Craig Carr

Excellent progress Gary, keep at it 👍

Martins in my club. Top lad I’d have bought it like a shot (if i didn’t already have one😊) they are superb models…. Been flying mine constantly for last 2-3 years

Hi toto personally I always use a jig. I aim to make them as accurate as I possibly can and find a jig essential if you wish to have the best chance of success As jon says about the wingtip to fin measure test that then relies on your wings being 100% equal to each other I still do it as an initial check but as well as the jig I’ve invested (about £30) in one of those self levelling cross hair lasers (got mine from Lidls ) they automatically level relative to earth …. You just need to level the model with a spirit level then I use the laser to double check accuracy. In the pic below I’ve aligned it with the formers 12, 3, 6 and 9 o clock positions on the removable nose former You can see the laser runs perfectly along the wing tube ….. it is also on the photo running up the tail fin centre line (i now know the fin is perfectly vertically square to the fuse so personally a jig and other tools like lasers will help you make the model to within a perfectly reasonable tolerance best wishes Craig

Hi Rocker I have that very model and fitted a JX HV7232MG. From kings Lynn It’s proved to be ultra reliable and no issues. Being flying the model regularly for 2 year now Craig

This thread is worth a look looks like Martin had the same problem. I can’t recall what I did if it happened to me maybe Martin can remember if he’s looking in

Hi gary i can’t fully recall now to be honest, I would have to check the plans but from memory are the chocks shown on the plan at different heights at various key locations around the wing? ie I don’t think it was just one chock at 9mm but various chocks at different heights ? I don’t think I had a massive (if any) imbalance .. I’ll dig the plans out tomorrow evening after work and have a look

Finally add some fine mesh over the nacelle cheat holes to guard against loose grass and any other FOD blocking up the motors

Another tip is to make the access for the battery as wide as possible to that shown on the plan otherwise it can be difficult getting 4S packs in

My finished model

Ah sadly the retracts are discontinued hobby king retracts They sold additional wheels and all you needed to do was buy another pair, turn the oleo around a quarter turn and use some piano wire and collets to make the double bogey

Use of ammonia when sheeting the fuse will save you a lot of grief i brush on neat and then clamp in place overnight. Next day it holds it shape to within a few mm ready for glue

Hi Gsky excellent, I’ve subscribed to your thread if you take your time you will be fine and will enjoy it. I made mine a few year back, one of the challenges is keeping the fuse straight and narrow. Not shown in this pic but I used some angled Ali from b&Q to jig it straight as I added the stringers I think for retracts hobby king did a version that fitted exactly but that’s if they still have them

It was this very thread that put me onto the detectorists, love it. I personally thought the xmas special was excellent, nicely rounded it all off.

I wouldn’t particularly say it’s a must, My A400 flew perfectly with all 4 motors rotating the same direction

Incredibly sad news, Alex’s weekenders articles were always my favourite. my sincerest condolences