10ft Wingspan Guinea Pig

[Hutch Bunch Rc]

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Ah, I had problems with my normal size Guinea to, now that it has struts it doesn’t sag

 

[The Hangar]

The Guinea Pig was one of my first planes to build and I decided to add a ton of wood reinforcement to the wing so there's no sagging in it. I can see that with just a foam spar it would be pretty saggy though.

 

[Hutch Bunch Rc]

The Guinea Pig was one of my first planes to build and I decided to add a ton of wood reinforcement to the wing so there's no sagging in it. I can see that with just a foam spar it would be pretty saggy though.

Yep, and not very strong, now it doesn’t sag at all and is a lot stronger

 

[Hutch Bunch Rc]

I’ve stared working on the big Guinea again, I’ll be ordering the 3536 motors and the 40a escs soon, and then when I have money the 4x 3000mah 3s batteries.

 

[Hutch Bunch Rc]

Motors and escs are in, using rulers to simulate 12” props

(I changed the Esc connectors to xt60 which is what I use not the deans style of whatever)

 

[The Hangar]

Motors and escs are in, using rulers to simulate 12” props View attachment 192924 View attachment 192925 View attachment 192926 (I changed the Esc connectors to xt60 which is what I use not the deans style of whatever)

Awesome!

 

[Hutch Bunch Rc]

Added plywood for the dowels to insert into, before they were tearing up the foam.

This is what it looks like on the inside.

The nose it to the left, fuse to the right.

Added foam to the bottom of the nose, I’ve cut in a hole where The nose gear will stick though.

The next thing to work on in the steerable nose gear, I’ll start tomorrow I think. Then I’m going to build the nacelles and mount them and the motors on the wings. Then I have to link the the servos and control surfaces. Lastly I need to order batteries, a 5v-5a bec, and a couple 12” props.

 

[Hutch Bunch Rc]

First time thing I did was take the 1/8” wire and bend two L shapes, then I wrapped it in copper wire and soldered it.

Next I started to figure out how I wanted the gear to mount to the nose.

Then I got the steering all hooked up.

Now to finally start on the nacelles. I’ll be close to finished after they are built and on.

 

[Hutch Bunch Rc]

Started on nacelles, turns out I need to order some wire, don’t have enough to run from all 4 of the escs to the batteries.

 

[The Hangar]

Great progress! What size servo are you using for the nose gear - a 9 gram?

 

[Hutch Bunch Rc]

Great progress! What size servo are you using for the nose gear - a 9 gram?

Standard

 

[Hutch Bunch Rc]

Got the 12 gauge wire, so I’ll start working on everything here soon. I’ll update when I get all of the nacelles built and put on. Also have all of the escs wired in. I think I’ll order the 4 3000mah 3s batteries I need pretty soon aswell. There goes $100.

 

[Hutch Bunch Rc]

I’ve got the 2 inner nacelles epoxy’d on.

 

[Timmy]

I’ve got the 2 inner nacelles epoxy’d on. View attachment 194564 View attachment 194565

nice prop hehe

 

[Hutch Bunch Rc]

Lol

nice prop hehe

 

[Hutch Bunch Rc]

I have all 4 of the nacelles epoxied on, I’m ordering batteries this weekend. If all goes as planned I may be able to maiden the guinea next weekend. Here’s a bunch of pictures 😂

Here I had to notch the nacelles so they could go far enough out on the wing so the props wouldn’t hit, the props have about 1” clearance from each other.

And on each of the nacelles I have a little access hatch to connect the esc to battery wire whenever I make that, probably this weekend aswell.

 

[tamuct01]

On my standard size Guinea, I found that 9g servos fit well on the bottom of the cargo area with the body of the servo protruding outward into the wheel pants area of the rear wheels. It keeps the servos out of the way of anything dropping. I used fairly long servo arms connected to a U-shaped length of wire that wraps under the outside of the cargo door through a bit of coffee stirrer. The servos are synchronized in the transmitter and uses 2 separate channels to ensure they track the same. The coffee stirrer allows the U-shaped wire to rotate inside when the door actuates. It also adds additional support to the door.

 

[Hutch Bunch Rc]

On my standard size Guinea, I found that 9g servos fit well on the bottom of the cargo area with the body of the servo protruding outward into the wheel pants area of the rear wheels. It keeps the servos out of the way of anything dropping. I used fairly long servo arms connected to a U-shaped length of wire that wraps under the outside of the cargo door through a bit of coffee stirrer. The servos are synchronized in the transmitter and uses 2 separate channels to ensure they track the same. The coffee stirrer allows the U-shaped wire to rotate inside when the door actuates. It also adds additional support to the door.

After I get it to fly I’ll try something like that, I would like to have a door that can close

 

[tamuct01]

It's such a large door that I wanted to split it and have the end piece go up into the fuselage, but I could never figure out the geometries. With yours being so large, I imagine you could easily add more servos and make that happen.

 

[Hutch Bunch Rc]

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