Spitfire76
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New design for the rudder and elevator servo mounts. Instead of just hot gluing its secured with screws.
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Spitfire76's Build log of FT's Simple Cub (to fly off water)
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New design for the rudder and elevator servo mounts. Instead of just hot gluing its secured with screws.
Great idea! I've deformed more than one model trying to replace a dead servo!
Spitfire76
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I crashed this plane on Friday! I somehow lost control and dived into the shoreline. Its not a big deal as I already have a Simple Cub fuse made so just need to build a wing. This is the 4th plane that I have crashed at the lake this summer.
Hopefully will be back out here next Friday with a new Cub.
Hopefully will be back out here next Friday with a new Cub.
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Spitfire76
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It is but looks like it will be too windy to fly there this Friday. Anyway have plenty of building to do.
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I have added these to the new Cub
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FT Cub Rear Wing Support by jjohnson98
Upgrade part for the Flite Test Simple Cub RC airplaneWhen built to the plans the back of the wing that sits on the fuselage does not have a lot of support. The force that the rubber bands exert on the wing can fold the back part of the wing and mess up the wing angle. Two of these supports...
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Spitfire76
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I've neglected this log for awhile but the last time I flew the Simple Cub at the lake it ended up nose down in the water and I had to use my recovery boat to retrieve it. It was really wet but although it was the nose in the water for awhile its the horizontal stabilizer that became really warped. In replacing the tail I discovered a discrepancy between the plans and the build video which was actually noticed back in 2018. The plan shows the bevel cut on the vertical stabilizer but in the video Josh has it on the rudder.
SP0NZ - Plans Index
Ft Mini Arrow CG CG is shown as 1.75" on plans......should be 6.75".
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Spitfire76
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I guess not. I went by the plans.
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A new tail installed.
I will not be flying this again at the lake as I have not found a good method of water proofing foam board. I have a HobbyZone Carbon Cub with floats and I plan on flying that and this 3dprinted plane at the lake in the next few weeks.
I will not be flying this again at the lake as I have not found a good method of water proofing foam board. I have a HobbyZone Carbon Cub with floats and I plan on flying that and this 3dprinted plane at the lake in the next few weeks.
Spitfire76's Build Log of Eclipson's Model B XL
I've built and flown several 3dprinted planes from Eclipson including their original Model B but this one interested me as it was much larger with its wingspan of 1500mm/60in compared to the original model B of 1150mm/45in. Larger planes are easier to see and I understand actually easier to...
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Spitfire76
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I was trying to work out why the horizontal stabilizer of all the planes that I flew this summer at the lake seemed to be the first part to warp. Maybe its because they are made from a single sheet of foam board and not that rigid. Could some sort of spa help?. Anyway something to think about.
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How do you seal your edges? ModPodge, poly, iron?
Spitfire76
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Just hot glue then I make sure they get sprayed with paint.
Mr NCT
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That should certainly do it. I've had success stripping the paper off both sides and replacing with thin packing tape but that won't take paint very well.
Spitfire76
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The water doesn't seem to get in through the edges but the tail gets splashed a lot and just after a few flight is quite warped. I am not going to spend time on this at the moment but maybe revisit it in the future.
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Just for my own curiosity, are you using FT maker board or dollar tree with polyurethane?
Spitfire76
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Mainly $Tree FB but did build the FT Sea Duck from the FT brown water resistance foam board. I have yet to try the maker board.
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