nnP-39

[Smok1n]

Nic,

I'm about 3/4 finished with my nnP-39 build. Love this design!

Question: Is there a way to make a separate file that contains just the
canopy and canopy frame templates on individual 8 1/2 X 11 sheets? The canopy would also need the identifying text moved to outside the template for a clean print. I want to print them directly to standard-sized transparency film, but can't figure out
how with the tiled plans. The tiling cuts across both parts.

 

[nerdnic]

Yes this is possible. If you want to give it a shot, download the free Inkscape and open the post PDF. From here you can delete everything except the parts you want and then save it as a pdf in whatever size you'd like.

https://inkscape.org/en/download/windows/

 

[Smok1n]

Thanks for the tip! Canopy frame printed, cut and painted using transparency film, then glued to a 2nd sheet and cut out for the glass. Turned out fairly good.
And the plane didn't turn out too bad either! On to paint...

 

[nerdnic]

Very clean! What paint scheme are you going for?

 

[Smok1n]

Very clean! What paint scheme are you going for?

Thanks! I like blackbeltrrf's yellow paint scheme, but since my spinner is red I'm going primarily red, with white accents and black control surfaces.

 

[Blackbeltrrf]

That will look Nice!

 

[Smok1n]

No drifttoy. Your CG is just a hair behind the first airfoil crease line. See where the cg marker is just above the servo cutout..
View attachment 50082

Good thing I've been re-reading all these posts. I haven't maidened mine yet and I was assuming the CG should be on the aluminum spar! Yikes, that would have turned out not-good! This explains why my battery ended up stuffed in behind the aft edge of the access hatch. Luckily I kept the whole bay nice and clear so the battery can go wherever it needs to.

 

[Smok1n]

I've got a coat of spar varnish on the plane now and she goes in for paint this weekend, yippee! Now if this Arctic weather lifts I might get a maiden flight video done soon. :applause:

 

[Smok1n]

Paint finished, ready for clear coat! It's not an exact copy of the Cobra I, but that plane was all red and would have been impossible to see, so I took a little artistic license on the color scheme. I also got tired of cutting out numbers, so the N numbers didn't make it to the finished product. Maybe later! All Up Weight with a 3,000 mAh 3-cell is 973 grams.

 

[nerdnic]

You've got a winner there man! Excellent work!

 

[CrossedUpChris]

That looks amazing nice job

 

[Smok1n]

Thanks for the compliments!. If she flies as good as she looks...

This one is set up with an E-Flite BL10 1,250 kv motor and 10x7 prop, so it probably won't be that fast. The BL10 is only rated for 3-cells and roughly 40A burst. I'll try it on 4-cell, but I have my doubts it will hold up.

I keep watching for the Tacon Bigfoot 10 motor to become available!

PS: My better half gave me a radar gun for Christmas!

 

[nerdnic]

It came in stock for like a week not too long ago! I think it's gone forever now, it's been discontinued.

 

[Smok1n]

Nic,

Yeah I saw that they were back in stock briefly, I was too slow! I'll just go with the Turnigy combo, they're pretty much my "go-to" power train anyway. I will have to attach an auxiliary firewall to the power pod when I change from the E-Flite BL10. I built the plane with the power pod positioned 8 mm farther back than designed to get that long motor/prop adapter combination to fit. Otherwise I would have had a huge gap between the spinner and the front of the fuselage.

I still haven't had the right weather to lay down the clear coat and won't maiden it till I do. The acrylic paints I used are pretty fragile and just a few belly landings on our weed-infested lumpy-assed joke of a "grass runway" will bork-up the paint if I don't protect it!

Rick

 

[nerdnic]

Yeah good call on waiting. I've had a few planes get rushed to maiden and I regretted it.

 

[Goose]

Here is my build, loving it. Easier than I thought. The wing looked tough but after starting it, it was easy!! Got a bit of a gap on the underside of the trailing edge of the wing. Not sure what happened there?? Waiting for the motor and speed control.

 

[rockyboy]

The wing details looks great!

 

[Goose]

Yep, but you watch, maiden straight into the ground, lol

 

[nerdnic]

Yeah holy cow that wing looks amazing! The detail work is stellar!

 

[SlingShot]

Lotsa love there for sure. Very nice.