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Finished steerable tail wheel assembly. Note angles of the wire for best fit. -
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Another view of tail wheel. -
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Motor mounting before cowling installation. -
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Interior veiw of ESC and motor wire placement. Note the GE applied to the bottom interior of the fuselage for strength and support.
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Epoxied tail section. Can use masking tape to finish appearance of tail by applying extra GE to edges of fuselage to make a smoother finish. -
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Top view of assembled tail. -
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Position, and appearance after installation of tail wheel mount and painting to match (Cadmium Yellow or citrus yellow is a good match) - I use Cadmium yellow acrylic paint brushed over the GE and mount to match color. -
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Final tail section view, before tail wheel install, showing first coat tint matching, and control horn installs.
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Starting with a blank fuselage, round and flatten the wing mount. Cutting the skid and installing servos best at this time. -
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Smooth off any excess foam, and use white glue inside the sides of the fuselage, on the wing rod interior and exterior sections where they mate with the fuselage. -
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Dremmel or cut off rear tail skid, and smooth with fine sanding stick or sandpaper. This is where the tail wheel goes. -
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The Dubro 926 micro steerable tail wheel is a perfect choice for this plane. Better handling on the ground, low profile, and looks great when done! -
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Drill holes where the posts of the wheel mount will eventually go. When assembled, this will be affixed with graphite-epoxy to finish off the tail section.
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Lancair ES. 4-channel plane. Power system is EFlite 20A ESC, 450 BL motor, MAS 9x7x3 propeller on TruTurn custom spinner. Dubro 1.75" tires. Gets ~22 minutes on a 2100mAh 3S lipo. Sport performance, almost unlim. vertical! Needs asphalt/short grass. -
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Pilot-1 7AC Champ. 4-channel plane. Power system is Eflite 30A ESC, 450 BL motor, and MAS 9x7x3 propeller on 4mm SS Collet. Custom struts are EFlite 4010 15e cub struts, stronger than stock. ~22 minutes on a 2100mAh 3S Lipo. Slightly sport, very scale. -
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Super Decathlon BL. 3-channel plane. Power system is a RCTimer (eBay $11) 1400Kv BL motor running a MAS 8x6x3 propeller on a EFlite 3.2mm collet. Dubro 1.75" tires, and Dubro micro tail wheel (see mods for details). ~16 minutes max on 1000mAh 2S Lipo -
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Micro Champ. 3-channel plane. Power system is a geared brushed motor [UM-4]. 110x80mm 3-blade, running 160mAh 1S Lipos. 10+ mins flight time, brushless conversion to Champ #2 soon(shown above by Lancair ES). Dubro 1.23" sport mains, 3/8" tail wh
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Closeup of Super Decathlon with RCTimer 1400Kv motor - a perfect fit! -
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The MasterAirscrew 8x6x3-blade FG/Nylon prop - a noticable improvement in performance, thrust and smoother running - and more robust. -
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Side view of the plane, showing my recently reinforced undercarriage, and motor angle - this airframe as flown regularly during the winter on skis, and has over 250 sorties since being built! -
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Underside shot of carriage. Much stronger, able to handle harder landings. This plane lands on grassy fields regularly [up to 3" grass]. Dubro 1.75" foam wheels on the plane run better than the pants and stock wheels. -
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FMT Model 1000mAh 20C 2S Lipos which I regularly run in this plane. More power, cheaper than Eflite/PZ batteries, and better. eBay.
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Finished repaired battery cover and strut installation on Champ -
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Side view - note the notch in the strut to fit into the landing strut for extra support! -
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Underside wing view (holes were present - bought this plane pre-built). Pads on wings are much more secure than original stock setup. -
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Just in from flying! Very close color match to original. -
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MAS 97x3 really pulls this plane nicely - 50% on a 2100mAh 3S LiPo after 14.5 minutes on general cruise and a few loops!
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RC Timer 1400Kv motor, a 2826-10 or 370 size motor, available on eBay for less than $15/ea shipped. More torque and power, better overall handling, with all metal construction. -
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Magnets on the new motors are stronger than the stock 1500Kv parkzone outrunners coming with this plane. Motor mounts directly as a replacement!
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Newly-built Super decathlon brushless... -
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Master Airscrew 8x6x3-blade makes this fly WAY better than using stock props. -
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See how nice the Dubro micro tail wheel is? -
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Micro Tail wheel position and attachment to control horn of rudder -
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Used 0.020" piano wire for attachment to make steerable. -
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Last view of tail wheel steering system - very effective on most surfaces, yet has some flex to minimize stress on tail.