I shall!Enjoy the build .
Thanks but it was @CarolineTyler who made me agree I did it all for the lady .@mayan - Yellow is always punchy - nice choice!
The yellow looks really good. Kudos to @CarolineTyler for the suggestion! As for the maiden, I'm off for the next couple of days. I *might* be ready to go Wednesday.So we have a date, let me know when you are ready for maiden.
Mean while I started the paint job on mine .
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I usually do all my graphic work using paint as well however think I’ll be making my own decals this time instead.
Any tips about making decals?
Just let me know when . I trust that I’ll be ready by the end of the day with the decals too .The yellow looks really good. Kudos to @CarolineTyler for the suggestion! As for the maiden, I'm off for the next couple of days. I *might* be ready to go Wednesday.
Yellow looks perfect for this model. Acrobatic planes should be bright, shouty, in-your-face.Thanks but it was @CarolineTyler who made me agree I did it all for the lady .
I couldn't find black so decals are waiting until I find something black. Unless any one has some other suggestions?Just let me know when . I trust that I’ll be ready by the end of the day with the decals too .
Wow so happy to see all of you nice people that are joining us. Welcome onboard @Berekiah I like the idea of the sand paper on the wheel that could work really well in my opinion.
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Well I did find a way to ease up the binding on my landing gear in the wheel pants. Using a strip of sandpaper wrapped around a small zip tie through the wheel did the trick. I've included a picture for anyone who runs into a similar issue.
Also I was successful getting my Edge up in the air this past weekend and have some maiden video footage to share once I upload it later this evening. It went really well after a little bobble at the start, and it is great to have fellow club members to help with the initial flight and trimming.
Using a 3S 1300 I really overestimated how much flight time I would get so I did have to perform a dead stick landing, but it floated so well I just dropped it into the weeds with no damage. It looks like 5 mins is the max I can get. Thinking about using a 3s 2200, even though it weighs 2oz more then the 1300, becuase I already had to add 1oz of nose weight to get the cg right.
Now that the maiden is done I've also started on paint and have the florescent green accent coat done and moving on to a glossy deep blue for the other half. More pictures to come.
VERY nice maiden! Smooth as can be! I can only pray mine goes as well!
You've already got the hard part out of the way. I hadn't thought of a hot wire cutter. Considering that part of the fuse is buried on the inside, that's not a bad idea at all!Well just got finished tackling this bad boy...well for the most part. I'm sure there is still more trimming and adjustment left. I used a razor blade plus a small hot wire cutter. I think the hot wire cutter does good from the foam side of things but it really makes the paper side messy.
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May not use the cutter for the whole build. But figured it'd make this part easier.