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110" TIMBER Assembly Thread
Ha!! Man, an electric plane no problemo! New gas engine on a heavy plane.... yeah I’m not going to take my chances. :wink: The Timber has hovered on low rates far above the trees at around half throttle. I could tell it was nose heavy and the tail was all over the place ha ha. Got better as I...- AKNick
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91" SkyWing ARS 300 Assembly Thread
Got my throttle servo in place. Not too shabby for geometry. My servo wires are all in place. Just need to make a linkage.- AKNick
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91" SkyWing ARS 300 Assembly Thread
Well after grinding I soon realized that my glass skills are lacking... and the opening was too narrow. So in my defeat, I did it all over again and wrapped my pvc tube in some material to make it thicker. End result was much better. I’ve probably somehow made everything worse by doing this but...- AKNick
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110" TIMBER Assembly Thread
It's getting used to it's new home!- AKNick
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Scale Don Smith P-51 Mustang
Boy U be dreamin! Might need to get your self a P-Fiddy Stick Plane and make some roaring whistles :too-happy:HA HA! Isn't the whistle from the scoop? You may need to get a Mr. Sound system for the Blazing Guns.- AKNick
- Post #608
- Forum: Giant / Scale Scratch and Kit Build Threads
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RC Airplane Memes
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- Post #723
- Forum: Giant / Scale RC General Discussions
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110" TIMBER Assembly Thread
Got a couple more flights on this baby yesterday. Flew better with the tank further back, stall was less violent. Still will slowly drop a wing, slow down and then begin to spiral if you don't give the stick inputs to recover. Moving the CG back was key. I am considering adding the LE devices...- AKNick
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Awesome Video Thread
Sweet! Thanks for sharing!!!- AKNick
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91" SkyWing ARS 300 Assembly Thread
Been scratching my head which throttle servo to use PM DS305 or Savox 1267. I’ve heard mixed feelings on every brand and shoot... I’m just going to pick one and fly it. Found a servo box in my collection, modified and painted it, added some anti-vibration tape in it, and epoxied it in place...- AKNick
- Post #74
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110" TIMBER Assembly Thread
Could be a factor for sure. Lots of tail draggers handle differently with large bush tires. The geometry changes in relation to the CG and the tail will be less responsive on the tail and will walk away from you. Maules have quite the short coupled tail and ground loop easy with a less...- AKNick
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I’m going out flying thread 2019
More like two days worth of flying... but still!!- AKNick
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The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread
What did I do? Not enough!!! Need more shop time!!!! One plane being built, one with a vaporized bullet connector, another with CG rearrangement shinnanigins. Plus I’ve got another with a busted cowl, and one with a busted prop. Ha ha. I guess this means I’ve been flying??- AKNick
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110" TIMBER Assembly Thread
Relocated the fuel tank back as far as it would let me. Soon realizing my batteries needed a better spot... made a balsa shelf for each battery while adding a little fuselage structure. Win win. Hopefully I’ll have time to fly it tomorrow!- AKNick
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3DHS 75" EDGE 540 V2 Assembly Thread
As an electric setup, My CG was about 1/2" behind the wing tube, had to add 3 oz of sticky weights in the tail and two 6S 3300-3700 lipos up front butted up against the wingtube, which gave me 4min of 3D flying.- AKNick
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3DHS 75" EDGE 540 V2 Assembly Thread
Looks like the motor connector plugging into the ESC vaporized. But why? The other connectors don’t show any signs of arcing. And the bullet connector was left inside the ESC receptacle. Sounds like a bad solder joint, internal resistance at 50v could get hot and vaporize that sucker.- AKNick
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3DHS 75" EDGE 540 V2 Assembly Thread
Well had my motor do a loud chirp today when punching out of a maneuver at low altitude. No throttle, prop windmilled. Barely made it back, had to skid turn to slow it down and pooped it on next to the runway. Looks like a connector got very hot, there is splattered solder on the inside of the...- AKNick
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110" TIMBER Assembly Thread
Yesterday I ended up with 1.5 Oz on the tail. 3oz today and it flies better. Tightening up the rudder springs helped a ton. Still think they are too weak. I have to really be on the rudder to prevent a ground loop, especially on landings. Moving the fuel tank under the wing tube will be my next...- AKNick
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110" TIMBER Assembly Thread
It hasn’t blown my socks off yet. My OAW is up there for sure. CG will be key, and will make or break any plane. It flies pretty well. I did not like my stall test result, but once again CG can change that. I like the plane, don’t get me wrong. Just need to fine tune some things before I REALLY...- AKNick
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