Viggen Coming!

[Homey]

This is my first scratch build edf. What a pleasant build! Being of Swedish descent, gotta have a Saab in the hangar!

Peter

 

[BATTLEAXE]

Clean straight build. Did you put a CF spar in the wing there?

 

[Homey]

Clean straight build. Did you put a CF spar in the wing there?

You bet. 4mm. I also put balsa on the leading edge of the vertical and will do the same on the canards.

Peter

 

[BATTLEAXE]

Ah yes I see the balsa now. Have you ever tried the ironing edges method?

 

[Homey]

Ah yes I see the balsa now. Have you ever tried the ironing edges method?

You know, I have not. I'll have to look that up unless you have a link kicking around!

Peter

 

[The Hangar]

Ah yes I see the balsa now. Have you ever tried the ironing edges method?

I tried that on my sparrow today - it works awesome!! Super strong hinge

 

[BATTLEAXE]

I did some on my P-40, here is that thread: NEXT LEVEL P-40 Group Build

There are other threads on it. Maybe a search on it will help. You can check it up on YouTube as well

 

[Homey]

I did some on my P-40, here is that thread: NEXT LEVEL P-40 Group Build

There are other threads on it. Maybe a search on it will help. You can check it up on YouTube as well

Great help. Thanks very much!

 

[BATTLEAXE]

NP

 

[Homey]

Can't decide whether to paint before maiden..... I guess the weather will determine that!

Peter

 

[The Hangar]

Can't decide whether to paint before maiden..... I guess the weather will determine that!

Peter View attachment 142488

Looks SWEET! I can’t wait to finish mine. You can check out my progress on my viggen group build. https://forum.flitetest.com/index.php?threads/ft-viggen-group-build.60074/

 

[Homey]

And the maiden! Very happy. My soldering skills need some sharpening!

Peter

 

[BATTLEAXE]

And the maiden! Very happy. My soldering skills need some sharpening!

Peter

Awesome flight. Love the commentary

 

[CarolineTyler]

And the maiden! Very happy. My soldering skills need some sharpening!

Peter

Congratulations! Good save regarding the motor cutting out!!

 

[Homey]

And with a successful maiden comes paint! 3 days, 3 colours with 2 coats. 6 hours so far! I find making things purdy quite relaxing.

Peter

 

[BATTLEAXE]

You got quite the pile of planes in the hangar there bro... literally

Do you fly all those?

 

[The Hangar]

You got quite the pile of planes in the hangar there bro... literally

Do you fly all those?

Kinda like my hangar...

 

[The Hangar]

And with a successful maiden comes paint! 3 days, 3 colours with 2 coats. 6 hours so far! I find making things purdy quite relaxing.

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Sweet! I like the painting part too.

 

[Homey]

You got quite the pile of planes in the hangar there bro... literally

Do you fly all those?

I have 20, plus a few that I'm deciding whether to scrap or not!

Peter

 

[Homey]

Not bad, but very time consuming!

Peter