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I have yet to mount these myself, so I can't confirm how well they fit. But holding the system outside the fuselage shows that the length is good. I will probably mount the engine today so I will get back with a report later today. |
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I'm building the 2.6m Edge and saved 9.4oz going to a Graphtec wing tube. Their new process produces very high quality tubes now and with a thicker wall thickness. Have had one in my 2.3m Edge for 6 mos now.
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How did you get the 9380 servos? I've been waiting months....where did you get them? Also look at the 9465 for throttle....same guts, but doesn't need all the heatsinl, etc and $90 less. Same as the 9360 if you ask Hitec.
HQUOTE=Parakos;2049307]Finally, yesterday it showed up after an "eternity" of waiting... and in perfect condition. I got a little worried at first that my worst hopes had come true when I saw that the delivery guy only had one package with him. But when I got closer I saw that the package looked a lot bigger than the old fuselage box and I then understood that it must be a new box that holds both the fuselage and wings in one single box. Wow... this plane is just drop dead gorgeous in this scheme. My setup will be: Motor: DLE-111 with new Walbro carb (old DLE-carb leaked terribly) MTW TD75K silencers + manifolds Propeller: Muller 25x12 Powerbox Killswitch 2x DesirePower 2S 3300mah A123 2s 2300mah Krill 5" carbon spinner Servos: 8x Hitec HSB-9380TH and 1x HSB-9370TH (throttel) SWB servo tray Emcotec-wing connectors Dubro 5" wheels Dubro 1L-tank Secraft titan tail wheel Jeti Central box 200 with dual satellite receivers Misc. SWB and Secraft servo arms etc. HPI titan turnbuckles I also had time to mount the main gear. BTW, have CARF increased the angle of the main gears and made them lean more forward compared to the first kits? Or is it just a optical illusion? Anyway it looks great, more scale like. Here are some pictures of the plane assembled out of the box.[/QUOTE] |
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I got the servos here:
http://www.servoshop.co.uk/index.php...880&area=Servo |
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Very cool. It is definitely the oddest looking canister I've ever seen. |
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Good luck with the motor mounting. Watching with interest! Tim |
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Well I have been struggeling with a really bad cold but I'm slowly getting better, I will try and get the motor mounted this week.
Anyways yesterday when I inspected the horizontal stabs I test fitted a servo to see how it would fit and was not impressed... It looks like the spar which holds the servo is a couple of degrees misaligned and is not 90 degrees to the hinge line. The cut out slot is also cut wrong with incorrect angle and not parrallell with the servo . The toughest problem will be to get in spacers so I can align the servo correctly. The slot can be corrected but it will be alot wider than necessary. |
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I'm used to mounting the servo in the plywood rib. Is this different? I can't tell which direction the servo is angled without a picture. It isn't important for the servo to be parallel with the hinge line as you look from above. The servo arm is all that matters. Post some pics of the adjustment you make. |
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I guess he means the rib. I have seen some that have slipped. Just depends on the direction/depth. If its towards the tip ply shims can be bonded to the rib.
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Yes it's the rib (or former if you want) that I'm talking about which has slipped. I tried to take a picture of it yesterday but I'ts hard to see the problem without holding it in your hand.
I also checked the supplied hardware and the ballinks are not something that should be supplied with a 1500€ airframe. All the ballinks have a very large play both radially and axially and will result in a lot of flutter. Fortunatly I have a pack of Secraft 3mm ballinks which will fitt perfectly . |
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Here are some pics of the progress. Overall it has been a very easy build so far.
1. Reinforced the front landing gear former with some additional plywood. (probably not necessary, but anyway..) 2. Glued the canopy. 3. Mounted the tail wheel. 4. Glued in 20g of "lead" in the counter weights of the elevators. I also tried to mount the the canisters yesterday but it looks like the chubby TD75K's are too thick to fit in the pre-mounted canister mounts. I think I will have to use MTW's own canister mounts or enlarge the diameter of the ones already mounted in the fuselage. Edit: And since the canister mounts should be placed around the CG for the canister I feel that the original location is a bit too far forward. |
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Engine and canisters mounted. Had to use MTW's own canister mounts since I couldn't squeze the canister in with the silicone tubes fitted. To protect the landing gear area from the generated heat coming from the canisters, I added some aluminium tape as heat shields. Also added some tape to the wing tube sleeve.
Edit: Right now I'm trying to copy the battery tray Richo made. It sure is a PITA trying to create a suitable template... :P Richo, you don't by any chance have a template left that I could copy? |
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