Just waiting for my delivery
Can you relate?
Man I'm tired of the white stuff :(
Man I'm tired of the white stuff :(
update pics on Supra build
Progress slow but steady :cool:
Couple of pics from our last contest
Pictures from Northwest Soaring Society Contest in Spokane.
More here http://rc.meetup.com/63/photos/
More here http://rc.meetup.com/63/photos/
Start to something...
Slow progressing but finished a couple Supra tips and two tail sets so far.
Latest Effort
Now I have done it!
XPS 2.4ghz is loaded and ready to test.
I removed the receiver from case and have the vertical antenna exiting the pod.
Model is SGII plan form with Tabooish tails.
XPS 2.4ghz is loaded and ready to test.
I removed the receiver from case and have the vertical antenna exiting the pod.
Model is SGII plan form with Tabooish tails.
Hand Launch Blue Lake (Portland) July 2006
Here are some great shot from last season taken my a fellow NWSS pilot dougalert and his wife. Makes me want to go fly.
SuperGee wing on Raptr pod!
Well weather has been really bad so lots of time for building. This is the latest project.
It is a SuperGeeII wing with a carbon rod spar system kevlar leading edge under 2 layers of .72 glass. Wing weights is 57g & 58g. I will be trying a single layer of 1.6 glass on the second set. Pics so the leading edge after the first rough sand. When I complete the finish work I'll post another pic. I am going with an external controls on the aileron on the first wing. RDS on the second.
Pod and boom is the infamous Raptr setup. Both pods I ordered came in at 26g. I removed the top of the clamshell nose and cleaned out the resin dropped into the nose and got the pod back down to 22g. It finished at 24g (40g with boom) after I reassembled with resin and filler in the nose. I decided to push the boom through the bulkhead which served the raise the front of the boom to get the correct angles for the wing cradle to the boom. The pod failures happen just ahead of the leading edge of the wing. I think this is a vunerable area due to the lever action created on launch with the heavy battery pushed all the way to the front of the pod. To additionally stiffen the pod I cut the top clamshell from the wing forward about 1.75" and glued it together with the bottom. By gluing the top clamshell I move the area being leveraged by the battery forward to a safer spot.
It's a work in progress and thoughts are welcomed.
It is a SuperGeeII wing with a carbon rod spar system kevlar leading edge under 2 layers of .72 glass. Wing weights is 57g & 58g. I will be trying a single layer of 1.6 glass on the second set. Pics so the leading edge after the first rough sand. When I complete the finish work I'll post another pic. I am going with an external controls on the aileron on the first wing. RDS on the second.
Pod and boom is the infamous Raptr setup. Both pods I ordered came in at 26g. I removed the top of the clamshell nose and cleaned out the resin dropped into the nose and got the pod back down to 22g. It finished at 24g (40g with boom) after I reassembled with resin and filler in the nose. I decided to push the boom through the bulkhead which served the raise the front of the boom to get the correct angles for the wing cradle to the boom. The pod failures happen just ahead of the leading edge of the wing. I think this is a vunerable area due to the lever action created on launch with the heavy battery pushed all the way to the front of the pod. To additionally stiffen the pod I cut the top clamshell from the wing forward about 1.75" and glued it together with the bottom. By gluing the top clamshell I move the area being leveraged by the battery forward to a safer spot.
It's a work in progress and thoughts are welcomed.
New Stab Mount For The Chinsee
Here is our newly designed stab mount. Slide on the boom and CA in place. Easy as pie :D
If you haven't seen 'em fly click....
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showt...48#post5971227
Not the best vid quality but makes me want to go fly!
If you haven't seen 'em fly click....
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showt...48#post5971227
Not the best vid quality but makes me want to go fly!
Chinsee Repairs
Pics of my well used Chinsee. This is after a year of flying and is the same plane as shown in my vids. We have continued to make upgrades this year. We have increased the area of the rudder, changed the layup for the wings and settled on the sul boom instead of the sul skinny. The wings come in at about 52g with the peg and are laid up with .007 carbon spar caps, 1.19 balanced glass with an additional layer of lighter glass in the d-box area. This has increased our launch heights into the 120-130 range. We also have been flying both dihedral and poly versions with good success.
Ripmax Alliance
Finally took it out of the box. All up 16oz with 3s 700mah, Axi 2212/34 and thunderbird controller turning a APC 11x5. May be too light...original instructions stated auw 22-28oz. I guess we'll see.
Chinsee flight videos
Fun day of flying today. We had 3 different pilots flying chinsee's. One of the pilots has had 2 weekends of experience flying RC. The Chinsee is a great plane for beginners and more experienced pilots. We fly all up last down mini contest every time we are out and have a blast.
I posted a couple of videos in the gallery....
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showt...48#post5971227
launch high
Ken
I posted a couple of videos in the gallery....
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showt...48#post5971227
launch high
Ken
Chinsee 40" DLG Launches
June 25th. Nice conditions 90degrees and light wind. Focus of data was launch height only. Launch pre-sets would have helped. All launches had a left roll reducing total height. Flight weight was 128 grams.
Launch High
Ken
Launch High
Ken
New Maple Leaf Encore
Well worth the wait.... 
Chinsee
My 40" DLG...Alot of fun in a small package
Sailplanes
Here are my last couple of open ships
