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Post by Crazy Horse on Sept 7, 2013 17:43:45 GMT 1
Hi Coupe42, I don't want to be a pain, but whatever you do to your aircraft, check the c of g afterwards. No matter what you do or change, either paint, decals, cameras, mounts, bomb bay mods, etc. It will affect everything. It only takes a minute or so, but will hopefully prevent you from a repair at home! No one disagrees here, we just have different opinions which makes life a real learning process, which is as it should be. As for salesmen (note the lack of pc bollocks), most are esn at best. No offence intended.  Look after your dogs!  Regards CH |
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Post by coupe1942 on Sept 8, 2013 0:19:37 GMT 1
Yes, I fully understand the need to check out the CoG each and every time a change of any sort is actually made. I even checked out my local hobby store today to purchase a CoG machine. (I know I can make one, but I am too lazy to do that at this point). They had them at the store, but unfortunately I had already spent my limit on the other neat parts and pieces they had offered there. I went to purchase a digital gram scale, only to find that down here most scales do not typically list information on the outside of the box to show if the scales will convert from pounds to grams or not. I finally found one after shopping in several different stores. (Never bother to go to a restaurant supply for such, as the prices are triple that of the other stores for the same exact item). One lady at Target asked if I was on a diet when I asked about such a scale. Another sales lady there probably thought I was trying to find a scale to weigh my illegal drugs on. Maybe I looked like a drug dealer in the making though. :-) Believe me, I will indeed be checking out the mounts and cameras for weight before I use such on my Cub. I'll also be checking all the other items before I use them. Thanks for the advise. I appreciate it. My dogs do a good bit of looking after me. I am really blessed to have them. Again, thanks... :-)   |
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Post by coupe1942 on Sept 12, 2013 10:15:14 GMT 1
This morning I pulled the clear tubing from a spray bottle I had purchased at the local Dollar Tree yesterday. I probably could have found a spray bottle about the house, but I happened to be out shopping there and decided a clean spray bottle tube was what I wanted to start with. I didn't really have a guide to any specific link, but I decided to go with two pieces that I cut equally at 2 1/2" in length. I unscrewed the clasps (not familiar with their name yet) and slid the tubing onto the rod and on up and into the foam fuselage. The length was just enough to go to the inside and I feel it will be sufficient for now. I am not even sure you really need to anchor these tubes with glue, but I'll do that later today when I start putting packing tape onto everything known to man. :-) Although it may seem slightly intimidating to a newbie like me, this was basically my second mod to my Cub. It was easy to do and only took a few moments to cut and position everything. Although it is likely overkill, I was looking at some of those nail-in, mini-cable clips to see if one would work well in securing this tubing and not add any weight to the cub or be too big. Remember, these are the mini clips and not the larger ones. The small nail in them could easily be trimmed or simply pushed into the fuselage with a drop of CA glue. Instead of adding a nail, you could add one of those sewing pins with the colored, round heads on them to sort of make it look like it is some type of landing light or such. Just an idea and I am not sure I'll do it, but just piddling a bit.  Any rate, thanks for the ideas on doing this mod.   |
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