martin collins 1 Posted January 20, 2020 Author Share Posted January 20, 2020 Well it has flown, and very nicely i must say, after several last minute set backs which included the mylar hinges not taking the cyano in places, gave them a bit more but pinned them to be on the safe side. Also the right aileron was too high at neutral and the way i have the linkages there is no adjustment so i took the control wire off the servo and made a longer one, the grub screw that holds it to the torque rod stripped the thread in it`s plastic fitting. got round the problem by fitting a small collet on the end of the rod so it couldn`t slide off, this led to another problem! As the two torque rods moved in opposite directions when using ailerons there was just a fag paper gap between them, too close for comfort. My modeling side cutters wouldn`t nip the wire so i had to scrabble around as the sun was going down to find my larger ones in my garage. Here are a few shots my wife took, as you can see the sun was just going over the horizon, a close call, i only flew it for about 3 mins as the visibility was going making it hard to distinguish when side on. She took a video which i will try and upload later. Many thanks to the wife for a very good launch which was only her second, the first was a couple of minutes earlier on an old foamie to see if she could do it ok. Challenge is not over yet, i still have to finish the covering and put some tissue and thinned pva over the canopy which i ended up making from polystyrene, i was surprised how well it sanded. Final update on the challenge later with some pictures of the finished plane, i am confidant of a result for me but the Mrs is still on her 7th book, once read she still has to go back and read the last volume of War & Peace before midnight........... Edited By martin collins 1 on 20/01/2020 18:00:53 Edited By martin collins 1 on 20/01/2020 18:01:56 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken anderson. Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 well done that man.... ken anderson...ne..1 records dept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Bott - Moderator Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Fantastic result. Well done that man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kc Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Well I was one of the people who thought it wouldn't be possible........but clearly I was wrong! Congratulations. One for the Guiness Book of Records perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Neasham Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Excellent, a great story, has inspired me to make a start on the 48 inch version I have had for at least the last 15 years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin collins 1 Posted January 21, 2020 Author Share Posted January 21, 2020 Te dah, end of the 7 day challenge, here is the result, one finished Tucano which flew as well today, i think that qualifies as a completed challenge. The paint is still wet on the canopy but it looks like a finished model to me, however i will be putting some trim colours on it to make it more visible on the top as i found it disappeared rather quickly in the poor light at the end of today. My wife nearly made it but the Viking Britain book took her longer than anticipated, nearly 8 hours as it was a factual book rather than a novel it is a slower read to make sure you are taking it all in. That completed she went back to War & Peace but missed out by 300 pages, 200 of which are the actual story and the last 100 are Tolstoy`s comments. In the end it was a close run thing for both of us, i finished getting the basic covering on with 2 minutes to spare, having almost missed the last flush of daylight to fly it earlier. It feels good to have done the challenge and strangely i feel it was great that it went to the wire and was not completed with ease and a day to spare. I think we will both do something similar again, mine may well be to build another plane. I will post some more pics of the plane once trimmed up on the new models topic as the challenge is now over.... Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel R Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin collins 1 Posted January 21, 2020 Author Share Posted January 21, 2020 Brian, please do make a start on the 48" one, make sure you do a build thread, i have the plan and build article for that one so may have a go at that at some point......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Marsh Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 I built one and Chris did as well. Flies well and very floaty, is hard to just bring it in, as it will float on by. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff 1959 Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Well done Martin, we all knew you could do it, congrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin collins 1 Posted January 26, 2020 Author Share Posted January 26, 2020 Finished pictures now on the new model thread, pleased with the result............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kc Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 How many hours per day did it take and therefore what is the total hours it took to build? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin collins 1 Posted January 26, 2020 Author Share Posted January 26, 2020 Don`t know the answer to that, most days i was at work, so starting at around 4pm each day, add in a couple of days for a Sunday and a day off work. Most days worked on it till somewhere between 11pm and midnight.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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