Daniel Kezar
Ultimate Cheap Skate
Hey FoamieDM, congrats on 700 posts! i aspire to be like you someday!
they do a 2s fine but 3s. hmm.
Thanks Dan. The Challenges have been helping out there. What IS that thing you made for your icon?
Wow! I think that P-40 is the best looking one yet! :applause:
A quick note about finishing your wing tips...
For my wings, before bending, I run a 3/4” wide piece of Mylar tape down the full length of the leading edge. I trim it around the contour of the wing. This helps prevent tearing at the intersection where the bottom folds under.
Then, after the wing is glued, I use a mini Monokote iron to smooth out the glue in the creases. Next I take a razor knife and 200grit sandpaper to contour the underside of the wing tip. The heavily undercambered tip is part of the reason these little birds don’t have tip-stall issues. Cleaning up the area works well for me. Looks good. Flies good.
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Indeed! LOL ...but I ran out of servos!!
It's supposed to be 72°F here Tuesday, and there is no way I'm going to have this ready in time. :black_eyed:
(No, I don't pull servos out of flyable planes. I did that once... not again. I'll wait for more.)
Looking for some maiden-flight action with the new XL-Mustang, and trying a 2204 (800mAh 2S) in the Bloody Thunderbolt. Should be a good day, but this one is going to wait.
4- 5g here:
https://www.amazon.com/GoolRC-Micro...9055811&sr=8-1-fkmr1&keywords=sg50+3.7g+servo
Could be there by Wednesday! and that's enough for 2 planes!
So 10 9g found Servos through amazon around $17 be there in 3ish days. plenty of time for next weekend.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00X7CJZWM/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
3.7 is perfect for my micros, may have to give them a shot. Also the xl mustang is awesome! I flew it yesterday at the baseball field at the end of my street. (I am very surprised that it can fly in such a small space) Also the power pack c is plenty of enough power on 3s and a power pack b would certainly do. I was flying at below half throttle most of the time on the power pack c. I will probably fly with the power pack b unless I want speed... also what’s the best prop for speed with the power pack c?
Lol and yeah it flies great! The footage is on my build-ruary thread here
http://forum.flitetest.com/showthread.php?39178-FTFC-FT-Build-Ruary-by-FoamTest-The-Prototypes/page2
Its on this page, there isn't much flight because its hard to fly with one hand, so its about 4 seconds of flying lol. I can do a better video soon.