hybrid FB Pheonix Bixler

[bracesport]

Just programmed the Jumper T16 to run on this ship!

Flight modes (rates) - high, med, low
Separate Ailerons and Flaps
Some Reflex and camber on a switch
V Tail with Rudder
Crow brakes with elevator compensation on the throttle stick
Vario and Altitude on Telemetry

 

[bracesport]

Does not look like much, but I glued in the V tail servo trays and if this doesn’t knock your socks off, I used screws to fasten the servos in! 😀

The trays clip onto the CF tube and then are CA glued into position!

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[bracesport]

The servos are all connected up and I have made some collars to reduce the wing screws from 6mm to 3mm, and I also made a fake nose cone for the fuse! I should be able to attach the wing tomorrow when I can get some wing bolts!

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[bracesport]

just a quick test with the new V tail setup that includes yaw!

 

[bracesport]

It was a very simple video for the V tail function but I was quite chuffed it all worked first time - this morning I re attached the wing with its new 3mm mounts and that seems to have worked well too - next I will balance the CG with some nose weight, and the put the Rx back in and see if I have full control of the control surfaces (flaps and all) !

 

[Piotrsko]

As Steve and Rick ( bluff cove) used to say: "FLYYYYYYYYYY ITTTTTTT!

 

[Wildthing]

Yeah, FLYYYYY ITTTTTT! You should out there every day hell or high water. No excuses , it's not winter there anymore.

 

[Piotrsko]

Well actually, forecast 20 Km north wind with on and off sprinkles next couple of days, SO, He has to drive, I believe, 11 minutes to the other site. I could almost shed a tear, but I said almost.

 

[bracesport]

Sadly we have very high winds today! You can see Wellington is at the tip of the north island and the wind funnels through between the islands - they call it the river of wind!

 

[Wildthing]

That sounds like exciting flying weather !!!

 

[bracesport]

today is a bit too much wind for me on my own, but maybe it will settle down tomorrow - believe me when I say I will fly when I can!

 

[Wildthing]

today is a bit too much wind for me on my own, but maybe it will settle down tomorrow - believe me when I say I will fly when I can!

Well we can't have you flying 24/7 anyways because I love watching your builds.

 

[bracesport]

@Wildthing - and let’s face it there is always more to build! 😀

This one is pretty much done save for the balancing and Tx/Rx trimming!

 

[bracesport]

Raining today, so we (the family) are having a Sunday free day - I really wanted to get the hybrid V balanced up and ready for flight - it needed about 300g of weight in the nose on a 30% of wing CG - plenty of scope to tickle it up on the day - AUW is 1140g

 

[Wildthing]

Raining today, so we (the family) are having a Sunday free day - I really wanted to get the hybrid V balanced up and ready for flight - it needed about 300g of weight in the nose on a 30% of wing CG - plenty of scope to tickle it up on the day - AUW is 1140g

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That's quite the fancy ballast holders

 

[bracesport]

Just a reminder for those setting up RIGHT YAW on a V tail, make the right control surface go down and the left control surface go up (imagine if you rotate each of the V surfaces to vertical, both of the control surfaces should move right).

 

[bracesport]

@Wildthing - we use what we have!

 

[PoorManRC]

@Wildthing - we use what we have!

That's for SURE!! You should see how I had to strengthen my Vstab on my Baby Blender...
Using Poster Board and Enamel Paint! 😳😉
We do what we can with what we have.

 

[FlyerInStyle]

I think that way too.

I also want to, just on a smaller scale. might look into this one, scaled down.