Murat Kece 1

We had a great day out at Kerloch. Day started at 3 degC but built up to 10 degC. Here are some photos (Courtesy of Leccy).

All my twins have the ESCs in the nacelles- Option1.

looks great. well done..

collection is the problem!

I had my second flight with TEMPEST. With 5mm up-down on elevator and 10mm up-down on ailerons. It now behaves well and flies great. 😄 And the FW190 dolly fits it perfectly.

Well come to the forum. I would recommend that you keep the longer original nose, unlikely the builder who submitted the photos with a shorter nose. As the electric motor will be much lighter, you will need nose weight to get the correct CG and also make hatch and battery tray. From the review I see that the all in weight will be around 600-700grs (1.5 lb). A motor of 150 to 200 Watts will be more than adequate.. A 2826 x 1040KV motor with 3S battery+ 30A ESC, and 10x7 prop should give you enough power. You can contact [email protected] to get a recommendation from them. They also have a list of motors recommended for various models people consulted them for at www.4-max.co.uk. I hope this help. Good luck

We finally had a break in weather and I maidened my Fournier. It was a bit windy but it managed to handle it. No flying phots as our photographer was off duty on the day!

Very precise and neat.. Excellent. 👏

That is impressive at 462grs Simon.. I look forward to its maiden. Well done.👏

I think a composite depron/balsa tail feathers will be acceptable (e.g. depron center, carbon spar and balsa edges). My tempest came at 2.8kg without the retracts 😐.. Clearly I have to pay attention to detail much more carefully and stop being so blaze. I also should have shaved /sanded more as you suggested Richard. I am not sure how we can reduce the paint weight - I used 2 coats to eliminate the brush strikes. I also used a coat of water based varnish. Other thing is the PVA, should we water it more at the expense of less adhesion at some spots?

Good to see you back. Welcome back Dirk. I hope your health has recovered and you are well now. I look forward the completion of the magnificent plane. 😊

I maidened two planes yesterday. Tempest and PT19. Dave launching the Tempest. Thank you all for the support. And thank you Richard for another great kit.

Thank you Chris. AUW 2750 gr CG 80 mm. Regards.

Finally the weather eased to a cold but brilliantly sunny day with a crisp and great visibility. I managed to get my TEMPEST airborne for the first time. It was a hairy maiden with a twitchy start. I need to dial in more expo and reduce the throws further. Nevertheless I completed the flight successfully and landed easily after a couple of test approaches which showed that Tempest likes to float well. Here are a few photos with the bird in its proper plumage. Flying shots will follow once my friend Derek (our official photographer) sends them to me. Cheers..

You cant complain about the cold with shorts and t-shirt David.. Regards from Aberdeen.

Looking good Leccy.. 👏

well done. it almost resembles Delta Dyke..

Gents With the ballast box and the grill there is limited air circulation access. Has anyone had any additional cooling air holes in the front or at the back? There was some discussion about the hatch lifting and drilling circulation holes?

Hi Erik Thanks for the details and your valuable feedback. I am standardising on 4s 3300 batteries. Yes moving the battery forward would save some weight but not much. I opted for this solution as the estimated AUW is about 2750 gr without undercarriage. I hope mine flies as well as your.

I got round to building the ballast-box finally. I opted for the precast weights rather than making one. Here are a few photos. I'll paint the grill black. Almost ready for the maiden.. Forecast seems good from Thursday onwards.. Fingers crossed 👍😊

very neat!👏

I look forward to the build. Good one.

Thanks Chris. I will cast a weight or build a lead box too.

Ron Is 5mm on the elevator really sufficient?