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Well after another non event of a day at the flying field I'm home and back in the shed. As mentioned above .... it was time to make a start on the rudder and elevator control horns, rods and servos. This was not without its trials either. As you can see, the elevator horns had to be fitted at an angle in order to be placed on the elevator section otherwise there was insufficient bearing to take the horn. To be fair the destructions actually show this a bit in one image ..... and then contradict it in another. My preference would have been to have fitted them as per previous builds with the series of pushrod holes being in line with the break in the elevator and main section join ( the hinge line ) its the same with the control horn for the rudder ....... the rudder horn had to be pushed slightly further back on the rudder surface than I would have wanted in order to avoid a potential clash when operating the elevator surface .... not the easiest thing to appreciate from the photo's I have provided. I'll maybe put up more later. and again ...... I get the feeling that I will be revisiting this before long ..... anyway ..... onto the servo's ..... and there are the victims ..... These had been bought for another model but I have just used them on this for now. all the technical bumf ..... an array of different control horns etc as usual ..... and fitted for now ..... Note the use of Z bends ..... 😄 my new favourite .... I will be temporarily installing a receiver and battery etc to play around with the settings and testing the throws at some point soon before going on much further. I'm not over confident with these horns and the way they are fitted. cheers for now toto

Well, Weather not playing ball. Light showers followed by down pours. Chasing breaks between rain. Then my glow plug heater goes out of power. No one else at the field on glow so no knight in shining armour. Tried charging it from my lead acid field battery but hardly looking at it. So the rest of the afternoon charging the glow battery for tomorrow. Time for a John Smith's I think. Toto

Domestics done ..... dog was at the Vet for her check up .... all good. Time to head for the field ...... everything looking decent so far. Nice bright weather, a little bit of a breeze with a spit or two of rain.fingers crossed everythings holds off for the afternoon. It the Arising Star's maiden day today. Toto

Thanks John, I'll have to wait until I am back on my laptop. I'm currently working from my pad. I have uploaded the image so far as my cover photo but cant seem to copy it to my avatar profile. No matter ... once on my laptop, I can import it again from there. Many thanks for your response. Toto

I have hunted all over my profile settings trying to find out how to change my avatar image ...... what's the password .... Many thanks Toto

The forum is only what you make it. I think the vast majority of members would speak highly of their appreciation to the folks that provide, maintain and police ( through necessity ) the facility that we all enjoy and at no cost. We all have to play nice by the same framework of rules and most manage it. So every now and again ..... spare a thought for those who have to make it work and remember ..... we are all dispensable. I speak from experience. Toto

Paul, From what you say, If you can fly circuits, do loops, rolls and stalls etc .... you would not be tethered to anyone.... I'm sure you would attain instant solo flying status. Get joining Toto

Thanks John ..... I am torn between making this or my Space Walker my next assembly. I think I will stick with the plan and do the Space Walker. I already have a force .46 glow engine for that which gives me choices of either electric or glow models in high or low wing formats. This little fellow will be another IC as you suggest. I have not looked at 4 strokes as yet but I like it so much , I'd like to do something different with it. I can see this becoming a " go to " favorite going forward .... and once I can fly of course. It is definetely my kind of model ..... there again ...... so are the others ..... 😄 cheers for now and fingers crossed for some flying time tomorrow. toto

OK .... disappointment written all over this post .......😄 No more progress for tonight ..... need to wait until tomorrow night. It could be tomorrow during the day but if that is the case ...... its at the expense of getting some stick time in due to weather .... so if there is a rather deafly absence in the afternoon ..... you can take it ..... I'm working on my wings . either way, I will be continuing on installing the rudder and elevator control horns etc and probably their respective servo's. I will be torn between moving on to the motor mount or starting on the wings. I'd love to leave the wings until the last possible moment to try and avoid and damage with then sitting around in the shed. We'll see. cheers for now. toto

Gave the model a going over tonight just to check it in a bit more detail. .... really .... mostly ok with the exception of a few marks on the front of the elevator surface but I think this will clean off. even if it doesn't it's no big deal but worth mentioning. The covering is about 95% fine with maybe a couple of creases to iron out ..... again no big deal. So a few photo's just to whet your appetite. ok .... the staple shot ..... and off comes the lid ... and the first thing I look at ... is the elevator .... with a bit of a rough finish but really barely noticeable ...... to a blind man .... the rudder ..... Now .... this is a little different from the usual rudder install .... especially when it comes to gluing the hinges ..... but I will cover that in the build ( but worth noting before you go charging in ). Transfers and destructions .... please note the instructions area little better than what you get to download on line ... a bt more detailed as I have noticed with a couple of models that I have tackled so far. The first of the wings .... pristine .... as is the other which I did not bother to photograph. Note the little holes for the cable wing supports as you will see spattered around on the other control surfaces and fuselage etc. Really nice colour scheme. and the wing servo hatch .... and yet more wing cable support holes the under carriage frames which are substantial .... iron mongery pack with fuel tank and all sorts ..... next up ..... the Simon ..... the electric conversion pack ..... and we move on to the fuselage ....... note how I give you a duff shot of the underside first ...... what a tease. hey presto .... how nice is that ....... off with the Hatch .... to reveal the magnets holders ... and again ..... the view to the rear of the fuselage ...... and to the front ..... look at them lines ...... just lovely ....... a view of the instrumentation panel in the cockpit .... basic but something that you could make a feature out of if you wanted to take it to the next level ..... and the windscreen ..... a and last .... a quick view of the rear end ..... again some cable support holes and as mentioned earlier... just a little sting in the tail as it is a little different to what I am used to so far and I know when looking through the instructions that I need to pay attention here ..... just some minor but I think crucial differences. OK .... thats the treat for tonight. Hope you like toto

Alrighty ...... back in the shed ... checked the tail plane as epoxied in last night and all is well. Solid. Next .... a wee easy starter for 10 .............. fitting the clevis's and their tube holders in place .... and here .... and a quick sneek peek at the motor and ESC which has arrived for this assembley ..... and .... and there will be zero soldering connectors in this case ...... there .... an appropriate adaptor to take the sting out of changing connectors over. I will be going on to fitting the control horns for the Rudder and Elevator control surfaces next but I need to go and do a check on the Bowers Flybaby which arrived yesterday .... I did not have the chance to give it a proper going over to check for any potential issues. Leave it too late and any come back ....... is gone. I'll be back toto

I'd like to work out if it would take a two stroke with rear exhaust port to save butchering the cowl. Or anything else that would accomodate that. Need to look further into it. Toto

Ok chaps ..... thanks for the low down. I dare say PM's or as Gary suggested WhatsApp. Cheers Toto

Hi Earlybird ...... you have been exonerated.... I may even listen to you again ..... Hi Jon ... what are your customers kitting this out with then ? Cheers Toto

Looks like your deduction is quite correct dear Watson. Tell you wot ....... I'll Skype masel. Toto

Maybe you have chosen the right path. Your choice. Toto

I wont try and predict the future of where the car policy is going in the future, I'm sure these ambitious electrification targets will change well before 2030 as they are unattainable from a infrastructure point of view as well as economically. Going back to LIPO's though and regardless of some folks current behaviours in charging their mobile phones and laptops etc ..... these appliances seem to be considered considerably safer than the LIPO batteries that we use and discuss in this context. You have mentioned on a few occasions that you are not a member of a club ..... maybe sometimes as a suggestion that that's why you are unable to gain access to information or keep abreast of certain events. Does this not tell you something .... that maybe you should be looking at the practicalities of joining a club in your locality if you can and enriching yourself in what could be made available to you as a result of joining ? I've found that joining my club that it's been the single most beneficial thing that I have done ( given the physical flying experience that a forum cant provide ) .... joining here comes a very close second. Look into a club. Cheers Toto

Mmmmmm ..... I'm assuming this is a dead duck then .....

Arrived today ..... good delivery service from 4 Max. Had a quick peek only as I was busy firefighting on other fronts. Never gave it a complete inspection so will hopefully get around to that tomorrow. On the face of it though ..... all looks good. No apparent damage to the main box which can sometimes be a good sign and a quick surface look when I opened it suggests the same. The various parts come covered as usual but not sellotaped/ secured in the box. So movement in transit could have been possible. I'm sure all will be good anyway. I'll report back tomorrow. PS ..... the colour scheme looks very nice and quite rich in colour. .... should make up into a very nice model. Toto

Cheers, it will be the first air time in weeks ...... I'm gonna give it some..... Toto

Spoke to my mentor tonight ..... he is available Saturday and Sunday and has hi Hope's of flights between intermittent showers this weekend. The Arising Star may get its wings wet after all on a potential maiden. C'mon the weather gods !!!!!!!! Toto

Yes, the beeps appeared ok. It has to be either the soldered joint or the timing. My mentor is going to try resoldering the plugs again to see if he can make any difference. I'll drop them off to him on Saturday ...... meanwhile I have ordered a Dean's to EC5 converter plug. Should have just done that to start with. Well browned off. Anyway .... forget it for now until Saturday and move on to other things for the moment. Toto

OK .... progress with the Tiger ... taped up the sides of the horizontal tail to prevent getting epoxy all over it and as a guide line ... and on the under side as well .... mixed up the epoxy and done the elevator section first and then the rudder section .... it now sits up on the racking to dry until tomorrow out of harms way. No more on this for tonight. cheers toto

Hi earlybird, mines are similar. they don't look too bad actually. Insort of half filled the bucket with solder , tinned the end of both cables ... applied heat to the bucket and slid the cable end in. took the heat off and let it set. Hi Caveman the difference is with the 80A ESC ( no 3 ) there was no soldering required, it had a ET60 connector on the ESC. I had an XT60 to EC5 convertor lead which I pluged in between the ESC and the Battery. Hooked it up to the system ..... and away it went... ( as per the images in my last thread above ). toto

problem solved ..... runs like a dream. its either my soldering ..... or a timing issue .... at least the motor is ruled out. I need to look at timing next ( although these things are reputed to run fine out of the box ) so I expect it to be .... like Caveman suggests .... a dry joint. Now ..... timing .... do I need some kind of fancy programmer thingy ? toto