Battery800
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what does "do not glue b1 and b2 mean?
C-47 from 13th Squadron
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Battery800
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and are the landing gear pieces made of wood? which kind?
CrshNBrn
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As for the gear, I recessed my wheels quite a bit to make mine more of a bellylander. The wheels rotate around some thick wire embedded into the wing, which is covered up by the foam wheel wells. If you want a wheels down look, you probably should go with some thicker piano wire.
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Oh, I thought in the two images on the site that the landing gear retracts
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Did you print out the plans in 11x17? Because I do not have a printer that can do that
CrshNBrn
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I did. Fortunately my work printer (shhhh!) can handle the larger sheets. You should still be good, though. What if you used the all-in-one plan and adjusted your printer to tile it? Adobe Acrobat will tile and put cut marks on oversized files to make them fit on regular sized paper using the Poster feature, found under the Print Tab See my screenshot. Be sure the size is set to 100% before you print. That should work.
Wow, beautiful passes! It sure flies on rails!
Battery800
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Time to use the office printer!
CrshNBrn
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I think it makes it easier to use the bigger sheets when you're cutting foam. Best of luck to you with your build!
This one is actually my second plane- I crashed the first D-Day Doll hard a couple weeks ago and immediately had to build a new one. I recycled all the electronics, so was only out the cost of the foamboard and decals. Unfortunately, I haven't quite figured out how to hand launch either the C-47 or the Mosquito smoothly yet- there is still a lot of violent acrobatics in the first 2 seconds that sometimes results in some unwanted ground contact. Maybe a build issue, incorrect CG, too much throttle, or throwing too hard? Who knows? It's going to take a little more sleuthing.
Anyway, I've added a couple mods to the New & Improved D-Day Doll, adding balsa reinforcement on the inside of the front fuselage skin (to support "the grip spot"), gluing a small dowel to round out the leading edge of the wing in between the engine cowlings (smoothed with lightweight spackling covered in servo tape), and a magnet on the nose section (don't think it will need it, though). I haven't had a chance to fly/crash New & Improved yet, so I can't speak to her handling characteristics from the weight gain.
The next task is to try and rig up some parachute drop system. That would be sweet.
This one is actually my second plane- I crashed the first D-Day Doll hard a couple weeks ago and immediately had to build a new one. I recycled all the electronics, so was only out the cost of the foamboard and decals. Unfortunately, I haven't quite figured out how to hand launch either the C-47 or the Mosquito smoothly yet- there is still a lot of violent acrobatics in the first 2 seconds that sometimes results in some unwanted ground contact. Maybe a build issue, incorrect CG, too much throttle, or throwing too hard? Who knows? It's going to take a little more sleuthing.
Anyway, I've added a couple mods to the New & Improved D-Day Doll, adding balsa reinforcement on the inside of the front fuselage skin (to support "the grip spot"), gluing a small dowel to round out the leading edge of the wing in between the engine cowlings (smoothed with lightweight spackling covered in servo tape), and a magnet on the nose section (don't think it will need it, though). I haven't had a chance to fly/crash New & Improved yet, so I can't speak to her handling characteristics from the weight gain.
The next task is to try and rig up some parachute drop system. That would be sweet.
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That would be awesome! I already have an entire bag of little parachute people
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I'm thinking of extending the fuse 2 inches and make it look like a bt-67
Battery800
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oh and what size paper is the full plans?
What battery were you using?
CrshNBrn
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A smaller 850 3S. Its smaller for this plane, but all I've got. HOWEVER, D-Day Doll's maiden flight yesterday did not go well. She immediately rolled over on her back and did a fairly impressive loop 10 feet off the ground, and popped the wing off. Surprisingly, she only required a few hot glue stiches and looks just fine. I got lucky.
On every other plane I have, hand launching is a routine procedure after once or twice, but not with this bird. With the differential thrust, you'd think she would just leap out of your hand, but on both of the C-47's I've built now, its white knuckle every time. I haven't figured out the right combination of balance, throttle, throw, angle, etc. yet. Maybe the CG is out of whack. Who knows? But once she's up in the air, she's good. She just cruises around like the real version and is awesome to look at. Just a little scared now of that hand launch.
On every other plane I have, hand launching is a routine procedure after once or twice, but not with this bird. With the differential thrust, you'd think she would just leap out of your hand, but on both of the C-47's I've built now, its white knuckle every time. I haven't figured out the right combination of balance, throttle, throw, angle, etc. yet. Maybe the CG is out of whack. Who knows? But once she's up in the air, she's good. She just cruises around like the real version and is awesome to look at. Just a little scared now of that hand launch.
The 850 seems like it would be a pretty good size to me. Unfortunately my 1000mah 3s died recently so I’ll be stuck with a 1500 2s.
