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| SteveM | Guillows Series 900 - Cessna Bird Dog | Build | 21-Mar-08 02:26 |  | | Views : 1924 | | Weight as shown is 6.6 grams. But now I have to wait for tissue from Easy Built. |
| SteveM | Guillows Series 900 - Cessna Bird Dog | Build | 20-Mar-08 22:03 |  | | Views : 1652 | | The three of the 11" long kit stringers weigh as much as six of the 18" long stringers that I cut myself. Rather than cut into a fresh balsa sheet, these are cut from the edges of the Dumas sheet wood that was in my Corsair kit. |
| SteveM | Guillows Series 900 - Cessna Bird Dog | Build | 20-Mar-08 16:48 |  | | Views : 1469 | | The new part is nearly half the weight of the heavy kit part, but is still 50% heavier than the lighter kit part. Goes to show that even Guillow's can have quility wood from time to time. |
| SteveM | Guillows Series 900 - Cessna Bird Dog | Build | 20-Mar-08 16:22 |  | | Views : 1680 | | The piece in the back weighs 0.4 grams, the one in the front weighs 1.1 grams. And that was after I sanded the sheet for several minutes! I don't have any 1/20" sheet stock but I have some 1/32" that is just about the same thickness. |
| SteveM | Guillows Series 900 - Cessna Bird Dog | Build | 20-Mar-08 16:16 |  | | Views : 1565 | | All of the sheet wood weighs 3.8 grams. Two sheets were light, one was VERY heavy. |
| SteveM | Molt Models Hellcat | Build | 19-Mar-08 21:22 |  | | Views : 3982 | | All of the electronics and geared parts were removed for sanding. Sanding went quickly as all of the parts fit very well and I had already shaped the LE and TE. This one goes into the hanger till I sort out the covering options. |
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| SteveM | Molt Models Hellcat | Build | 19-Mar-08 02:56 |  | | Views : 4224 | | The obligatory lap about the floor under power. About all that remains is to sand and cover, and I am in limbo about what to cover it with. |
| SteveM | Dumas Kit #213, F4U Corsair | Build | 17-Mar-08 22:33 |  | | Views : 2201 | | I killed the 2x50mAh NiCd batteries from charging too quickly so I decided to try out a 150mAh LiPo cell and my low voltage protection circuit. The circuit works as designed but I quickly realized I was trying to draw about 3A from a 1.5A rated battery. |
| SteveM | Dumas Kit #213, F4U Corsair | Build | 14-Mar-08 05:00 |  | | Views : 2415 | | The Corsair is ready for her maiden, AUW is 53 grams. I will add more detail after it has flown. I have two seperate sources that say the wing area and weight are a good match to the motor, battery, and prop, but the thrust just seems weak to me. |
| SteveM | Peck Polymers One Nite 28 | Build | 13-Mar-08 04:54 |  | | Views : 1789 | | AUW is 120 grams, it was 62g with rubber FF and 92g with electric FF. I am eyeballing some undeveloped commercial property just around the corner from my house, one of the grassy lots might be just the ticket for flying this plane. |
| SteveM | Peck Polymers One Nite 28 | Build | 13-Mar-08 04:50 |  | | Views : 1534 | | Rudder is attached with CA hinges and is connected to a servo borrowed from the MM Hellcat. All that remains is to install the ESC when it gets here. I could run it w/o the ESC but having throttle control and a reliable BEC voltage is worth the 3 grams. |
| SteveM | Peck Polymers One Nite 28 | Build | 12-Mar-08 05:05 |  | | Views : 723 | | The new 32" wing is covered and ready for water shrinking. The kit tissue was insufficient to cover the whole wing a second time, so I switched over to Easy Built tissue for the wing and changed colors for fun. |
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