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Aug 24, 2007, 11:18 PM
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Ocala,Florida
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I've got back to the this bird,trying to think of how to sand the v into the hull.
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Aug 25, 2007, 01:01 PM
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Ocala,Florida
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cut and sanded the hull and glassed both it and the top of the wing last night.Looks like it came out fairly well,now have to work on the step
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Aug 25, 2007, 01:57 PM
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The flat hull would be ok too .
The only thing I would suggest is that the inlets to the fans should be above the wing and start ahead of the trailing edge , don't want any water in there !! I am very interested in your flight results as I am considering a similar project. |
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Aug 25, 2007, 03:13 PM
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Ocala,Florida
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lake flyer,I've already re engineered the hull and the edf's are on a pylon above the wing now
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Aug 25, 2007, 06:27 PM
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Not to push , but when do you expect to maiden ?
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Aug 25, 2007, 10:26 PM
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Ocala,Florida
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lol that's not being pushy,your just really excited thanks! If all goes well,I'm gonna solder up the second motor tomorrow morning,attach the verts,if I keep going at it Monday or Tuesday,provided I'm allowed to fly it off the retention pond I'm shooting for,but will do a grass maiden to I think,to test the flight controls and see if it needs improvement,power should not be a problem,should be around 400 watts combined
oh and btw Lake, I love your aquacat,spitfire,pusher bipe? and RV-6. |
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Aug 26, 2007, 01:05 AM
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Ocala,Florida
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Practicality over styling
changed the tail to a conventional raised almost t tail,will be using elevons and rudder with a water rudder that will fling away to run on grass,also moved the tip floats a good 4 inches in from the tips. |
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Aug 26, 2007, 03:49 AM
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So Cal
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Elevons on the wing? I'm not sure that's going to work too good on a tailed airplane.
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Aug 26, 2007, 08:59 AM
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Ocala,Florida
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bj,the elevons are the on the elevator,it has worked before on other planes I've built,this isn't my first scratchbuild.
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Aug 26, 2007, 06:30 PM
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Ocala,Florida
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here's the latest pics,RCA thanks again for the tips,I used a few,If i get going on it maiden will be tomorrow
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Last edited by MustangAce17; Aug 26, 2007 at 06:38 PM.
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Aug 26, 2007, 10:10 PM
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Good luck with maiden , looks like it will be fine.
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Aug 27, 2007, 01:03 AM
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Ocala,Florida
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thanks lake. Gonna get the pushrods,and hardware tomorrow,plan to do at least a grass maiden tomorrow.
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Aug 27, 2007, 11:11 PM
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Ocala,Florida
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this project will be finished soon,gonna work on it tonight,and using two thunderbird 36 esc's I'll have at least 600 watts!
 hope the motors can handle it but they do have nice heatsinks on them
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Aug 28, 2007, 06:41 PM
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WELLLLL we are WAITING !!!
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Aug 28, 2007, 07:45 PM
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Ocala,Florida
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Sorry to keep you guys waiting. I tested the motors and I don't think they will take the load of 32 amps for very long,and the esc's even get very hot and being unemployed right now I can't afford new motors. I will try to cut the throttle EPA down and see how that goes. Again sorry
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