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That's awesome! I will get some and find a place to use it
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Hey Henry, just out of curiosity, how much did your last 126'' 300 with th 200 come out to weigh ? And when you get down the road abit, id like to know what your wings weigh after sheeting. My wings ended up at 45oz a panel w/o servos or covering. They feel light but they dont seem to be when weighed. Does this sound heavy to you ?
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The one I have now weighs a disappointing 44 pounds. Not that it flies bad at that weight because it doesn’t but I was expecting it to be lighter. Switching from the 170 to the 200 and a couple of other modifications just added on some extra pounds. When I first built it with the 170 it weighed right at 40 pounds.
I will weigh my wings panels for you tomorrow. I have a feeling mine will be lighter.. |
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The wings on my 126" weighed 53.5 oz RTF with 2 servos in the wings (no coring, epoxy vacuum bagged wings). Kurt |
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Kurt,
Im guessing that mine will probably be right around the same RTF. When i pick them up they feel so much lighter than my current ARF built up wings. But when i weighed them they seemed heavy compared to other weights ive seen posted. My wings are stock, they are just a lil shorter, they're 124'' total wingspan. This was done to try and retain the stretched Fuselage to Wing ratio as on the 124'' KK-Pro or Dalton MEL. I know that as a rule of thumb, for the most part foam core wings are lighter than there built up conutner parts. I was just curious if my "stock'' wings were in the correct weight margin. Zach |
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So I just weighed my wing from the 126", with two BLS157 servos, covered with Monokote I'm at 47.5 oz. These wings are extensivly "honeycombed" or cored, whatever you want to call it. I think those servos weigh 2.7 oz each, not sure how much covering weighs. You should be right in there at pretty much the same as Kurt's. |
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Ok, we'll have to try again.
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As I said earlier I decided to make some lightening holes in the belly pan. The holes are 6 inches long and I left 2 inch spaces in between each hole, this spacing worked out well for the length of the belly pan.
I use a sharp "Olfa" cutter, this slices through the balsa and foam very cleanly, I then round the edges with a 120 grit drum sander. I go over each hole by hand and clean it up with a small sanding block. Looks pretty good! So, the final weight of the belly pan after the lightening holes....6.3 oz. That's a saving of 2.4 oz, that's almost a whole servo, not bad for a hour or so of extra work. |
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I haven't flown the Beast very much but it does seem to fly pretty good, it's the one with the gyro stabilization thing in it. For such a little plane it's not bad. |
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