Wildthing
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Is that a melted down servo or is the clunk hidden in there somewhere?
Anybody else scratch building tonight?
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OliverW
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The clunk was hiding in there..
OliverW
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Good luck soldier
TheFlyingBrit
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No offence taken LOLAlmost like yours except better. Just kidding, don't want to offend anyone or melt any snowflakes
totally agree with you.
TheFlyingBrit
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Looking forward to getting the Sea Otter built as I already have another project in mind for May, Its a one off prototype pylon racer. Ive got a few versions floating around in my head at the moment, hopefully by the end of April I should have a better idea what the final version is going to look like.
Either way its going to be fast
Either way its going to be fast
TheFlyingBrit
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Productive day, finished off the Simple Stick.
1/16" plywood disks, 3mm CF rod with rubber tubing on the ends to stop them slipping out.
Painted the discs white to match the fuselage, so they don't stand out. That's now a more substantial wing mounting system.
I also fitted another 1/16" Plywood plate on the wing underside to give some more rigidity to the section which inserts into the fuselage.
That's also now painted white blends in with the foamboard section.
I went flying in the afternoon and crashed one of my Tiny trainer's, combination of very gusty winds, flying to far away and losing orientation. Ah well donor parts for my pylon racer.
Fetched my sheets of foam in tonight with the Sea Otter drawn on, already roughly cut out the individual sections. I just need to remove all the excess foam and cut out all the slots etc
Ready for a snooze now can't I'm in work still got another 10 hours to work yet
1/16" plywood disks, 3mm CF rod with rubber tubing on the ends to stop them slipping out.
Painted the discs white to match the fuselage, so they don't stand out. That's now a more substantial wing mounting system.
I also fitted another 1/16" Plywood plate on the wing underside to give some more rigidity to the section which inserts into the fuselage.
That's also now painted white blends in with the foamboard section.I went flying in the afternoon and crashed one of my Tiny trainer's, combination of very gusty winds, flying to far away and losing orientation. Ah well donor parts for my pylon racer
.Fetched my sheets of foam in tonight with the Sea Otter drawn on, already roughly cut out the individual sections. I just need to remove all the excess foam and cut out all the slots etc
Ready for a snooze now
can't I'm in work still got another 10 hours to work yet
TheFlyingBrit
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Just finished cutting out all the parts for the Sea Otter, all the excess foamboards removed. The pile of scrap foamboard just keeps getting bigger every time. I use to keep every little scrap for scraping off hot glue, but even the smaller pieces are taking over now.
I started off with 2 and 1/2 sheets of A1 size foamboard, now I have a pile of parts to assemble and a pile of scrap parts too (again).
Bit disappointed to be honest I don't know why, but I was expecting the Otter to be bigger. Feels like a bit of a let down now I've started it, hopefully I will get some motivation once I start assembling it.
I started off with 2 and 1/2 sheets of A1 size foamboard, now I have a pile of parts to assemble and a pile of scrap parts too (again).
Bit disappointed to be honest I don't know why, but I was expecting the Otter to be bigger
. Feels like a bit of a let down now I've started it, hopefully I will get some motivation once I start assembling it.
TheFlyingBrit
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Hope the Otter doesn't end up another Edge put on the back boiler for 3 or 4 month .
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TheFlyingBrit
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Well its coming along slowly
bwarz
Master member
I see this reply is quite delayed, but yes I thought the same thing on the servos. I cut holes in the bottom of the wing and mounted them below. I would also think that a 2S and the 2300kv motor should be fine. I ran a 1350 on 3s spinning a 6x4 or 7x4 prop with no problem.
I see you've by now built 3 wings, ready for a fourth? 😆
T1TAN
Active member
I made the fourth and glued it onto the plane!
Monte.C
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Shaping that nose must be horrible with your stiff foam. I have trouble with these shaped noses even with regular DTFB.
The Fopster
Master member
Well this is turning out bigger than I'd envisaged! It's a lot of plane for a 50mm fan on 3s. #nervous...
cyclone3350
Master member
That is progressing very well. Just out of curiosity, have U been tested for CPBD?My tail end.
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Vanity pic: It's a really good feeling when what you drew comes together perfectly.
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Monte.C
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That is progressing very well. Just out of curiosity, have U been tested for CPBD?
Hehe you forgot we already discussed this. I don't need testing. The debilitating symptoms are obvious.Oh I've been living with CPBD my whole life. I post a mid-build progress pic and it takes so long for me to post the next update, everybody completely forgot about it, they think it's something new. I'm trying to learn to keep quiet about a build until it's close to the maiden flight.
mackaiver
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hey where can we find the the plans for the Me 262 that was in the new flite test video I want to build one?
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