another plane to build which I have now started and again im already thinking what can I build next. anyway I have decided I am going to build the woodpecker that I have the plans for out of last months rcme.