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Post by droneflyer200 on Oct 25, 2022 6:09:32 GMT
Wow man your stuff flies awesome!
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Post by Mr NCT on Oct 25, 2022 17:57:11 GMT
Thanks! It's just TLR engineering. Here's the cowl fitted and the canopy is printing.  |
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Post by Burkeomatic on Oct 25, 2022 22:19:45 GMT
Thanks! It's just TLR engineering. Here's the cowl fitted and the canopy is printing.   |
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Post by Mr NCT on Oct 25, 2022 22:52:17 GMT
Yeah, I was out of neon green.
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Post by Burkeomatic on Oct 26, 2022 0:38:03 GMT
Yeah, I was out of neon green. It's called peak green, technically. |
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Post by peanut on Oct 26, 2022 0:42:24 GMT
Wow what a maiden, it looks like it didn’t need any trimming from where I’m sitting. Nice job!
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Post by Mr NCT on Oct 26, 2022 22:06:15 GMT
Yeah, I was out of neon green. It's called peak green, technically. I'm outta pink, too  |
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Post by Mr NCT on Oct 27, 2022 15:35:32 GMT
The cowl and canopy made no difference in the battery placement for the CG - balanced each other out.  I have a friction fit on the cowl but it vibrated forward into the prop. Have to find a way to fix it in place without gluing. |
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Post by Burkeomatic on Oct 27, 2022 20:59:06 GMT
The cowl and canopy made no difference in the battery placement for the CG - balanced each other out. I have a friction fit on the cowl but it vibrated forward into the prop. Have to find a way to fix it in place without gluing. Looks great with the new cowl and cockpit. I am not sure how to hold the cowl on interference fit wise. The first thing that pops into my head is that grip tape that is like sandpaper with adhesive on the back. I use it when I don't have confidence that my battery strap will hold my battery still, there is also magnets. You could stick a couple of neodymium magnets in the fuselage, and little strips of steel on the cowl and that would hold it. When I was running low on magnets, I used a razor blade glued to one side and the magnet held it down. |
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Post by Mr NCT on Dec 8, 2022 20:08:56 GMT
Just finished V2 without a bowed & twisted tail. Skins don't fit well so I'm half way through V3 using exactflat to unwrap the skins from Fusion360. V2 flies just like V1 even in gusty winds.
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Post by Mr NCT on Dec 14, 2022 11:23:39 GMT
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Post by ratcheeroo on Dec 14, 2022 18:12:59 GMT
Very very nice!. Great job my friend! |
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Post by Mr NCT on Dec 16, 2022 19:58:58 GMT
Thanks! It's my favorite plane to fly.
Plans are getting closer. I'm finding on V3 that using Fusion360 & Exactflat gets me within about a 1/16" of the skins fitting but then it's add or subtract to get a good fit on the formers. Any tips or tricks to getting it right the first time?
On V2 I'm using card stock for the canopy & windscreen. V3 will (hopefully) be 3D printed with clear windows. The windscreen doubles as the latch & handle for the battery hatch.
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Post by Mr NCT on Dec 26, 2022 22:53:41 GMT
Version 3 is shaping up now that RL is giving me some breathing room. I think the difference between the Exactflat parts and my real world fit is part hand cutting inaccuracy and part the different thicknesses of DTFB and the waves or scallops in the board. It's taken cutting one for rough fit and a second final piece. I've been able to get the seams much tighter on this one by slightly beveling the edges that meet and using Foam Cure adhesive to give more time to work them into position. This plane only has 4 sections so it hasn't been too bad. I assembled the front three sections and then attached the wing. That allowed me to adjust section 4 that has the tail so that everything was parallel.
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Post by Burkeomatic on Dec 27, 2022 2:05:33 GMT
Nice.
I was watching a few of your videos on youtube, that really does look like a nice flyer. Then I realized that you posted them here when I was out of commission for a couple weeks.
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