Chili Pants
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What's your favourite way of attaching a canopy?
Chili Pants replied to Adrian Smith 1's topic in Hints and Tips
I have used this to great effect, apply glue and hold canopy in place with tape until set, it is used by jewelers to affix jewels in watches etc, drys crystal clear as well and any excess is easily cleaned away, although with the applicator its hard to make a mess. Got mine £2.99 on the bay, you cant go wrong with this stuff. -
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Thanks for the suggestion Martin, we used to have a Bulldog and its not quite the same, there is a slight flare up in the fuselage just behind the canopy on this and the canopy is located further forward on the Bulldog but it is similar. I should have mentioned that I noticed that what ever the mold was made from originally had a separate cowl but it looks like they must have joined it to the fuzz to make the mold, on this one piece fuzz you can see a faint join line where the cowl and fuzz were mated. Also the canopy is just made up from an old one that dad had laying around, so that profile could be different as well. Again thanks for taking the time to reply, this has been bugging the heck out of my father for at least 30yrs.
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Here are a couple of models my father built many moons ago that I have just refurbished, I have re painted the Curare from top to bottom the other model I just clear coated and tried to fix some of the hanger rash. Neither have flown yet but are ready to go, the red, green and gold model is of unknown origin, so if anyone has any ideas as to what it is please let me know, even my father does not know what it is called, he got the glass fuzz sometime in the late 70s early 80s all he can remember is a friend of his called "Bill" brought it back from Ellesmere Port, the wings and tailplane are made from Curare foam cores and the slight curved tail fin fillet was added by my father, originally the tail/fuzz junction was much more angular.
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Transmitter / receiver issues, help needed pls
Chili Pants replied to DAIRE CONNOLLY's topic in Beginners
Daire, do the ESc`s have ferrite rings? these are used to help cut interference from ESC`s, if there is not one fitted try one. If there is a ferrite ring already on the lead that goes to the receiver try moving it to along the cable a bit, also if the cable only has one wrap through the ring try adding more, you could also look at how the ESC power lead is located in relation the the receiver antenna (close proximity can cause issues) -
Posted by David Begg 1 on 06/06/2019 20:26:56: I have successfully used a LiFe battery in my T8FG. However it MUST be removed from the TX for charging. I purchased the battery from HobbyKing, Zippy 2500 6.6 volt %c Rx series On a bar code is 2200008691158 Hope this assists you. David, please excuse my ignorance but why must the battery be removed from the transmitter? is it because the circuitry within the transmitter would not be able to handle a Life charger with a suitable adapter and its ability to deliver a higher Amp charge rate? Sorry for the hijack Collin, I also use LiFepo4 in my Futaba 9c and 7c. I also remove the batteries for charging but I am slightly concerned about causing undue wear on the connectors.
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Could be unrelated but......coincidence and all that. For info, all relevant information, I found the possible implications of the last sentence interesting. https://phys.org/news/2019-06-amazon-drones-months.html
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Great news for anyone interested in this classic, there are updated plans available now on AeroFred, they are done in DWG format, which is very useful should you want parts laser cut. Additionally the poster of these plans has put up two versions, a traditional style build and one for a more modern build using a lighter turtle deck design. In case you are interest in doing one of these builds I would also like to let you know that Sarik Hobbies are able to provide canopies for the Curare on request, the quality of these canopies is flawless, I had one made by them about six months ago for my Sunshine Models Curare build (I didnt like the included kit canopy)
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I did wonder if they were based on the same calculation method, I have tried them both, its just I found this one more user friendly also I like that you can input your batteries C rate and get what the IR is supposed to be and that it gives a C rate based on our IR without doing any headwork, the V drop is a nice touch as well.
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I have been looking at IR and C rating recently, I have quite modest requirements for C but its nice to know these things, I just picked up a cheap charger that can read IR, though it will mostly be used monitor the lipo`s health occasionally. To get IR or C rate I used this on line tool, quite simple to use, just input your battery details, dont know how accurate it is as I am new to all this electric stuff but it saves me from making my head hurt. Here`s the link https://www.soko-heli-tools.com/calculators
