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GemFan prop on the left added 15% power and thrust even though nominally the same diameter and pitch as the stock prop on right. -
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Neutral rudder and aileron sticks. -
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Rudder>aileron mix with left rudder stick and neutral aileron stick. -
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Rudder>aileron mix with right rudder stick and neutral aileron stick. -
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FPV Cam view across nose at horizon sight. Bead on horizon and stem perpendicular equals stright/level flight.
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Plywood (1/32" thick) sub fins added to vertical tail for additional tail surface and skids to protect elevator servo. -
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Removed servo cover to enhance aerodaynamics -
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Stowed excess servo wire, minimized extension plug, taped stab leading edge, swapped pushrod to get square alignment. -
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Aileron servo pushrod swapped to square alignment. -
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Plywood tabs to better align and anchor booms to wing. -
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Lemon Rx gyro stabilized 7-channel receiver mounted on wing with all three servo leads (left aileron, right aileron, elevator)connected to channel outputs. Wing leading edges covered with packaging tape. -
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Receiver diversity antennas embedded at right angles in wing. -
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TX-03 AIO Cam/VTx mounted to top of canopy
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Pre-FPV, mounting an 808 #16 key chain cam on the Shark for video recording while flying LOS. -
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First FPV setup- mounting an Eachine EF-01 AIO cam on the Shark. The mount carries a 250mAh 1s LiPo for powering the video cam. The output signal was only 25mW and would start dropping at about 100-150 meters distance. -
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Final FPV setup- Eachine TX-03 AIO cam set to 200mW output gives a range in excess of 400 meters. The horizon sight is mounted on the nose to show attitude with respect to the horizon. -
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FPV view of the horizon sight on the airplane nose. The sight is formed out of 1.2mm wire in a square that provides reference for bank angle and pitch attitude with the horizon as reference.
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Hydrofoil water rudder -
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Steerable water rudder -
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Water rudder one screw installation -
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Hydrofoil slips over tail wheel axle and folds down over strut -
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Hydrofoil water rudder sub assemblies fabricated out of Lexan sheet. -
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taxi in the water -
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Taxi on step, hull and hydrofoil rudder.
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Shark on main wheels with steerable tail wheel -
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Shark ready to fly -
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Added wing bolt from the top -
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Wing bolt location from below -
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Wing bolt anchor plate added to fuselage. OrangeRx receiver with gyro stabilizer. -
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Motor wire clearance in cowling -
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GWS HD8060 prop cut down to 6x6 -
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Aileron span brought out to outer wing fence
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Multiplex Mini Mag floats. Bottoms covered with package tape. Hardware and fabricated parts to mount floats. -
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Fuselage notched for channel shaped strut mounts -
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Rear strut fuselage mounting pad and pocket carved in fuselage for the pad. -
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Front fuselage mount pads installed and ready for struts -
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Front strut plugged into the mounting pad. -
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Front strut secured to its pad with Dubro straps. -
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Front strut orientation for attaching to the floats. -
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Float mounted and adjusted for spread & longitudinal position to the fuselage and incidence to the wing.