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Post by leisureshoot on Sept 6, 2010 18:20:10 GMT 1
Its great to hear that the flaps worked successfully after hearing to the contrary that they were a waste of time and nigh on impossible to get to work on a 6ch TX. John Are you talking straight flaps + ailerons, or flaperons? Flaperons work great on the Spektrum DX6i set-up. |
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Post by killioughtta on Sept 7, 2010 5:52:31 GMT 1
Awesome, man. I also put ailerons on a new SC wing two weeks ago. I flattened it and shortened it to 43 inches. 12-inch by 1-inch ailerons with a LOT of travel. It has decent roll-rate and flies on rails. Love it. Still no need for flaps but I'd love to try some fowler flaps later on.
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Post by killioughtta on Sept 7, 2010 5:54:10 GMT 1
Oh, yeah, I used plastic hinges; NOT tape  Pictures later on. Been real busy lately. |
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Post by leisureshoot on Sept 7, 2010 17:32:55 GMT 1
Oh, yeah, I used plastic hinges; NOT tape Pictures later on. Been real busy lately. I used plastic hinges, too. Very neat and tidy installation. Just make sure you have a good, fresh razor blade (X-Acto #11 style)  www.horizonhobby.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=DUB117Or you can use some good old packing tape. SC owners should have at least 2 rolls at all times. I used it on my last wing mod, and it seemed to work better than my recent mod, with hinges. Both ailerons were the same size, just cut out differently. I think the difference was more/better travel on the older set-up. I cut a V notch from the top of the wing all the way to the bottom, and made a tape hinge. This time, I cut a V notch half way to the center of the wing, from the top, and cut another V wedge, half-way to the center from the bottom of the wing. I glued a hinge in the middle. If you do glue hinges in with epoxy, use some plastic safe oil on the hinge center and pin. This way the epoxy doesn't stick and freeze the hinge. Here's a good tip, too: Use Isopropyl rubbing alcohol to clean up any epoxy that doesn't go down into the hinge pocket, or gets on your hands or tools. No mess! |
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Post by Dillzio on Sept 11, 2010 21:33:29 GMT 1
After the read i'd done on the subject, I thought it would be better to use tape hinges so you don't have to cut a recess into the top of the wing, and you can keep the same shape of the top surface to maximise lift.
Here's the video of my second flight :-)
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Post by toff on Sept 12, 2010 0:03:51 GMT 1
Is it just me? Videos and pics never seem to display??  |
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Post by killioughtta on Sept 12, 2010 0:12:40 GMT 1
Is it just me? Videos and pics never seem to display?? It's just you  |
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Post by Dillzio on Sept 23, 2010 11:06:18 GMT 1
Here's a video from my last flight, I flew it right on sunset, and by the time I came down it was dark.
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Post by toff on Sept 23, 2010 19:32:50 GMT 1
Is it just me? Videos and pics never seem to display?? Ahah! Needed to update my flash player! Good videos, Dillzio!! |
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Post by Dillzio on Sept 27, 2010 4:50:05 GMT 1
I've taken some pics of some of the additions to the cub I don't think you've seen in photos yet. The cowl covered in yellow cloth tape, immediately behind that a LED light, behind that the GPS tracker, and behind that you can see my keyfob spycamera for taking the in-flight videos. You can also see the aluminium landing gear struts. You may notice that I haven't covered over the servos in the wings, I've just glued them in with bathroom sealer.  Here's a close up of the camera mount. I got the angle right using rubber door stops, a bit of popsicle stick and some rubbery contact adhesive.  |
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Post by killioughtta on Sept 27, 2010 5:08:03 GMT 1
That GPS tracker looks like a brick! Is it very heavy?
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Post by Dillzio on Sept 27, 2010 5:11:49 GMT 1
80 grams :-(
I'm thinking of giving it the flick. The cub is tail heavy without it though so it's no big deal really.
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Post by ginginho on Sept 27, 2010 12:31:46 GMT 1
Good to see the gimp is airworthy again, I hadn't seen this recently due to sunning myself in Greece for a couple of weeks. Tail heavy you say, I dunno how you managed that!
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Post by scott on Sept 27, 2010 20:32:22 GMT 1
Cool Dillz. I copied you on your cub upgrades.  That is except for the ESC (I got the Turnigy sentry 40A. Excellent BTW). What do you think of the 3530 motor? I am getting about 260 watts on a 9x6 prop. I am thinking about going up to a 10x8 (which I had on the stock cub and it flew much better with no troubles with the electronics heating up) which is giving me about 290 watts (on the new 3530 Turnigy). Do you wish you would have bought the 3536? I wish I would have gotten both just to see the difference. 3536 is probably pushing the limits of the Cub, but hey you don't know what the limit is until you go over it right? Going a little long with this but thought I would chime in on how much I love my new cub with the new electronics and ailerons. I just bought an AT-6 Texan (war bird) from HK right before I got done with the cub modifications.Was able to maiden them both in the last couple of days. Needless to say but I will be flying the Cub first next time I go out! |
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Post by iflyforfun on Sept 28, 2010 1:31:33 GMT 1
@dillz
You disappeared for a couple of weeks, nice to see you back. I had my first flight today with the 35-30 and it was fantastic. I've been in Detroit stuck in my hotel all weekend because it was just way to windy to fly. I finally got out this afternoon and found a nice park to fly in. The 35-30 is much better than the 480 brushless I've been running,and it mounted up fine to the (Dillzio Mount) ;D
I just finished mounting the 35-36c in the cub and will try that tommorow.
Ifly
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Pictures later on. Been real busy lately.
That is except for the ESC (I got the Turnigy sentry 40A. Excellent BTW). What do you think of the 3530 motor? I am getting about 260 watts on a 9x6 prop. I am thinking about going up to a 10x8 (which I had on the stock cub and it flew much better with no troubles with the electronics heating up) which is giving me about 290 watts (on the new 3530 Turnigy).