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The Dawn Flyer's Club House
WOETC (Rob) replied to Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator's topic in The 2014 Mass Build
I made mine from appropriately sized PVC tubing. Bit busy at the moment but give me an hour and I'll post some photos and explain how I did it. Cheers, Rob -
The Dawn Flyer's Club House
WOETC (Rob) replied to Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator's topic in The 2014 Mass Build
Posted by Dylan Reynolds on 20/10/2013 10:03:48: What weight does your 6fter come in at woetc? Hi Dylan, I'm actually waiting as we speak for a set of digital luggage scales from eBay. Knowing that they're on the way I hadn't actually weighed it as yet. I'm propped for about 600watts and that provided plenty of power. I'll see if I can put it on to the bathroom scales tomorrow (its late here in Oz) and let you know roughly. Will post some photos of the two of them together. Cheers, Rob. -
The Dawn Flyer's Club House
WOETC (Rob) replied to Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator's topic in The 2014 Mass Build
My 1.5 scaled up (6ft wingspan) maidened today. E-Flight Power 46 motor and 4S LiPo. All went well and just have some minor detailing to do now. My original Dawn Flyer now has a big sister. -
Ok, some photos of the 1.5 scale dawn Flyer with its smaller brother. Cheers, Rob
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Hi Lindsay, construction is now pretty much complete - just a final sanding and then ready to stain and cover. I pretty much stuck with the same material thicknesses as they were pretty solidly engineered anyway - 6mm side sheeting etc. I did upgrade the top and bottom main spars to 8mm spruce and the rear to 6mm spruce. Fuselage longerons and cross pieces also 6mm spruce with the diagonals remaining as 6mm hard balsa. I also added a 1.5mm ply doubler overlapping the inside area where the longerons join the fuselage sides as that is where my first fuselage broke (see my earlier posts). I presume you mean a 200% version - 8ft would be something to see. I'm hoping this larger version will handle the strong winds we are presently experiencing in Oz a bit better than the original smaller one. Cheers and thanks again for the lovely design, Rob Edited By woetc on 10/10/2013 00:41:46
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It's on the way. I've made a start on my large Dawn Flyer - plans enlarged by 50%; all done by hand with a calculator and pencil as I don't have access to CAD (or the ability). Fuse almost completed and about to start on the wing. Will be finished exactly per the smaller one although I do have a suitable pair of wire wheels stashed away. Power will be an E-Flight Power 46 with 4S LiPo. Cheers, Rob.
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Disaster!!!!!! I pushed it a bit too much in the wind Sunday befor last. It was gusting badly but I decided to have "one more flight" (5th for the day). It wasn't pleasant and I decided to bring her in - a handful on the approach but all seemed to be going well. At about 2ft off the deck a crosswind gust from the aircraft's right caught it and flipped it on its back. Fuselage was a total write off but wing and tail surfaces unmarked. Interestingly, the open framework of the rear fuselage pretty much survived. Well, I decided you can't keep a good (Dawn) flyer down and immediately set about building a new fuselage which I am happy to say is now complete and ready to be assembled. The new model will be christened "Phoenix" and weather permitting will take to the air again on Wed. Afraid Lindsay put a seed in my mind and I have scaled up the plans by 1.5. Construction will commence as soon as I get the Phoenix Dawn Flyer back together. Power will be an E-Flite power 46 off a 4S LiPo. All seem to fit in when laid over the plans - I'll pay more attention to build photos with this one. Rob
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Wayne, I've used a DualSky DSXM3550CA-14, 1000kV propped (11x5) for just under its rated 250Watts. More than adequate and fits in quite nicely. Lindsay, I was thinking the very thing myself re a larger model. Increasing the size by 50% would give a 6ft wingspan (pretty close to my TopFlite Elder) which is powered with a Saito 56. Experience with that model is that electric power would be preferable as the open rear fuselage structure gets very messy with dirt and grass sticking to the exhaust residue and being very fiddly to clean off. I'm thinking something like an E-Flite power 40 brushless with 4S power pack. Dont think there would be any need to scale up the material thicknesses but maybe use 6mm spruce for wing spars and fuse longerons. I've been experimenting on the computer and can scale up the wing ribs & formers easily. Fuse sides are a bit big for A4 but could easily redraw them by hand. Will ponder a little longer before deciding. Was hoping to get another flying session in on Wed morning but the weather was not kind - Sunday is looking good so far. Cheers, Rob.
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Well an astoundingly successful maiden on Sunday - no problem at all keeping it straight on our grass field, into the air, a little left trim on the ailerons and smiles all round. Not a pylon racer but ample power on 250 Watts behind an old 11.5x5 IC Bolly prop that I'm using till I can chase up a suitable electric prop. Thanks again Lindsay for a great model. More pics in my album **LINK** Cheers, Rob
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