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Laying the starboard wing with the bottom side up (because that's where the convex side of the warp was) the wing is weighted down with some steel blocks, or any kind of small heavy objects you can find. -
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The port wing is layed with the top side up in this case, gently heated for maybe 30 seconds, allowed to cool for 5 minutes, then checked for progress. -
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Same with the fuse. Convex side up, gently heated for 30 seconds or so, then cooled and checked. Go SLOW and do it in steps. -
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The end result is a pair of wing halves shown that are dead straight to each other, and ready for assembly. Remember, the key is to work slowly! -
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AUW of 15.6 ounces and powered by a ThunderPower 3s 1320, running a GWS 9x5 HD prop. Powered by E-Flite Park 400 920 kV motor. -
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19+ ounces of thrust, 36 mph top speed, on only 83 watts of power, pulling about 7.7 amps at WOT.
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All the parts of our 3 piece adapter, ready to install. -
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Use a piece of Emory paper to smooth out the prop shaft, and to get rid of any dirt, gum deposits, or dirt. Then wipe clean with alcohol. -
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Slip the first piece on and make SURE it bottoms out on the prop shaft. Note that while it's bottomed out, it must NOT touch the motor base. This is most important! -
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Slide the second piece over the first. Make sure it's facing the right direction. -
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Attach the prop, then use the cone shaped spinner to tighten everything down. A fat nail through the hole in the spinner gives lots of leverage for tightening.
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Weight without battery is 12.9 ounces. -
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With a heavier battery than it really needs, it weighs 15.5 ounces AUW. -
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Nose mounted E-Flite Park 920kV swinging a GWS 9x5 DD Direct Drive prop. -
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Rear mounted Dymond D47 servos. 4.7 grams of pure precision... :) -
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E-Flite Park 400 920 kV buried in nose of the Easy Star. Down/Right thrust already built into mount.
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No matter which way we orient the servo arm, this is as close to 90° as we can get! The 10" position represents 90°. We are about 3/8" off of plumb! -
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With the "Sub Trim" feature set to -32, we now have a perfectly centered servo arm, at 90° to the servo body. -
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Full transmitter stick deflection to the left results in 2 1/4" left travel, as shown in the picture. -
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Full transmitter stick deflection to the right results in the same 2 1/4" of right travel.
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All the parts of our 3 phase discharger. The small 2-into-1 pigtail is for the maximum discharge rate of around 2.4 to 2.5 amps. -
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By using the brown wire from the tail light assembly, and the black ground wire, we can discharge our battery at between .5 and .6 amps. -
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By using the white wire from the tail light assembly, and again the black ground wire, we can now discharge our battery at between 1.8 and 1.9 amps. -
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By pig-tailing the brown and white wires, and again using the black wire as ground, we can now light both filaments of the bulb and discharge our battery at between 2.4 and 2.5 amps.
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With a single Z-Bend, notice how the control rod is acting at an angle to the control horn. The control arm is actually tugging sideways on the rod! This places undue stress on the servo and ESC, and causes sloppy control surface response. -
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With a double Z-Bend, the control rod is now acting in a manner that puts the least stress on the control arm, the servo, and the ESC. The control rod is now acting in the same plane of movement as the control horn. -
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A side view of the completed alignment. Clean, precise, and professional! -
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I've tried them all, but the Hangar 9 brand Z-Bend Pliers #HAN 119 are the cream of the crop; and the cheapest, too!