Flite Fest 23 barnstormer challenge pt 17 build

[Flying Farm Kid]

This is my entry into the flite fest 2023 barnstorming challenge.
I will try to update this a frequently as possible.
I hope you like it!

 

[Flying Farm Kid]

Here is tonight's progress, getting the plans ready for cutting.
Hopefully tomorrow.

 

[Yankee2003]

Here is tonight's progress, getting the plans ready for cutting.
Hopefully tomorrow.

It is my entry as well. I am about 90% done with the assembly and hope to start painting once I get back from being out of state.
It is a good clean build.
Carl’s build video is really good. I put the rear servo tray in before the rear turtle deck. Then installed the elevator and rudder pushrods and servos in as well before installing the turtle deck. This made the task a breeze.
I use the yard marker flag wires for pushrods. The aileron pushrods needed to be bent with a couple 90 degree bends to keep from binding the servos. Essentially putting in about a 1/2 inch or so step in the pushrod. The control horns sit quite a bit lower than the servos. The marker flag wire is plenty rigid and handle the bends without flexing. A lot of ways to do it…this just worked out well with the FT wooden Control horns I have.
That was about it. I hope this helps you out in some way.
Enjoy the build. I look forward to some pictures of your progress.

 

[Flying Farm Kid]

Thanks I will
I hope to get it all cut out today
Just finished taping it down and getting all of the plans orgenised.

 

[Flying Farm Kid]

Here is the past 5 hours of my life...
It took a long time but the foamboard is finaly cut out.
I did not do all the scores yet because I will be doing those during the build.

 

[Yankee2003]

Here is the past 5 hours of my life...
It took a long time but the foamboard is finaly cut out.
I did not do all the scores yet because I will be doing those during the build.

Sounds about right. The build seems fairly quick once everything is cut out. You should Pat yourself on the back for completing the most tedious part of the build.
Now is the enjoyable part.

 

[Flying Farm Kid]

Sounds about right. The build seems fairly quick once everything is cut out. You should Pat yourself on the back for completing the most tedious part of the build.
Now is the enjoyable part.

Yes very much so this might go on hold for a few days as I have to help my dad with work around the farm though.

 

[wilmracer]

Looking good! Let me know if you have any questions or if anything is unclear. I'm SO excited to see these in the wild now!

 

[Flying Farm Kid]

Thank you I should start building soon.
I am working on the new flite test flying arrow stick airplane right now.
But this is next on the list.

 

[Draftman1]

Any chance of the larger set of plans?

 

[wilmracer]

Any chance of the larger set of plans?

I took the un-tiled plans to a UPS store and printed at 200%. You can always print the untiled plans at a larger scale in a tiled format.

What size are you looking for?

 

[Draftman1]

Gotcha, Maybe about 60” was. Sounds like a decent size.
I will do that

 

[wilmracer]

Gotcha, Maybe about 60” was. Sounds like a decent size.
I will do that

That would be 150%.

 

[Draftman1]

Awesome, thank you

 

[Flying Farm Kid]

I had a big building day I got it fully completed here are some photos of the process and the final product.
I cannot thank Ben and Dan enough this airplane is awesome.
Thanks to Wilmracer for the fantastic build video
I cannot wait to maiden her and paint her aswell.
I hope you find this interesting.

 

[wilmracer]

Looking FANTASTIC! That 7 cylinder radial looks perfect on there. Looking forward to seeing her all painted up and in the air!

 

[Flying Farm Kid]

Looking FANTASTIC! That 7 cylinder radial looks perfect on there. Looking forward to seeing her all painted up and in the air!

Thanks hoping to go for this paint scheme if possible it might be a bit hard with the struts though.
I will try and video the maiden if I can.
Does it look Like I hove enough down thrust?
I am hoping to use a 1800 3s or a 1400 4s will that be ok?
Thank you!

 

[wilmracer]

Looks to me like it should have plenty of down.

Yeah, painting the struts can be a bit tricky. I shot the yellow first, let it fully cure, and then masked off the wings and shot the blue.

 

[Flying Farm Kid]

Looks to me like it should have plenty of down.

Yeah, painting the struts can be a bit tricky. I shot the yellow first, let it fully cure, and then masked off the wings and shot the blue.

Ok will do
I am hoping to get the paint soon I would like to maiden it first though.

 

[Flying Farm Kid]

I just madend it last night and it flew great, thank you again to all of the people that helped design this fabulous airplane.
Here is the flight video

Sorry that is my brother talking.