No Fair! Slingshot is certainly guaranteed to get that wonderful sound and I'm the 5 blade guinea pig!
Made good progress last night and the EDF may be here today so I hope to have it installed tonight. I like the way the inlets are done with the forward pieces creating the bifurcated inlet and the rearward piece pushing out into the nascelle to guide the air into the EDF. Clever and tidy.
As always, a couple of questions- numbers refer to the pic
(1) Looks like an angle gauge, smells like and angle gauge, but I am not sure what angle it is supposed to be used for
(2) Simply do not know what this is or where it goes.
(3) (not on pic) - is there any additional support needed for the vertical stabilizer?
(4) (not on pic) - any chance you could post a pic of your battery installation?
All in all, I am enjoying this build. The plans work well and the fitment seems good all round.
DamoRC
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LOL... Well, I confess, in the midst of my replying to anyone and everyone, I got you two confused ... :-S
1) It IS an angle gauge. Figure it out.
Just kidding. It's for setting the angle of the outer-flaring part of the inlet. The part that pokes out into the nacelle. The gauge is just suppose to help you glue it in the right ballpark before putting the nacelle on. Because when you put the nacelle on there's really no way to hold that piece out against it as you push the nacelle on.
2) That is the 'floor' of the inlet. It slides in from the side, under the bifurcation pieces. The little dot/mark in the middle is supposed to line up right under the 'point' of the bifurcation. The line on it is a score/crease line, as you will notice it needs. The wider end goes forward.
3) I had doublers at the base on my first (prop) version, but I left them off on the EDF and it seems fine. If it bothers you, add some doublers. I always reinforce joints like that with a fillet-bead of glue along the whole seam anyway. That seems to be enough. Just don't lean on it.
4) It basically goes right under the fan. I'm working on an update to how it goes in from the front, instead of thru the belly. I PM'd you. Call me and I'll explain what you need to do.