Wot 4 MK3 Classic

[Devcon1]

Awe shucks, my Android phone doesnt give me the option to add photos.

[Devcon1]

Ailerons and flaps roughly fitted. Will cover wing and control surfaces seperately. Knuckle joints beefed up with old snake outer.

[Devcon1]

It's rough out there, half a wing done. Had to make a solid balsa encasement to hold the flap servos.

[Devcon1]

Squadron markings courtesy of Hobbyking.

[cymaz]

There’re good

[Devcon1]

Thanks cymas, not sure if it's Russians chasing Americans or vice versa.

The end is in sight, details parts of covering done. The rest tonight. I do not enjoy doing wing tips in film, the finish so far is not very neat.

Just off to watch the mighty Mariners chance their luck at Exeter FC. Fingers crossed.

[Devcon1]

Wing covered. Boy was I not wrong about the football. Last 40 minutes down to 10 men and I don't think the ball went into their half after that. Our keeper was world class, Exeter fans must have left the ground in disbelief. Up the Mariners.

[Rich too]

Nice build. Why reinforce the hinges?

[Devcon1]

Thanks Rich too,

The hinges were a bit bendy and because the hinge centre stood out quite a bit to get the correct pivot point there was too much flex. The little bit of snake outer added a lot of stiffness. As I'll have large deflections on the surfaces they needed to be strong.

In reality I should have been patient and ordered some of the heavy duty Robart versions which would have been better.

[Devcon1]

Almost finished, just need to add some more decoration.

The under the skin bits are temporary tattoos which after a coat of Johnsons Klear should be fine.

I used some old Revell 1/32 F14 plastic kit underwing fuel tanks cut in half to make the 2 of the servo shrouds.

[Edgeflyer]

Interesting build and useful ideas.

Did the finished article perform as required?

[wolfmanjack]

 

Hi there Devcon1

 

Did you ever finish and fly this Wot4 ?

 

I have just acquired an old Wot4 Mk3 and was thinking of converting it to electric ... Do you have any more details of your installation , and how it performs .... assuming you have managed to get it airborne and get some hours on it ?

 

Love the pale grey scheme , most interested to see what kind of colour accents you added to give the final effect.

 

cheers

 

Ian

[kc]

Lots of people have converted old balsa Wot 4 to electric.   One way is shown on the Chris Foss website -check out both Wot4 and Uno Wot for slightly different version which could work on either.   ( one uses Velcro while the other uses cable ties and needs a ply plate for each Lipo - either could be used )

There are recommended motors on the 4Max site but others could be used.

Edited May 5, 2021 by kc