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Paint, custom graphics and some ordnance help the look. Opportunity knocks only so often... The fin and intake checkerboards are the kit's original, saved with tape, the rest is from Callie G.
The LG and doors are purely theatrical. The ordnance will fly with the model, being only grams of foam, plastic and balsa. Joe |
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Not so much the weight but the drag. Let's hear how she flies!
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Thanks gents...next flight will be number 5, a few more mods are ready for testing, them being fixed flaps at neutral, a NACA style cheater hole on the bottom and ordnance.
So far, it's a handful and it likes to deviate from flat flight if speed is not maintained (wing loading is high). The latest set up is promising, but a little more weight and drag has been added. Lucky I have a pilot who is fearless and loves a tough assignment. Hand launching is the hardest part by far, it must be flung hard and slightly up with flat wings or else. I saw the primer on hand launching these 50mm jobs...they all launch badly if not done by the numbers, with the exception of a couple in the series. Quote:
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cut the wing off n then make it removable..
Huge number of replacement motor options on the main thread... still think the std motor on 4s/ 6 blade impellor is hard to beat price wise.. I've got a AEO 50 to put in another model as n when one omces out I like .. a black mantis 4800KV seems to work ok on the Std shroud / fan |
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They are foam elevators off a HL MiG as are the faux LG doors that are from the interior ducting off the same MiG carcass. At the moment they are tacked on with CA, pop off when struck. Once the flight trim has been figured out, I was thinking thin ply 'skids' for durability.
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