BATTLEAXE
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Ft viggen group build!
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Headbang
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Chances are it is still around, I cut a lot of planes for a bunch of people. Building 3 explorers right now, one of which I cut for @Photo001 and he built most of it, just finished the first today and set it up for buddy boxing. I think there is a couple of viggens on the shelf in that build area.
BATTLEAXE
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That Explorer wouldn't be hard to spot at all. Another quality build I'd say.
I still haven't talked to buddy about using his EDF for a Viggen but if you have it I could pick it up on Monday, I'll be in town that day, and it may nudge him over the edge to give it up
Matthew Sanders
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Could someone whose built the Viggen measure its fuselage length from the tip of the nose to the farthest point back? I'd just like a reference compared to the 25" wingspan
Matthew Sanders
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Nice, how will you modify the Viggen to have 2 EDFs in there? The stock airframe only has one thrust tube
Matthew Sanders
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Ok, I've opened the SBK,and the glue is heated up, so let's get started!
Matthew Sanders
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So, I ran into a problem 6 minutes into the build video.
The inner fuse should look like this...
And it came out looking like this...
And the front tab didn't line up with the front notch. And when it did,
The battery hatch stuck out. I'm not sure why the kit's measurements were off, I built everything right, so I'm not sure. Anyway I hope that my unique fix doesn't mess it up, as the measurement issue might be with the main fuse.
So I did this in the photo above.
And had to do this to make ends meet, literally
And it works!
Ok, so it's flush now. I just hope the problem was with the battery bay and not the fuselage, though as soon as I did my score lines I tried to fold it to test if it would fold, and it was bigger than the EDF former, so I'm a bit worried
The inner fuse should look like this...
And it came out looking like this...
And the front tab didn't line up with the front notch. And when it did,
The battery hatch stuck out. I'm not sure why the kit's measurements were off, I built everything right, so I'm not sure. Anyway I hope that my unique fix doesn't mess it up, as the measurement issue might be with the main fuse.
So I did this in the photo above.
And had to do this to make ends meet, literally
And it works!
Ok, so it's flush now. I just hope the problem was with the battery bay and not the fuselage, though as soon as I did my score lines I tried to fold it to test if it would fold, and it was bigger than the EDF former, so I'm a bit worried
Matagami Designs
Master member
Not sure if it helps but my Fuse measures about 27.5" (no nose attached yet) and the battery tray sitting flush at the top goes 11" into it.
Matthew Sanders
Elite member
Ok, thanks. I'll go measure those. So I think my battery tray was the problem because the lines for folding the fuselage in were not in the middle. They were 1/16 of an inch off! So that took about 40 minutes to get straightened out. Now I'm going to go eat a Vegan breakfast because I'm building the Viggen! (That's how David said Viggen in the release video)
Matthew Sanders
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Yay!!! I'm done with the Viggen. It looks SO good, too. Unfortunately the main fuselage was the problem, as the tabs weren't cut in the right places. Also I have a mystery piece that was included in this kit; anyone know what this is?
I don't know what plane this comes from. Anyway here are some pictures of the hacks I had to do to finish this project:
Finished build photos:
And that's about it. I hope you enjoyed this blog from my experience and if anyone knows what the mystery piece is, you deserve a liked comment!
I don't know what plane this comes from. Anyway here are some pictures of the hacks I had to do to finish this project:
Finished build photos:
And that's about it. I hope you enjoyed this blog from my experience and if anyone knows what the mystery piece is, you deserve a liked comment!
Matagami Designs
Master member
Looks good. I'm guessing that piece is for the pusher version, it's in the plans.
Yup - you're right!
Matthew Sanders
Elite member
Ok, thanks!
@Matthew Sanders sorry for the issues but man, but you overcame them and it turned out nice! It's a big and beautiful bird! When do you plan to maiden?
Matthew Sanders
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I'm not sure, I would like to have done it today but my friend is busy and can't launch me. I'll post a video about it on here when I do!
I finally maidened the viggen! My friend launched me the first time and she had a mild lawn dart that made the nose a little dirty but that’s all. I left it out of the vid though. I have more footage I’ll edit and post later, including a lot of inverted flying. @BATTLEAXE you were right - you can totally do inverted with a kfm wing and it flies like a dream. My buddy who was with me also flew it and he was super nervous to fly it. I made him anyways😉 He was amazed at how well it flew! One thing is that in high alpha, it has a ton of wing rock so we were discussing adding wingtip plates and vortex generators. Overall a great plane and super easy to fly. My friend even said it may make a good trainer, so that shows how much he liked it.
buzzbomb
I know nothing!
Congratulations on a successful maiden! Those inverted circuits were awesome!
Thanks! It does inverted really wellCongratulations on a successful maiden! Those inverted circuits were awesome!
Matthew Sanders
Elite member
Wow! Oh man, Amazing job! Congrats, that looked amazing and a brilliant landing. I hope the 64mm EDF flies that well! Out of curiosity, what battery were you using?
It should fly better! I was running off a 1500 mah 3s
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