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A good friend would bail you out of jail. But your best friend would be sitting next to you saying that was fun
I love my Radian, it is one of the greatest planes I have! I wanted more out of it though. More as in more performance and control. To do so I decided to make ailerons/flaps/spoilers. I had no real directions or dimensions to work with so I kinda "winged" it. Yellow Colorado had some pictures of his mod but no real directions. I figured that I would keep track of my build and make a review of it so others have some data and directions to go off of if they decided they want to
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First off I had to "mark" my area i wanted to cut out. I made my ailerons 16 inches by 1.5 inches. They are placed 1/2 inch from the wing "root". when I say root I mean the lip of the wing thet is flush with the wing saddle when the wings are in place. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT YOU MEASURE FROM EITHER THE TOP OR THE BOTTOM ROOT. This is important because the root of the top and bottom of the wing is about 1/4 inch different. As I cut I was very careful to keep the X-acto knife completely vertical. After I cut out the surface I had to bevel it. I put a bevel on the actual surface itself. I did this by taping a straight edge on the bottom of the surface and lining up the other corner on the edge of the table. This effectively makes a perfect "template" to cut on. After I beveled the ailerons I dremeled the servo hole.I dont have an exact place for the servo, but it is very close to the stock fiberglass reinforcement. At that particular place the wing chord is very...Continue Reading
.First off I had to "mark" my area i wanted to cut out. I made my ailerons 16 inches by 1.5 inches. They are placed 1/2 inch from the wing "root". when I say root I mean the lip of the wing thet is flush with the wing saddle when the wings are in place. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT YOU MEASURE FROM EITHER THE TOP OR THE BOTTOM ROOT. This is important because the root of the top and bottom of the wing is about 1/4 inch different. As I cut I was very careful to keep the X-acto knife completely vertical. After I cut out the surface I had to bevel it. I put a bevel on the actual surface itself. I did this by taping a straight edge on the bottom of the surface and lining up the other corner on the edge of the table. This effectively makes a perfect "template" to cut on. After I beveled the ailerons I dremeled the servo hole.I dont have an exact place for the servo, but it is very close to the stock fiberglass reinforcement. At that particular place the wing chord is very...Continue Reading
EDIT: I am now flying Gene Bonds yak54 and like it compared to the 55
Here is my first yak build. First foimie, and 4 channel gig. So give me a break if it looks like crap
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not done yet with installing eletronics, waiting. Hope if flies good
Dollar tree foam.
Hot glue
Very basic.
2AM completion
~Cole
Here is my first yak build. First foimie, and 4 channel gig. So give me a break if it looks like crap
.not done yet with installing eletronics, waiting. Hope if flies good
Dollar tree foam.
Hot glue
Very basic.
2AM completion
~Cole
