In my earlier days in FB I also had similar fears, (mind you I had a really poor radio control setup). After I learned that the radio was sus I got a better setup and found that I really could fly without crashing. Then it took a little while to gain faith in my building and designing abilities.
That's very much a philosophy I follow. I can appreciate some of the thought and workmanship I see people putting in, especially at the later stages with more polished builds that have gone through many iterations, but with my prototypes, I'm pretty much "bare bones", what does it need to function and prove the concept? That's about it. All the bells and whistles come later for me.
That made me chuckle. Thanks. for the confidence and laugh.
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BTW the two slots on the bottom cover are not a mistake they are are there for my removable landing gear setup, just a heads upLast time I posted about my progress I was stuck working on the front cowl section of the plane, when things weren't working out. This is what I have done so far on the cowl and some addition to the front section to make it look more like the real thing.
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Since I felt stuck and a little discouraged I decided to move on to other parts of the build maybe gain some wins and improve my overall confidence, thus I started working on the elevator and rudder. Which both connect to one another with a slot/tab setup and then both slide into slots on the fuselage. This makes them stay in place pretty good also without hot glue, hot glue added for re-enforcements just in case the worse thing happens.
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After adding the elevator and rudder and making sure that they are leveled. I started placing and gluing in the bottom formers for the cover pieces. Pretty easy to do just have to make sure you glue them down in a certain order otherwise you will have issues making sure things are straight. The way to do it is start from the nose section and work your way to the tail section.
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Now it was time to design the cover for the bottom section of the plane. I was sure I'd have less of a problem designing these over the cowl and I was right. There was still back and forth between AI and paper/foam but much less than expected.
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After a few times of going back and forth I finally felt like I was in the right place and wrote down my almost last comments about what changes needed to be done and went to fix and print the last version for now.
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I had fixed the pieces and re-printed the plans before I went to work that way I could take everything with me to work and if the shift would be quite could keep working on it there. Luckily the shift was prefect not a lot of people called so I managed to achieve this, which I am pretty happy with.
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That's all for now! Tomorrow I'll try working on finishing the cowl or will maybe start the landing gear. Not sure if I don't want to maiden it without landing gear first and then add it. Hmmm will see, mean time I am going to think it over
Thanks will doCatching up on this thread...wow looks amazing @mayan ! It's actually neat to watch it unfold from beginning to its current state. I enjoyed reading about the history of the plane too...I had heard of them, but didn't know anything about them. Keep up the good work man!
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Wow, it is coming together nicely! Are those cooling vents in the nose? That's a good idea. Perhaps you've mentioned it earlier and I missed it, but what are the rivets under the wing?Last time I posted about my progress I was stuck working on the front cowl section of the plane, when things weren't working out. This is what I have done so far on the cowl and some addition to the front section to make it look more like the real thing.
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Since I felt stuck and a little discouraged I decided to move on to other parts of the build maybe gain some wins and improve my overall confidence, thus I started working on the elevator and rudder. Which both connect to one another with a slot/tab setup and then both slide into slots on the fuselage. This makes them stay in place pretty good also without hot glue, hot glue added for re-enforcements just in case the worse thing happens.
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After adding the elevator and rudder and making sure that they are leveled. I started placing and gluing in the bottom formers for the cover pieces. Pretty easy to do just have to make sure you glue them down in a certain order otherwise you will have issues making sure things are straight. The way to do it is start from the nose section and work your way to the tail section.
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Now it was time to design the cover for the bottom section of the plane. I was sure I'd have less of a problem designing these over the cowl and I was right. There was still back and forth between AI and paper/foam but much less than expected.
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After a few times of going back and forth I finally felt like I was in the right place and wrote down my almost last comments about what changes needed to be done and went to fix and print the last version for now.
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I had fixed the pieces and re-printed the plans before I went to work that way I could take everything with me to work and if the shift would be quite could keep working on it there. Luckily the shift was prefect not a lot of people called so I managed to achieve this, which I am pretty happy with.
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That's all for now! Tomorrow I'll try working on finishing the cowl or will maybe start the landing gear. Not sure if I don't want to maiden it without landing gear first and then add it. Hmmm will see, mean time I am going to think it over
I was just wondering what your little plane storage area (closet) was looking or have you taken over the house
. I took over my wife's side too...Thank you dear.
Your ready to fly it already? I thought you had tons more to do!
I left some stuff unattended, just can’t wait to see if even has a chance of flying. If it flys I’ll work out all the rest of the plane designYour ready to fly it already? I thought you had tons more to do!
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That's the way to do itI left some stuff unattended, just can’t wait to see if even has a chance of flying. If it flys I’ll work out all the rest of the plane design
. Your plane is already a work of art. I just made a new yank and bank basic delta that's very crude and sloppy in comparison, but it's actually pretty cool and flies very nice, for the little time and effort it took to design and build.I really hope yours flies as good as it looks right on first maiden, or at least lets you work out any slop and dial it in without any major issues, so by the second or third launch it will be great.Can't wait to see some video of this one flying and all the little improvements you make to the design.
Thanks man! I too hope it flies good off the bat.That's the way to do it
I wasn't thinking tail heavy. It's just a VERY short rear fuselage. That means squirly. I learned that with my MSBP design. I had to elongate it. That's the reason the SE-5 is such a handful. You've got it balanced, and I believe it will fly. It's going to be a handful, though!
