jaredstrees
Well-known member
Morning Everyone! Just started on this kit. . Quick question about the power system. What motor have you been using on this plane? I imagine about a 400 size 1200kv ish would work.
So far this kit has me smiling. The cuts are better than they were in my switchback sport. There are only two issues I've had so far. First was the landing gear. It is unusable in its current state. Holes not drilled to center both at the mounting point nor for where the wheel attach. No matter. I have the material to make new gear. The second was the triangle stock. There should have been two but only one showed up. And it was cut wrong. So I 3D printed a triangle stock balsa cutter and made my own.
Other than that it has been smooth sailing. I had the top and bottom wings done in a day. It seems that these wings were easier to build than those on the switchback. Not entirely sure if it is a better design or that I had a little experience after just building a MM kit. Most likely a combination of the two.
Here are the wings, the have since been sanded and set aside for covering.
Fuse is in progress, pics to come, but I'm not in a hurry with this kit, plus ya'll are at flite test so I'm jealous.
I plan to cover her in solite, have dark green for the top and cream for the bottom. Thanks for watching!
So far this kit has me smiling. The cuts are better than they were in my switchback sport. There are only two issues I've had so far. First was the landing gear. It is unusable in its current state. Holes not drilled to center both at the mounting point nor for where the wheel attach. No matter. I have the material to make new gear. The second was the triangle stock. There should have been two but only one showed up. And it was cut wrong. So I 3D printed a triangle stock balsa cutter and made my own.
Other than that it has been smooth sailing. I had the top and bottom wings done in a day. It seems that these wings were easier to build than those on the switchback. Not entirely sure if it is a better design or that I had a little experience after just building a MM kit. Most likely a combination of the two.
Here are the wings, the have since been sanded and set aside for covering.
Fuse is in progress, pics to come, but I'm not in a hurry with this kit, plus ya'll are at flite test so I'm jealous.
I plan to cover her in solite, have dark green for the top and cream for the bottom. Thanks for watching!