32% Su-26 Build

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Thanks JPrc for the servos and for the help with the CF tube. The edge is again ready for flight.

Tomorrow I'll tackle some more of the Su after I get some rest tonight.

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mounted the engine with pipes......

Cut the cowl for the pipes

Mounted the stab tube

Mounted the hatch hinge

Cut out 1 ouf the 10 engine cowl pieces (louves I think they are called)

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I'll post some pics tomorrow........

I worked on the elevators halfs tonight.




Today is a sad day

My 35% Aerotech Edge is down for quite awhile

I lost my 35% Edge today.

Prop bolts sheared off and the prop got cut up and hit the wing and wheel pants. The motor also exploded off the plane (taking the front of the motor box and destroying the cowl.

I was able to land the plane safely with half a cowl hanging down by the smoke lines, the motor hanging under the plane by just one sparkplug wire and the left wing tore in half (for some reason didn't separate.

It all happened at the end of my practice today for the contest.

So right now I'm looking at repairing the wheel pants, maybe the cowl but I doubt it......I'll need a new left wing for sure. Other damage was done on the landing as what was left of the prop went through the sheeting on the bottom of the plane......that's an easy fix

Damaged one muffler (snapped off the pipe) and dented one pipe on the other muffler. No engine damage......1 sparkplug connector was damaged also. Spinner is toast, but the lightnend backplate is ok. Throttle servo needs new gears and 1 servo in the wing is toast also. I've also got 5 sheared bolts deep down in the hub of the motor.

[YaKs are BeSt]

wheres pics of the engine!!!!!

[sweetpea]

Here's a pic of the engine from the crash, you can't see the crack in this photo but the pipe is seperated from the can.......working on the Su today and will update pics tonight.

[sweetpea]

Here's some updates.....while the glue dries.

1) 1 wing with wood glued in, and ready for paint, 1 Aileron wood glued and beveled needing sealant prior to paint

2) Elevator waiting for more clamps so I can glue in the wood thats in it. Servo holes cut, added tabs to help secure it to the fuse

3) Elevator with wood glued in

4) Rudder with rudder post glued in, wood glued in, beveled, hinged, awaiting sealant prior to paint

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5) Engine mounted, Ignition mounted, smoke pump mounted, throttle servo mounted

6) Cowl with pipe holes cut, and one exhaust vent cut and glued on

7) Instrument panel partially mounted

8) Unpainted pilot figure in the plane with canopy on

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9) Removable inside deck to get to electronics. Canopy is on a hinge, so it opens scale

10) Pilot figure on the deck

[mikeyj86]

lookin' very nice my friend, very nice indeed, I love sukhoi's

[sweetpea]

Pay no attention to all the balsa and fiberglass dust on everything......next weekend I'm going to clean everything really good before I paint.

Also all my servo's and linkages should arrive this week.

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More work........

-Painted the white on one wing.
-waiting for primer to dry on rudder, both stabs, and one aileron
-finished cutting out the hinge area on the other wing and aileron....will glue wood in them tomorrow night.

Once servos arrive all I need to do is....

-cut out elevator hinges and redo them
-glue in all robart hinges
-setup electronics tray
-glue in fake hatch
-glue in airplane portion of the rudder

Figure maybe by the weekend I'll be close to done.

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Stay tuned for 2 more build threads.......

---Rebuild of Aerotech 35% Edge 540

---Kit build of CA Models Eclipse that I've decided to make more like the Eclipse 2 (pattern plane)