Mighty Mini Sea Duck 1.2

[Horseman3381]

@Horseman3381 Is the wing spar an A or B fold in this build? And to confirm, when you say "This should be mounted with the U spar in the upright orientation." this means with the wing down on the table, it is glued with the U upright?

Sorry for the delayed response, I kept getting an error message when I tried to log into the forums the past few days.

@AIRFORGE is correct. It is a B fold, and with the wing down on the table the U should be upright.

 

[TommyG_FPV]

I finished my Duckling today (that's what I'm calling it now lol), except the cowlings and pontoons. It was a little tricky for me to get all the electronics to wire and sit correctly, I had to switch up the steps a little bit.

For example, I wired everything into the wing, then I made a bit of a "hinge" on the bottom of the fuselage cabin in order to put it on after the servos were installed in the wing. This worked well.

I also sat the battery tray down as low and far forward as I could. Can't wait to put the finishing touches on and get her airborne!

 

[Horseman3381]

I finished my Duckling today (that's what I'm calling it now lol), except the cowlings and pontoons. It was a little tricky for me to get all the electronics to wire and sit correctly, I had to switch up the steps a little bit.

For example, I wired everything into the wing, then I made a bit of a "hinge" on the bottom of the fuselage cabin in order to put it on after the servos were installed in the wing. This worked well.

I also sat the battery tray down as low and far forward as I could. Can't wait to put the finishing touches on and get her airborne!

The Seaduckling is what I have been calling it at my Field, so Duckling is very appropriate.

For accessing the electronics, I designed the rear hatch to be hinged. It is the last build note:

• On the fuselage rear bulkhead, there is a partial depth cut line ¾” from the bottom. When installing this, do not glue above that line as with the small top hatch, it is tough to access/mount the receiver in this plane, so I left this as an access hatch for that purpose. It stays closed with friction.

I'd be interested to see a photo of what you did and if it maybe works better.

Let us know how the first flight goes.