FZ3 build: RTF !
This is one nice RTF !
You open the box, follow the manual, a bit of glue here and there, and after 16 weekends, of you go!
You open the box, follow the manual, a bit of glue here and there, and after 16 weekends, of you go!
FZ3 build: oracovering WIP
Work In Progress ..
Center piece still to be done.
Center piece still to be done.
FZ3 build: winglets
Upside down winglets installed.
Control surfaces yet to be done.
Control surfaces yet to be done.
FZ3 build: fences
Fences ready, located at about 1/2 and 2/3 of half wing span.
First one aligned with flap/aileron split.
Fences higher compared to the 2 fences on the FZ3-PT, in order to be sure they have a functional fence effect.
Later some better pictures ...
First one aligned with flap/aileron split.
Fences higher compared to the 2 fences on the FZ3-PT, in order to be sure they have a functional fence effect.
Later some better pictures ...
FZ3 build: fuselage finished
Hi there,
finished the fuselage today.
Motor and ESC locked in place, both catching a good deal of air for good cooling.
Next step will be the fences, the winglets, painting, ...
Vincent
finished the fuselage today.
Motor and ESC locked in place, both catching a good deal of air for good cooling.
Next step will be the fences, the winglets, painting, ...
Vincent
FZ3 build: front wheel
FZ3 build: front wheel
Today busy re-making the front gear door thingy.
Connected the 2 hinges for torsional stiffness.
Connected the 2 hinges for torsional stiffness.
FZ3 build: fuselage
Fuselage with retract and motor mount fitted.
Still fiddling with the bay door, not yet satisfied ..., too fragile, need to make it more solid: it will be catching a deal of air..
Door servo not yet in place.
Still fiddling with the bay door, not yet satisfied ..., too fragile, need to make it more solid: it will be catching a deal of air..
Door servo not yet in place.
FZ3 build: Flaps and Ailerons
The flaps and ailerons took longer than I thought.
The horns, which I made for the first time out of wood, in order to keep the top face of the wing clean, took a while !
All in all, pretty happy with the result.
The bottom gap/split is only 1mm, my best yet.
The horns, which I made for the first time out of wood, in order to keep the top face of the wing clean, took a while !
All in all, pretty happy with the result.
The bottom gap/split is only 1mm, my best yet.
FZ3 build: top and bottom view
Ready for the ailerons and flaps to cut out.
Plastic window for the battery alarm readout.
Reciever bind connector button can still be pressed
Plastic window for the battery alarm readout.
Reciever bind connector button can still be pressed
FZ3 build: bye bye reciever
Topside sheeted.
Reciever and battery alarm put inside the wing.
Reciever and battery alarm put inside the wing.
FZ3 build: sheeting
1 face sheeted, 3 to go!
FZ3 build: steerable retract unit ready
Steerable retract unit, ready to be glued onto the center reinforced rib.
FZ3 build: reinforced center rib
2mm center rib reinforced with 0,2mm ALU., total weight only 20 grams (10gr wood, 10gr ALU)
This rib acts as the spinal core for mounting the front retract and rear motor.
Hoping it's strong enough to withstand rough landings!
This rib acts as the spinal core for mounting the front retract and rear motor.
Hoping it's strong enough to withstand rough landings!
FZ3 build
One wing-half ready for sheeting.
Wing will be sheeted with 1mm balsa and not glassed but covered with ORACOVER.
Why not glassing? Glassing would add about 120gr, instead of ORACOVER only 24gr. I somewhere underestimated the final weight of this foam construction method !?...
Wing will be sheeted with 1mm balsa and not glassed but covered with ORACOVER.
Why not glassing? Glassing would add about 120gr, instead of ORACOVER only 24gr. I somewhere underestimated the final weight of this foam construction method !?...
FZ3 build
Webbing spar leading and trailing edges.
FZ3 build
Wing spars glued
Wing cut in 3 pieces for webbing spars.
Wing cut in 3 pieces for webbing spars.
Starting the FZ3 build
Cutting the foam wing out of home insulation material
New hatch door design
Based on the Hobby king door hinges:
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...idProduct=8407
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...idProduct=8407
FZ3-PT: Flying wing with landing gear
| Flying Wing With Landing Gear (1 min 48 sec) |
