Extreme Squirreltail 300 Coming at you

[Wildthing]

You gotta make it all foamboard for us who want it easier to fix when we crash. There are not enough foamboard 3D planes out there!

What's the fun in that, , complicated repairs will increase your skills. .

Or don't crash !!!!!!

Really price wise it is a couple bucks extra but more time consuming. I was thinking about the wing yesterday and when you said no Depron and given not many people have this 1mm thin stuff but what about poster board instead and then either iron on covering or wing tape? The 1mm Depron is not strong at all, you have to really be careful you don't poke your finger through but like on that baron wing I did I covered it with wing tape and it is now strong.

 

[Wildthing]

It’s looking really good though!

Thanks, next will be to see if the foam plans fit

 

[Wildthing]

The 3D Scout will be on the way buddy

Tell Scout to bring whiskey, almost out and it's cold outside.

 

[BATTLEAXE]

Tell Scout to bring whiskey, almost out and it's cold outside.

If you didn't live so far away i would hang in your garage all day sloggin whiskey with ya haha

 

[Wildthing]

Oh, side tracked, control horns should be good to go. Just waiting on the printer so I can print them and try it out. I made a little test hinge piece to see how they fit and what is the max angle I can get. I think I should be able to go up to 75 degrees angle either way.
Fancy one in the middle is for the rudder and it will be a pull pull setup.

 

[Wildthing]

If you didn't live so far away i would hang in your garage all day sloggin whiskey with ya haha

And It is heated. If you are ever driving through Saskatoon stop in for a shot I do have Captain Morgan's spiced rum too.

 

[BATTLEAXE]

Oh, side tracked, control horns should be good to go. Just waiting on the printer so I can print them and try it out. I made a little test hinge piece to see how they fit and what is the max angle I can get. I think I should be able to go up to 75 degrees angle either way.
Fancy one in the middle is for the rudder and it will be a pull pull setup.

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Pull pull on wires and springs?

 

[Wildthing]

Pull pull on wires and springs?

No springs, just 2 wires

 

[BATTLEAXE]

And It is heated. If you are ever driving through Saskatoon stop in for a shot I do have Captain Morgan's spiced rum too.

I may just do that sometime. Maybe one weekend i will pack up some planes and head your direction for a fly

 

[Wildthing]

Control horns are printed and I think for my flying skills 65 degrees deflection will be more then enough

 

[Wildthing]

Picked up the plans today, ist on the agenda is to get the vertical and horizontal glued and folded. I did for a little more strength is add a 3mm cf strip to each off them. My old non compact and heavy booster pack makes a great press.

 

[Wildthing]

@The Hangar , ok we have some foam going on, that is what you wanted right????

 

[The Hangar]

@The Hangar , ok we have some foam going on, that is what you wanted right????

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Yay!!

 

[Wildthing]

We have a canopy and one wing tip

 

[Wildthing]

Vertical and horizontal going together , next do I feel like sanding the control surfaces to a taper or trying to roll the fuse on . 1st couple pictures are just dry fitted, fuse has to go on before they can be installed.

 

[Wildthing]

Control surfaces are sanded to a taper, drew a line 5mm away from the hinge line so I knew where to stop sanding so I still had full thickness at the edge. Turned out pretty good I think. Now under the press and let them cure and then the balsa hinge strips can go on and then they can get covered.

 

[bracesport]

The tail parts are great - a man possessed - I like it!

 

[Wildthing]

The tail parts are great - a man possessed - I like it!

Experiments , some work and some don't but you will never know unless you try. I think they turned out pretty good.

 

[bracesport]

I think so too!

 

[Wildthing]

Dry fitting the fuse/skin. Back section almost perfect but will need a slight adjustment. Nose or front section is not being friendly, most of the issues I think is it trying to get that little bump out where the engine cylinders would be. I think if I take that little portion out of the equation I think it will be good, I can roll a small piece for it at the end. Then to make it even easier to roll out is remove the wing cut out and once the fuse is together I can just trace my wings and then cut it out.

The control surfaces turned out really nice.
Now to go pick up some more foam.