Another E3d takes to the Skies!
 

Well, the weather has finally cooperated here in the midwest, and I finally had the chance to get out and try a couple new planes, one of which is my E3d/christmas present from my wife. Its been done, ready to go for a few weeks, just waiting patiently for good weather.....and yesterday and today it finally arrived.....
First flights yielded the results I had hoped for, a fun smooth flyier with no trim required. This is going to be a GREAT plane to fly.........:D

Darryl

Here's another one,

By the way, did I mention that this is a removable wing E3d? Thanks to all the posts from you Ezoners for the info. I used the slide-off/plug in wing mod., and have some additional tips and photos for anyone interested.....just let me know. The end result is a 38 oz. airframe and flying weight of 58-60 oz with 10 cell 2000 or 2400 bats. that dissasembles fits neatly in car or workshop. Once again, thanks to the e3d ezoners and all the posts for refernce.

Darryl ;)

Darryl,
I like it. I like it a lot. The clear canopy really makes it look nice. I wish I had done the removable wing on mine back when I built it. Oh well, the wings off it now. :(

Nice landing picture.

--Paul
www.oldschoolrc.com

Darryl nice job!:D stefanP

Very Nice bird. Did you make your own canopy?

Nice!
 

Darryl:

Great looking E3D and a VERY nice covering scheme. You should have no problem with orientation with that contrast, and the checkers really look cool. I like checkers:

https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/atta...&postid=741243

Keep it in one piece as you wring it out.

Gary

Patrick H,

No, actually, the canopy is the back 75% of a regular canopy I had laying around for another project. I kept the front part for something else down the road. Can't throw anything away!!:D

Darryl

Looks great !
I'm going to rebuild my seriously mashed E3D and the easiest way is to make it into a 2 piece wing. Could you please post a few details and pics of you set-up. I know it's been covered before but there are about a million E3D posts to sift through !

BTW, Is that an MD 80 in your avitar?

Thanks

Congratulations on you E3D. I like the checkerboard. Please post pictures of your removeable wing. Thanks for posting your beautiful plane.

Kelvin

Thanks for the replies guys, I've been working all weekend, and go back today, so I'll get the pict.s you want on line asap(Wed.)

747drvr, yes, a Silver s-80, with red white and blue stripes!! Its still a great job, even with the airlines in such pain.

Darryl:(

Thanks Darryl ! I'm looking forward to seeing your conversion.
I agree it's a great job and wouldn't want to do anything else but things are changing ! Our management wants to cut 650 million dollars in labour costs and I'm sure I'll have to make a contribution...

Well, while I cant give you the quality that Kelvin provided in his post, I'll try and give you my version, at least the steps required to do this conversion for the two-piece wing E3D.
The three main threads I used for research were:

John Thompson's Removable Wing E3D
My E3D Removeable Wing Modification
Building and Flying an E3d

I would like to thank those thread starters, Neil Stanton, CloudyIFR, and Kelvin, as well as all that posted to them for all the excellent info.
I am going to try and follow the building instructions for the E3d, and note where I made alterations.
As always, if anyone has any questions feel free to ask. I have added a few photos, but since I am new to building reviews, I did not get all the photos I would have liked, so written descriptions will be necessary for some steps.

Construction Manual, Step 1. Leave the airfoil cutouts in the fuse sides. I actually left them in, and using a sanding block to sand the sides, forced some balsa dust into the cut marks, then dripped some thin CA around to seal them in place. I just used some regular 1/16 sheet for wing tips later. There was also a little space at the trailing edge of the die cutting that I just filled in with scrap. I then used one rib to mark the position of the opening for the pass-thru spar joiner. I simply laid the rib on the fuse side and aligned it with the cut-out, and marked the position of the spars. Then I removed the rib and connected the lines. You should have marked a rectangle the same size as the spar joiner. The “John Thompson’s Removable wing E3d” has a good photo of this. Carefully cut this opening at this time. I was not too concerned about the exact fit, as this is just the opening for the joiner, and will not bear the load.

The following photo shows the backing plates I used for reinforcing the holes in the fuse sides, as well as the crutch assembly. On these pieces, I was VERY careful to make the openings exactly the same height and width as the spar joiner as they will be the alignment tools for the spar joiner. I also made the spar joiner at this time out of ¼ “ sq. spruce and ¼ X 1” balsa. Since the pieces for this were 36” long, and I only was going to use 24 “ of it, I saved the 12” cut-off, and used this for all the assembly and trial fittings, as it is easier to slip the wing on and off this shorter piece.

I also made the spar joiner at this time out of ¼ “ sq. spruce and ¼ X 1” balsa. Since the pieces for this were 36” long, and I only was going to use 24 “ of it, I saved the 12” cut-off, and used this for all the assembly and trial fittings, as it is easier to slip the wing on and off this shorter piece.