If I was to do that I would just glue the power pod into place to add as doublers for strength in the fuse and have a dedicated firewall. Which is kinda what I did with the Simple Scout. Works awesome
OMG! I LOVE this Thread!!!
I'm hearing in my head, as I read some of these posts - a couple of the "elder guys" on this Forum....
Warming up their Flamethrowers, to tell us HOW RIDICULOUS some of these ideas are!!
And how they're SUPPOSED TO CRASH!
HOW they're going to be too heavy with the Mods we're discussing!!! 😲😜
Or in my case, the obligatory 4 paragraph Lecture on the
Basics of RC Flight!!
Gentlemen, at least one of you know about my recent Debacle that was my FT Tubby Cubby Build.
I had Planned it for over 6 Months. I'm literally POOR as Dirt, so I slowly accumulated the Electronics, Paint, Hardware and Building Supplies.
I WAS very Fortunate to have two extremely Generous People here, help me with some of the Ancillary Items I needed!!! I was truly Humbled and very appreciative.
THEN I started the Build Thread for my Cub here...
I KNEW I was doing an unorthodox Build. I always do!! With all my other Hobbies as well. 😜
In particular, I had spent a LOT of time and effort, REDESIGNING the Landing Gear, moving it forward about an inch, bracing the Slot that holds the Removable Gear, and setting the Track between the Wheels about 1.5" WIDER.
This was ALL in the interest of curing the FT Simple Cub's most irritating flaw....
It's tendency to EASILY Nose Over on Landings!
EVEN Josh Bixler COULDN'T Land it, without FLIPPING OVER Forward!!!😲😜
I've done a LOT of work on REAL Aircraft, Civilian and in the Air Force. My Dad was a BRILLIANT Aeronautical Engineer, and Air Force Pilot! Between everything, I had a pretty GOOD Basis and idea, what I was doing, and how to go about achieving this.
{And I'm sorry for the long drawn out explanation. Nobody really knows me here, so naturally will ASSUME that I'm a wet behind the ears, rank N00b!! 😖 NOT ALL OF YOU!!! Thank GOD.
I just wanted to establish WHO I am, in terms of rough Experience.} 😉
SO...... by the third Post on my Cub Thread, I started hearing about how I SHOULDN'T use .092" Wire for the Gear, it's TOO heavy.
And how I shouldn't even BOTHER doing the extra work, because it's just going to CRASH!!! 😖😠😣
Four of them say it in ABSOLUTES - like ALL these Planes know how to do, is CRASH! 😞
Next I started going into Modifications to STRENGTHEN the Wing, the Tail Feathers, the Fuse and the Nose area, particularly around the Power Pod....
Here's some DIRECT" "helpful" responses to what I did.
"But honestly (and especially for your first) the lighter a plane is the slower it can fly....
I suspect IF she flies, your stall speed will be quite a bit more than you might expect."
......
NOT MY FIRST!!!! 😠
"Errm, I can see why your so bloody heavy now lol, you have over engineered it a bit, they are pretty tough as they are.
I dont use landing gear, I belly land mine so I have milk jug plastic bonded to the underside to protect the foam, it has the side effect of adding a lot of strength in an impact and the damage never runs further back than where the plastic starts"
AND
"If you can get the weight down to mine then you will be able to carry more.
Personally, id scrap the landing gear completely, and belly land it"
....... THAT'S F'IN WONDERFUL! I'VE MENTIONED AT LEAST 40 TIMES BEFORE, I'M DISABLED, AND MY PLANES MUST TAXI BACK TO ME, WHEN I'M ALONE... But thanks for paying attention.
"Yes, my cub is over a
Kilo but with a 4000mah 3S"
......
REALLY?? OVER 1000 GRAMS? FUNNY, WHEN TWO OTHERS WERE TELLING ME ABOUT MINE BEING OVERWEIGHT AT 820g, HE JOINED IN - TELLING ME HOW HEAVY MY CUB WAS!!!! 😖😠😠
"I would say roughly 85-90% of what you have added to yours
is not needed and a classic noob 'i don't think thats strong enough' thing"
.......
PAY ATTENTION!!! 😠😠
ANYWAY, between the hypocrisy AND lots of
conflicting advice on what to do/what NOT to do...
I ended up
Second Guessing nearly EVERYTHING I had spent so much TIME and effort to redesign...
Mostly just for
MY limitations, but also things that other People could find beneficial to Their Aircraft Builds....
That I ended up confused, overwhelmed and even Panicked. I REMOVED a bunch of internal Bracing (forgetting to check what its removal would do to the other Bracing - OR the Airframe itself).
I had altered the WING INCIDENCE, on advice - that I learned later was
NOT needed!!
In fact, in last minute PANIC Mode - I
COMPLETELY overlooked a big Wrinkle across the narrow part of the Rudder, between the Control Horn and 95% of the RUDDER! 😲
THAT caused Wind Pressure to PUSH the Rudder hard Left - causing SPIN, DIVE, CRASH - before I knew what happened!!! 😖😲💔💔
GUYS, I am not Bashing this Forum!! Especially not Bashing anybody in this Thread!
These are Amazing, Talented and VERY Helpful People. But, we're ALL Flawed Humans! 😋
This long, LONG Post was shared, so maybe you, and anyone in the future who comes along and uses this Informative Thread for Reference...
Can LEARN from this Painful Experience I just had. 😉
1: IF you come up with something. And you've RESEARCHED it, calculated it, and just put your Heart into it....
DON'T let ANYBODY talk you out of it!! Unless of course, you've overlooked something potentially DANGEROUS.
Give yourself a chance! 😉 TRY it first.
~ Hey, if the Wright Brothers gave up after a crash - or listened to the Swarm of Naysayers who told them they were Wasting their Time...
WHERE might we all be today?
2: IF you've stuck your Neck out, and put your ideas on a Public Forum (and THIS one is so much friendlier than most)...
Expect some Critique! Most will be Helpful and Constructive, a few - notsomuch.
If three or more tell you you're going in the WRONG direction, at least PAUSE, think and reexamine! 😉 THEY may not see your Vision. Or all of your hard work and concentration may have blinded you to something...
3: IF you're getting CONFLICTING ADVICE - STOP! Try to clarify, respectfully. Remember, if you've got a NEW IDEA, some People just aren't going to get it!
Try explaining things better. 😉
4: IT'S A HOBBY! Have Fun!! If you're not, take up Golf.
Thanks for indulging me! 😊
Carmine ✈🚂🚙