Really an amazing work!

hi,

i machined some mould's for a new throwing peg and winglet .

never used a winglet so i'm curious to find out how it goes.

tommorow i will build a helios kit and take some photo's along the proces and post them here.

i need to build a new plane cause my first one "died" 2 weeks ago.

at 40 meter high lost all control and dived into the ground...R.I.P.....

i happend with my 2 weeks old spektrum dx8 tx but it may be a battery failure too, i'll never now.

i put in some lead in the nose the evening before and that may "cracked" the solder between the cell's (+ and- soldered directly together without a wire to connect them)

as i flew the helios more and more , i put in more ballast , even at bright shiny day's with even the slightest breeze, and the cg relatively far forward .

it is amazing how much ground it covers and getting me into lift far away even if i headed another direction before , i had enough height to get somewhere else .

even setup like this it really shows even the lightest lift .


here are some pictures of the winglet and peg


-kristof-

hi,

i didn't get far today but the rest will come...

first i soldered the cell's together (500mah nimh, this balances the plane out)
then put a shrinktube around it and it's ready to charge..

shortend the wires of the hs45's to get a cleaner result afterwards and screwed them into the servotray.
the servotray brings a lot of strenght to the fuselage , because of the relatively large canopy .

enjoy

-kristof-

hi,

after cutting the tail's to get the rudder and elevator moving i cut out a slot for the horn's to fit in.

it's important to cut them all the way the bottom skin layer so the horn is well attached.
i used regular ca and microbaloons to fixate them.

torsion springs are made out of 0.3mm steel wire , 60mm long and bended 15 mm from end.

for the elevator i bended them 90° to eachother and for the rudder 180° because it get's more load's then the elevator.

i glued them as close as possible to the horn on the moving part to prevent deformation after some time.
also used ca to glue them.

here are some pictures


edit: i replaced the springs by 0.5mm thick ones , only one per side
-kristof-

hi,

i sanded the inside of the fuselage were the servotray will come , for better bondage.
then i inserted the servotray and battery and made sure the battery is hold in position but could be removed also.

then i glued the front part of the tray using ca and microballoons.

inserted the ballast tube and glued it with thin ca

now for guidance of the steering wires i glued in some tube's using 5 min epoxy and microballoons , this also fixates the rear part of the servotray.

then i attached the canopy using hingetape and glued in a magnet .
a screw is screwed in the servotray for holding the canopy

Ciao Kristof,

i'm very interested to see how much work is to do on the wing.
Guess it's anyway coming

thanks,
p.

Originally Posted by patchworker

Ciao Kristof,

i'm very interested to see how much work is to do on the wing.
Guess it's anyway coming

thanks,
p.

eh , the wing..actually almost nothing.
the wing i will be using has rds , so i just need to install the peg (in this case a winglet wich is already installed (see previous post).

so all i need to do is bolt it ont the fuselage...


-kristof-

You have Kits with wings without RDS as far i know.
Then it would be cool to get an impression how much work is to do on such a wing.
shurely interesting for anybody interested in your kits.
i am.


p.

Hello Kristof,

Why did you used 2 springs instead of one for the elevator ?

Olivier

Originally Posted by leroyo

Hello Kristof,

Why did you used 2 springs instead of one for the elevator ?

Olivier

to spread the loads in order to prevent warping..


-kristof-

The double-L bend wire arrangement used in the Twister-II is another way to accomplish warping prevention, using only a single wire. Just FYI.

Gerald

my first wing was build like that , but after a crash (lost contact with plane )
a removed the servo's , i will take pictures of that wing and explain how i did it, later.

Originally Posted by patchworker

You have Kits with wings without RDS as far i know.
Then it would be cool to get an impression how much work is to do on such a wing.
shurely interesting for anybody interested in your kits.
i am.


p.

hi,

lost a second plane today because of tx failure , now i know for sure.

here are some pictures of the new model that only lasted for 2 day's...

i wen't out for some throw's when it didn't had the aileron gap's sealed and you can immediatly hear the difrence.

i used 3 pieces of hinge tape for the job , 2 with sticky side up and the third on top , then cut lenghtwise.

really like the winglet , altough i need to get used to it , timing was not alway's perfect but it feels realy good , i think i can throw all day long without feeling anything .

-kristof-

Last time I watched a dlg crashing (Stobel V3) for a lost of signal, the rx was a 6255

Originally Posted by gmo78

Last time I watched a dlg crashing (Stobel V3) for a lost of signal, the rx was a 6255

that was rthe rx used now, first crash was with 6250 wich performed flawlessly for a year and a half with my jr tx.

i don't think my rx is the problem , it would be the tx...

-kristof-