E-Flite Advance 25e
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You mean the blind nuts?
probably not any better than lock nuts..just makes the screw easier to screw in and out without having to hold a pair of pliers and a screw driver...I just use some loctite on the screws and have never had a problem.
Cool, thanks for the tip
OK, I gotta say...that spinner is pretty sexy!
Sitting on all threes
I hate aligning and epoxying the tail. I have a Great Planes Escapade and the tail was a no-glue affair, it had two long screws connected to it already and it simple slid into pre drilled holes in the rear of the fuse and was secured into place with wing nut type things.
Great Planes Escapade...easy:
Advance 25e...not so easy
Great Planes Escapade...easy:
Advance 25e...not so easy
Tail problems aside BM....thats starting to look like a cool flyer cant wait to see it fly
ananas1301
Crazy flyer/crasher :D
Yes it does!
I also hate glueing the tail on as I always have that fear of messing it up and not be straight aligned with the wings but that seems to be an easy job
ananas1301
Crazy flyer/crasher :D
Yes it does!
I also hate glueing the tail on as I always have that fear of messing it up and not be straight aligned with the wings but that seems to be an easy job
I thought it came with a pilot but I guess not, I can't seem to find him anywhere. I'm going to put a stuffed zombie in there instead. lol
Maybe like this guy...
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Yeah, I used a couple push pins to keep it steady while I aligned it, then marked with a felt tip pen where it was. I removed part of the covering so there was wood to wood contact and then epoxied.
Here's how you align the verticle stab:
Elevator and rudder installed.
ananas1301
Crazy flyer/crasher :D
Thats a very good method!
The problem with some planes is that the vertical stab is kinda on a back part of the fuselage so you have the two sides of the fuselage sticking out on each side so you can´t really just hold that tri onto it. But the band seems to be a further method.
The problem with some planes is that the vertical stab is kinda on a back part of the fuselage so you have the two sides of the fuselage sticking out on each side so you can´t really just hold that tri onto it. But the band seems to be a further method.
This ARF even came with fuel tubing you cut down to slip over the clevises to secure them.
ananas1301
Crazy flyer/crasher :D
I have that on my Parkzone Extra 300! They don´t use tubing but some kind of white rubber band. I lost one once and a good thing to do there is, have a smaller brother who still wears braces and has to use very similar rubber bands. Took a few of them into my hobby section 
It is a small but I bet a very useful thing to do. You don´t want a control surface not controlled in mid flight!
It is a small but I bet a very useful thing to do. You don´t want a control surface not controlled in mid flight!
yeah, since I have girls in the house I use some of these tiny rubber bands used for holding pony tails...they're about the size of braces rubber bands.
I have all the control surfaces connected now...finally!
I have all the control surfaces connected now...finally!
