Lovin the Willy Nillies
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For years I've been doing this all wrong. A butterknife heated under a cheap travel iron is the easiest way I've EVER covered a balsa frame. You can be so articulate, the results are much better than I'm used to. $75 for a sealing iron? Nope. For the record, not my idea, I read it in a decade-old thread in RC groups while seeking technique ideas. Now I no longer loathe a pending wrap job!
My gentle lady is coming along wonderfully, half a wing and the fuselage left to cover and she's ready to join the ranks of my doomed fleet! I like the fpv idea, I've never done that in a plane, but this is probably a good craft for it.
I suspect, though I can't prove, that the material has improved greatly in shrinkability and resistance to burn holes, but it's been decades since I did plastic cover on balsa. Seems like I can really be sloppy and the heat gun bails me out in the end. I'm using Parklite, the thinnest they offer. Also, the color stays on the plastic even after adhesion. No more accidentally staining your iron!
I was rabbit holeing WillyNillies videos the other day, and there were two in particular I wanted to share. Wouldn't you know it, now I can't find either. One was the GLH, and the other was the Pee Jay on 6s, but it sounded and looked more like 8s based on the speed. The pilot was absolutely amazing as well. Throwing them around like it was nothing and snapping out of dives 10' off the ground.
I've never seen any WN fly that fast. Wow.
"I don't always fly my 7L on 6s, but when I do the battery is secured with super glue!" 😲
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