More progress today! I really like this wing mounting system so far—it sure looks solid, so hopefully it’ll survive lots of belly landings. View attachment 248734
Corsair has removed all the duct tape from the fuselage. I've been polishing for a long time. The keel will consist of 2 layers of foam with a thickness of 3 mm, with further grinding to 4 mm, the stabilizer began to be marked and cut.
The stabilizer was made one-piece. Everything was glued into the fuselage. All that was left was to glue the end of the rod for the elevator traction and install the servo and connect it. According to the drawing, the wing has +7 degrees. I will change the position of the wing relative to the stabilizer: the angle will be 0 degrees. This is not a top-wing glider, but I plan for classic aerobatics.
Started working on a Dominator KFm3 wing today while I was waiting for parts for some other builds! I really like the design so far, it looks fast sitting still, and it should be a quick build too View attachment 248324
I did some more work on the KFm3 wing today! My main achievement was getting the middle steps folded over and glued in place. I made it harder on myself by using Gorilla Glue with a 2 hr clamp time, so even with the weight benefits I might go back to hot glue for attaching the top steps.
I'm also going to try out ES9052 servos and a dual-band FrSky receiver in this build, which are both new components to me. I've actually had a Tandem X18 for a few years now, but I've only used a multiprotocol module in the add-on bay up until now since I had so many Spektrum receivers lying around! Should be an exciting maiden when it's all done!
There's a saying: if you hurry, you'll make people laugh. I glued the cockpit light on and saw that I had forgotten to paint the cabin black. The wing turns out to be rigid.I increased the ailerons by 2 times (than the author's). I'm waiting for electronics from Aliexpress.
Tomorrow I will solder extension cords for servo machines.
I have not heard that saying, but I agree. I have proven it true all too often. When I replaced the wing on my QED things went so smoothly and quickly that I ended up putting the numbers on the wrong sides of the wings.