Post by jklong03 on Aug 31, 2013 16:44:01 GMT 1
I'm kinda proud of this effort, sorry if that sounds like boasting, but I thought the paint and overall effect was just what I was going for.
Here's the details. Started with my trusty yellow/black SC that has served me well these past few months.
I just got my first computer radio, a FlySky FS-T6 and wanted something to try and play with the exponentials with. So, here is what I did.
1. Bought a new fresh cub wing. Reinforced it with CF rods while maintaining some dihedral (I'm not that confident in my flying abilities yet!)
2. Cut about 2" off each wingtip and then cut big 2" wide ailerons (I wanted this puppy to roll even with the dihedral)
3. Cut channels for CF reinforcement and for the servo pockets and servo wire runs with my trusty Dremel.
4. Since my old fuselage was a little warped outward at the wing saddle due to earlier mishaps, I reinforced the inside of the fuselage almost the entire length from the bottom edge of the battery box up to the wing saddles and back past the servo mounts. Overkill, probably, but I wanted things to be straight and since I was painting and adding reinforcements elsewhere, I wasn't going to obsess over the added weight.
5. Secured servos and servo wires with white silicon, smoothing the wire channels so they are barely visible.
6. Reinforced stabilizer with CF tube also
7. Reinforced elevator over the existing gusset with 1/32" ply just to keep things from jiggling.
8. Paint is Krylon Dual primer+paint, and the foam held up to it perfectly.
9. White stripes are from White duct tape.
10. I intentionally left the bottom sort of "plain" to provide situational awareness.
Oh, and before you worry about the added weight, it's running an EFlite Park 480 with 2400 mah 30C battery and 40 AMP ESC with switched mode BEC!
Here's the details. Started with my trusty yellow/black SC that has served me well these past few months.
I just got my first computer radio, a FlySky FS-T6 and wanted something to try and play with the exponentials with. So, here is what I did.
1. Bought a new fresh cub wing. Reinforced it with CF rods while maintaining some dihedral (I'm not that confident in my flying abilities yet!)
2. Cut about 2" off each wingtip and then cut big 2" wide ailerons (I wanted this puppy to roll even with the dihedral)
3. Cut channels for CF reinforcement and for the servo pockets and servo wire runs with my trusty Dremel.
4. Since my old fuselage was a little warped outward at the wing saddle due to earlier mishaps, I reinforced the inside of the fuselage almost the entire length from the bottom edge of the battery box up to the wing saddles and back past the servo mounts. Overkill, probably, but I wanted things to be straight and since I was painting and adding reinforcements elsewhere, I wasn't going to obsess over the added weight.
5. Secured servos and servo wires with white silicon, smoothing the wire channels so they are barely visible.
6. Reinforced stabilizer with CF tube also
7. Reinforced elevator over the existing gusset with 1/32" ply just to keep things from jiggling.
8. Paint is Krylon Dual primer+paint, and the foam held up to it perfectly.
9. White stripes are from White duct tape.
10. I intentionally left the bottom sort of "plain" to provide situational awareness.
Oh, and before you worry about the added weight, it's running an EFlite Park 480 with 2400 mah 30C battery and 40 AMP ESC with switched mode BEC!
I can't see anything!
