speedbirdted
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This is something I shoulda done ages ago. I've had this lying around for a long, long time. Bought it at a swap meet probably like 2 years ago and it's been sitting in my cabinet of kits I'll build one day collecting dust and broken promises to build it ever since. I miss flying gliders though, and was about to go buy a box of dtfb until I remembered I have it...
It's like 10% done. Not sure why the guy built the v/h stabs and rudder first, I always build the wing first since having something nice to look at usually helps me keep motivated to finishing it. As for the kit itself material wise it's probably 95% complete, the bag of hardware that is supposed to come with it was nowhere to be found so I had to supply all that myself, and the birch pushrods have gone AWOL, another thing easily compensated for. However a lot of the diecut parts that have been removed were not done so in a clean manner and as a result a lot of the plywood parts like the dihedral braces and fuselage formers have gigantic gouges taken out of them, and will probably have to be scratchbuilt. The plan and build manual were also missing but I found both of them online so that's not a problem. The construction that was already done was quite messy - the glue joints are very sloppy and excessive and it seems that epoxy was used instead of CA which I'm gonna avoid as much as I can. Epoxy is heavy and gliders don't like to be heavy.
A list for me of things I need to do/buy, will get crossed off as I do/buy said things -
Proposed modifications to the plan:
Stay tuned...
It's like 10% done. Not sure why the guy built the v/h stabs and rudder first, I always build the wing first since having something nice to look at usually helps me keep motivated to finishing it. As for the kit itself material wise it's probably 95% complete, the bag of hardware that is supposed to come with it was nowhere to be found so I had to supply all that myself, and the birch pushrods have gone AWOL, another thing easily compensated for. However a lot of the diecut parts that have been removed were not done so in a clean manner and as a result a lot of the plywood parts like the dihedral braces and fuselage formers have gigantic gouges taken out of them, and will probably have to be scratchbuilt. The plan and build manual were also missing but I found both of them online so that's not a problem. The construction that was already done was quite messy - the glue joints are very sloppy and excessive and it seems that epoxy was used instead of CA which I'm gonna avoid as much as I can. Epoxy is heavy and gliders don't like to be heavy.
A list for me of things I need to do/buy, will get crossed off as I do/buy said things -
Receiver, I need to keep a stock of these but I don't for some dumb reasonServos, since the plane is a trillion years old it uses standard servos but I think 9 grams will cut it. I have a ton of 9 grams already but not sure how many I have free? A lot are tied up alreadyReciever battery, either 2s life or 2s lipo with SBEC^ Figure out where to put all this crap in the airplaneProbably will need more CA because I'm running lowGo to Mr. Copy and get the plans and manualBuy more parchment paper to prevent permanently attaching the plan to the airplaneBuy monokote. I already have enough to cover the whole plane but I want the transparent stuff, so I can have the bones on display at all times However, I'm not sure about the color scheme. I'm thinking silver for the fuselage and all opaque parts while the wings and tail will either be transparent yellow or blue. Maybe blue with purple wingtips. Three colors is the max I want to do, since I don't want to spend a crapload of money on rolls of covering I'm only going to use 2 feet of. Feel free to give your own suggestions for color schemes, all opinion is welcome.
Detachable empennage. My car is small. I want this thing to be as disassembleable as possible.not neededRevised servo tray to fit 9 grams - I have a few ideas on how to do this. Since there's no engine, vibration dampening is less important so it shouldn't be too hard.Possible bolted wing mounting, since I have an irrational hatred for rubber bandsnot needed
Stay tuned...
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