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  1. AKNick

    110" TIMBER Assembly Thread

    How Fun! This was my first 50cc, and first plane over 90"... first plane to be over 20lbs!! Capacity Alarms are a great resource for electrics. For reducing the 5/32" axle size to 1/4" if you don't have access to a lathe - you can see what I did on page 2&3 Posts 12,18,29 by getting a bushing...
  2. AKNick

    110" TIMBER Assembly Thread

    I've been using these: https://northwestrc.com/Foam-Wire-Keeper-Assortment--FULL-SHEET_p_2220.html Attached them with CA. They are not reusable, but they are light.
  3. AKNick

    Timber 110" Twin Build

    Why hello fellow Alaskan!! :welcome: I tried to hit "like" multiple times, but it wont let me :cryin: As you probably saw, we have a 110" timber thread here you can reference for beefing up the needed areas. CG 5" back from the LE should be easily achieved with your setup! That Stick turned out...
  4. AKNick

    110" TIMBER Assembly Thread

    Nice! What tire is that? If you don’t use ball links, to make the Wire not dig into the plastic be sure to sleeve it with some brass tubing or something. It requires more torque to move it than the little tiny wheel. 3DP is a learning process, most of us don’t have expensive printers and just...
  5. AKNick

    110" TIMBER Assembly Thread

    Post a pic of your make! I'd like to see your finished print :)
  6. AKNick

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    SUB line.... SWEEEET DUUUDE. LOL Nice little gem you found there.
  7. AKNick

    91" SkyWing ARS 300 Assembly Thread

    Had a few paragliders stop by to visit! Cylinders never went over 340! Stayed 275 most the time unless I was wide open. Right cylinder was about 20deg higher. Much closer now. My air dam V2 worked well. Notice it actually deflected the exhaust residue as well.
  8. AKNick

    3DHS 75" EDGE 540 V2 Assembly Thread

    Got a couple flights in! Had some tubing issues but resolved with going back to basics and retune. One click of aileron. One click of up elevator. I’ll need to recheck my trims to see where they were before 45 inverted was pretty neutral with the nose leveling off a tiny bit. Tail doesn’t drop...
  9. AKNick

    Awesome Video Thread

    Woah! So neat
  10. AKNick

    3DHS 75" EDGE 540 V2 Assembly Thread

    I forgot to mention that the cowl air dam is of a new design and I posted in on Thingiverse! https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4504315 Along with the DA Ignition wire holder: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4504273
  11. AKNick

    91" SkyWing ARS 300 Assembly Thread

    Added some more baffling to the right cylinder to eliminate some gaps. Here are some extra pics of how I installed the temp sensors. Also the interior as it is right now. Also made a larger air dam/dump and installed it. No good pic as the glue is still drying
  12. AKNick

    3DHS 75" EDGE 540 V2 Assembly Thread

    Here are some final setup pics. Conversion from electric to gasoline is now complete! CG Check with one battery and no gas is the aft side of the wing tube. So even with all that work the plane is more nose heavy with the gas engine still. Time for a tune and a flight!!
  13. AKNick

    3DHS 75" EDGE 540 V2 Assembly Thread

    So moving the rudder servo to the tail was waaaaayyyyy too much work. But it’s done. Basically took a 2” arm to use the next hole above 1.5”, but the 2” arm is too long so I hacked it to size. Great you say... well turned out the ball link hits the elevator. Oooooffff so I installed a custom...
  14. AKNick

    Skywing 91" Edge 540 V2 Assembly Thread

    It's been a month! Not fair! Where is the flying report on this machine here?
  15. AKNick

    110" TIMBER Assembly Thread

    Yeah Savox servos tend to be pretty vocal. My 2274's in my timber are pretty quiet and smooth. 1270's are the social butterflies of my fleet.
  16. AKNick

    3DHS 75" EDGE 540 V2 Assembly Thread

    Got a lot of work done today. Baffles: Craft foam galore. Blocked the inlet ears except access to the choke rod. Filled the gaps leading up to and mostly around the cylinder. Put the muffler on with nordlock washers and copper RTV on the threads and mating surfaces. Took a...
  17. AKNick

    110" TIMBER Assembly Thread

    Yup! That how all 3D planes should be setup. You have better geometry at deflection where the torque is needed more. Your extreme flight arm has four hole adjustments whereas mine only has three. So yours maybe just a tad longer than mine. Mine is measured at 1.75” in my picture.
  18. AKNick

    110" TIMBER Assembly Thread

    Well you have four goals. 1: full deflection flaps 2: 3D rates 3: the ailerons and the flaps moving at the same rate of travel. 4: geometry for the best torque. You achieve 1-4 by using 1.75” servo arm on the flaps and ailerons. If you use 1.5” you loose torque, flap deflection, geometry. If...
  19. AKNick

    110" TIMBER Assembly Thread

    I used NWRC 2” Servo Arms utilizing the second to last hole at 1.75” all around except the rudder which was a 3.5” offset. Geometry is terrible otherwise... especially if you want large deflection flaps while servo matching full span ailerons.
  20. AKNick

    110" TIMBER Assembly Thread

    LOVE IT!!!:yesss:
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