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Post by ratcheeroo on Sept 7, 2022 11:08:41 GMT
I have the front cowl mocked up while it is still drying. That last skin required minimal trimming, maybe 1/16 each side? No biggie, I wouldn't worry about changing it up a whole lot. Of course, I had to mock the motor up too. It mounts perfectly flush with the 3536. That master airscrew 11x5 looks like perfection on it. Looks really really good! Nice work!
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Post by bwarz on Sept 7, 2022 14:58:22 GMT
I have the front cowl mocked up while it is still drying. That last skin required minimal trimming, maybe 1/16 each side? No biggie, I wouldn't worry about changing it up a whole lot. Of course, I had to mock the motor up too. It mounts perfectly flush with the 3536. That master airscrew 11x5 looks like perfection on it. looking awesome! It has been a pleasure watching along with your build!
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Post by Burkeomatic on Sept 8, 2022 3:48:08 GMT
I have the front cowl mocked up while it is still drying. That last skin required minimal trimming, maybe 1/16 each side? No biggie, I wouldn't worry about changing it up a whole lot. Of course, I had to mock the motor up too. It mounts perfectly flush with the 3536. That master airscrew 11x5 looks like perfection on it. looking awesome! It has been a pleasure watching along with your build! Thanks! I think I know what direction I am gonna go here. You can jam quite the battery in here if you don't build a power pod, this is a 5000mah 4s. Probably pretty easily fly 30 minutes on this. I think I will stick an nb one + flight controller on this with elrs and the clear canopy for some nice medium to long range FPV action in addition to LOS warbird stuff. Oh, and RC battery.com has 3s 5000 lipos on sale for 17.99 each, so even better! Also, I can get by with a 40A esc if I just run 3s, and it still gives me allegedly 2000g of thrust on this 11x5 prop while drawing 34A. So, umm plenty of power. We also need to get wilmracer on here and buy him a beer or something for making this available free, which is super cool of him and I am going to make this work hopefully. www.thingiverse.com/thing:4739061
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Post by bwarz on Sept 8, 2022 4:34:25 GMT
looking awesome! It has been a pleasure watching along with your build! Thanks! I think I know what direction I am gonna go here. You can jam quite the battery in here if you don't build a power pod, this is a 5000mah 4s. Probably pretty easily fly 30 minutes on this. I think I will stick an nb one + flight controller on this with elrs and the clear canopy for some nice medium to long range FPV action in addition to LOS warbird stuff. Oh, and RC battery.com has 3s 5000 lipos on sale for 17.99 each, so even better! Also, I can get by with a 40A esc if I just run 3s, and it still gives me allegedly 2000g of thrust on this 11x5 prop while drawing 34A. So, umm plenty of power. We also need to get wilmracer on here and buy him a beer or something for making this available free, which is super cool of him and I am going to make this work hopefully. www.thingiverse.com/thing:4739061ooo awesome! I can't wait to see video FPV from the cockpit! I picked up some 5200 3S batteries specifically for the larger areas I've ended up with in this and the BF109.
Use the SVG cut patterns (or I guess the detail patterns) on page 7 for the canopy framing. I got the method from Grifflyer to laminate the frame parts printed from paper and painted to color before laminating (found a laminator for $5 on FB marketplace ) There's a bit of canopy left to overlap the back of the fuselage so it keeps the air from ripping the side rear windows off. I also mounted the ESC in the hole under the 'power pod' but I don't recall if I left an exit for the air blowing through there
I really should put an engine detail on mine - I've seen a few but that one is quite nice! For sure gonna get the scale right and get this one printing! For sure on the buy him a beer as well 🍺
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Post by bwarz on Sept 8, 2022 4:35:33 GMT
also not sure I put it anywhere on the build notes or somewhere, but a good starting point for the CG is at the front spar...
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Post by Burkeomatic on Sept 8, 2022 16:02:02 GMT
also not sure I put it anywhere on the build notes or somewhere, but a good starting point for the CG is at the front spar... Yeah, it balances pretty easy with the 4s pack. I'll probably maiden with the 2200 just out of lightness. I printed one of the cylinders, it needs scaled down by at least 50% but it looked good. I was thinking of sticking them all in one part, but I wouldn't be able to squeeze it into the cowl where it is glued on.
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Post by Burkeomatic on Sept 19, 2022 6:10:02 GMT
Some progress.... I take my time on these planes. I need to sort out where ill stick the flight controller. I think I will put the VTX in that back window area there.
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Post by bwarz on Sept 19, 2022 12:00:32 GMT
Some progress.... I take my time on these planes. I need to sort out where ill stick the flight controller. I think I will put the VTX in that back window area there. with the battery way forward and the esc under the motor leaving lots of room inside the hatch, could you put a small platform right in front of the servo tray? that way it's easily accessible too?
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Post by Burkeomatic on Sept 19, 2022 16:04:35 GMT
Some progress.... I take my time on these planes. I need to sort out where ill stick the flight controller. I think I will put the VTX in that back window area there. with the battery way forward and the esc under the motor leaving lots of room inside the hatch, could you put a small platform right in front of the servo tray? that way it's easily accessible too? That is kind of what I was thinking, I had though about also installing it under the servos as well and making a little tray. It seems like it will balance out with the 5000 mah 3s batteries I got on sale. Oh, maybe I missed it, but doubling up former A on the canopy hatch would be beneficial but not required. I installed skin A on the canopy hatch, and when I installed skin b, it would have been beneficial to have some extra former for the skin there to grab on to.
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Post by Burkeomatic on Sept 20, 2022 4:27:23 GMT
I think all the fpv gear can sit there in the canopy I think. I have it all mocked up, and all I would need to do is poke a hole on the left side there in the canopy glass and it will work. Just need to figure out where to sit the FC and we are GTG. I was thinking that shelf behind the canopy, depending on what FC I use, that could work potentially.
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Post by Burkeomatic on Sept 28, 2022 4:31:44 GMT
I hate hooking up servos and making linkages on DTFB planes for whatever reason. I don't know why that is the bane of my existence, but it just is. So, I got really freaking frustrated when one of the coffee stir bowden tubes weren't glued in well enough and got pushed into the body. I was so furious I was close to throwing in the towel for the time being, or was considering just taping the rudder straight and rolling without it. I need to start on NCT's staggerwing anyways. But I was finally able to get the thing fished back through with a small incision to the middle support frame thingy. Glad I stuck with it, we are back in business. Just gotta get the rudder hooked up. I think I will build two separate canopies, a FPV one and a regular one.
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Post by bwarz on Sept 30, 2022 2:03:17 GMT
I hate hooking up servos and making linkages on DTFB planes for whatever reason. I don't know why that is the bane of my existence, but it just is. So, I got really freaking frustrated when one of the coffee stir bowden tubes weren't glued in well enough and got pushed into the body. I was so furious I was close to throwing in the towel for the time being, or was considering just taping the rudder straight and rolling without it. I need to start on NCT's staggerwing anyways. But I was finally able to get the thing fished back through with a small incision to the middle support frame thingy. Glad I stuck with it, we are back in business. Just gotta get the rudder hooked up. I think I will build two separate canopies, a FPV one and a regular one. I'm glad you got it sorted out! I hate fishing the tubes after things are built and I'm always afraid of the hot glue gun melting the stir straws. One way that I have managed to save some annoyance is using a heavier pushrod to kinda guide it where I want it to go - pushing the rod through the hole then sliding the straw along the rod. I'm stoked with seeing an FPV view from the cockpit - that's going to be most awesome indeed!
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Post by Burkeomatic on Sept 30, 2022 3:30:44 GMT
I hate hooking up servos and making linkages on DTFB planes for whatever reason. I don't know why that is the bane of my existence, but it just is. So, I got really freaking frustrated when one of the coffee stir bowden tubes weren't glued in well enough and got pushed into the body. I was so furious I was close to throwing in the towel for the time being, or was considering just taping the rudder straight and rolling without it. I need to start on NCT's staggerwing anyways. But I was finally able to get the thing fished back through with a small incision to the middle support frame thingy. Glad I stuck with it, we are back in business. Just gotta get the rudder hooked up. I think I will build two separate canopies, a FPV one and a regular one. I'm glad you got it sorted out! I hate fishing the tubes after things are built and I'm always afraid of the hot glue gun melting the stir straws. One way that I have managed to save some annoyance is using a heavier pushrod to kinda guide it where I want it to go - pushing the rod through the hole then sliding the straw along the rod. I'm stoked with seeing an FPV view from the cockpit - that's going to be most awesome indeed! It should be pretty awesome. I am experimenting with filler. Everyone says to use the lightweight spackle. That stuff cracks like no ones business. I also tried the fiberglass reinforced stuff.... we will see how that shakes out. I am also going to use wood filler, it is designed to be in wood that expands and contracts, and has a little flexibility to it, and allows stuff to soak in like foam. The more I think of it, spackle is kind of stupid. It is meant to cover holes in drywall, which is cement and gypsum. Ok, our planes are made of non of that, and exhibit none of the same characteristics of what happens to the walls in your house, which don't ever move, aren't subject to impact, and aren't really exposed to any stress. Stuff made out of wood is, it flexes swells, and does other stuff similar to our planes. Weight.... well, who cares. You are using such minimal amounts of the stuff, what does a few grams matter.
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