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Obviouslly i wouldn't let the brushless motor in the nose without a dummy engine covering it...
Once again, coming from the 3D project to the real world i casted some polyester resin inside a tube and used it to machine the cylinders and the engine body. The dummy motor will be splited in two parts. The back part (backplate) will be used to mount the brushless motor and also will be screwed to the firewall, then, the front part of the dummy engine will cover it all and be kept in place just by press fit on the back plate. |
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Every fabricated part so far
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Fuselage covered and painting started....
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Now things start to get insteresting...
It's time to start detailing it as much as possible. So many ultra small parts, really very hard to work with... Here i made the first 3 instruments: Oil pulsator, oil pressure, and compass |
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Moving on to throttle lever and that kind of box that i don't know the name
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Here it's possible to see the fuselage already aged and wetheared...
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Holy cow, that's some fine work! Are all those scale details hand-fabricated? My 3D printer is jealous!
I love the gauge in front of the cockpit (compass?). Regarding old LiPos - if stored properly (3.7 - 3.8v at modest temperatures), they can last an amazingly long time. I routinely fly with 5000mah packs that sat unused from 2007 until last year (I would be doing that right now on my Kaos 60 but the dang park where my club field is closes early now ). I also have plenty of other smaller packs and single cells of a similar vintage. I keep a closer eye on them that newer packs, but they are still going strong. One key - I rarely discharge any of my packs above 15C. Mike C. |
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