Hello again true believers...
I am WAY over due for an update.... and for that I apologize!
As some of you know here in the US Flite Fest will kick off this Thursday and I have been frantically working on a couple of projects...
(Note to self... Make a FEW REALISTIC goals for FF next year!!....)
Before we get started, I will NEVER AGAIN think to myself while looking/following one of these builds on the forums "Gee, why haven't they finished it yet?!!"... I have a new found healthy bit of respect now for ANYONE who tackles a build from scratch!
So here's a quick stitched together vid to keep you occupied while I type the rest of this update... (Warning, little to no editing...)
Things learned;
1. battery tray worked like a charm...
You strap in the batteries, plenty of room to shift CG;
The fuselage side has a slot to slide it in;
The batteries plug into sockets on each side, each driving a separate EDF;
The nose piece slides down the arrow shaft and has a cavity to hold the battery leads.
2. Poster Board SUCKS!!
She looked pretty before I started the poster board (to be fair, this is my first time trying to do poster board from scratch...
I honestly think it weights as much as foamboard... so I may address this in the beta build...
3. If you are going to 3D print a bunch of cool parts for your project... You "MIGHT" want to consider where you are going to route wires...
4. Turns out PLA gets all soft and mushy when you pile a bunch of hot glue on it (say when the &^$%@#^ Poster board won't cooperate...)
5. Even when your "crush zones" work perfectly... it still sucks that your plane got crushed!
6. using duct tape for field repairs on poster board is NOT smart!! (It'll rip that stuff right off the plane!)
So, project status....
One more Alpha build, hopefully this one will fly (even better if it flies at FF!)
I am cutting everything out again and doing a few quick redesigns (cough firewall routing holes cough) and my plan now is to work on her there at flite fest... Maybe with some great guys like Ben (
@Mid7night) looking over my shoulder we can really turn this girl around!