robiswrong
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Hey all,
So I built my FT-22, and maidened it today. Fun plane, a lot more so than my Apprentice! Biggest issue I had is that apparently my servos were never glued in right, so the wiggling they did caused the plane to be very 'vague' at times. Well, that and getting used to not being able to use full elevator + full ailerons at the same time!
The one issue I had is that one of my elevons has a terrible hinge. The combination of this being my first build, and the kind of 'melting' of the center of the foam away from the edges in the speedbuild kit meant that my attempts on one of my hinges never quite worked out right - the initial attempt to make a glue hinge failed horribly on both sides because I couldn't get things evened out (again, because of how the foam was kind of 'shrunk' in the middle. At least on one side, I was able to get a decent tape hinge going, but the other one I've just struggled with.
Now that the thing is put together, it's even harder! I've tried a few things to get a decent tape hinge, but the tape on top keeps coming up causing some weirdness in flight (can't get it locked down... not sure if part of it's the paper coming off?), and the weirdness of the bevel/end of the aircraft itself makes the tape hinge tough to do, especially in the built position.
At this point, I'm looking at doing one of the following:
1) Make a new elevon from scratch and DTFB, put the proper bevel on it, and try to make a tape hinge, though the fins will still get in the way of wrapping the tape fully around.
2) Just make a new plane, since I've got enough foamboard.
I'm actually kinda leaning towards #2, given the amount I've learned building the first one.
Any other suggestions?
So I built my FT-22, and maidened it today. Fun plane, a lot more so than my Apprentice! Biggest issue I had is that apparently my servos were never glued in right, so the wiggling they did caused the plane to be very 'vague' at times. Well, that and getting used to not being able to use full elevator + full ailerons at the same time!
The one issue I had is that one of my elevons has a terrible hinge. The combination of this being my first build, and the kind of 'melting' of the center of the foam away from the edges in the speedbuild kit meant that my attempts on one of my hinges never quite worked out right - the initial attempt to make a glue hinge failed horribly on both sides because I couldn't get things evened out (again, because of how the foam was kind of 'shrunk' in the middle. At least on one side, I was able to get a decent tape hinge going, but the other one I've just struggled with.
Now that the thing is put together, it's even harder! I've tried a few things to get a decent tape hinge, but the tape on top keeps coming up causing some weirdness in flight (can't get it locked down... not sure if part of it's the paper coming off?), and the weirdness of the bevel/end of the aircraft itself makes the tape hinge tough to do, especially in the built position.
At this point, I'm looking at doing one of the following:
1) Make a new elevon from scratch and DTFB, put the proper bevel on it, and try to make a tape hinge, though the fins will still get in the way of wrapping the tape fully around.
2) Just make a new plane, since I've got enough foamboard.
I'm actually kinda leaning towards #2, given the amount I've learned building the first one.
Any other suggestions?
