The flying monkeys got me...

Helis and fixed wing

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Pirate Kid Skeleton by RadDezigns.

Monday, May 16, 2011

Please, somebody stop me...

I am obssessed with Phoenixcubby... so, yes, I am rebuilding her... Fixed the wing, but it did not break apart completely, so no spars. She is a little weak there as a result I think, a bit too much flex. The wing has its droopy negative dihedral again. I debrided the fuse, and glued the forward part back together. I also glued the empennage back on, as it broke cleanly. Yeah, she's a little heavy feeling, and I think her nose turns up a bit too much, so the motor thrust vector is off a tad. Once again I had to fabricate the posterior canopy attachment from styrofoam. It was damaged, but held together pretty well. I had to remove it entirerly and rebuild that part using styrofoam.  I think the cowl has had it, so I don't know if I will put it back on. It secures the canopy to the fuse, and the wing is attached to the canopy, but I have an idea that saves some weight and doesn't use the cowl. I will cote the fuse again, this time in red just because. I plan to balance the wing, to see if that will help her stability issues. I want to have her ready by Wednesday. Here goes nothin'...



I also have all the Erazor parts in, so I plan to finish her repairs too!

5 comments :

  1. you may need to make it a nitro. haha ron

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  2. LOL! Can you imagine a little foamir Gasser? Though, someone started making Cox 0.049 engines again...

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  3. Thanks, guys!I had a nice conversation with Hugh the other day, and he reminded me of the 100W per lbs rule of thumb. The new a/c fly weight is about 23 oz, or about 1.4 lbs, or about 145 W. Nitroplanes doesn't say what the watts are or much else about the stock motor. The current rplacement motor is 110W... as I suspected after this incident, under powered. I have a couple of 225W motors coming, same size, just more watts. I won't be flying them until I have those motors on them!

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  4. Yup, more power = easier to fly in my opinion.

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