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Ren

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  1. It's me - I was misreading the plans!! There was 1/2 an inch of blank paper between the two halves of the wing on the plans - when I measured betweenv them it appeared that horns just outside the fuselage rather than inside it............silly me!!! You are all spot on - I'm making a groove in the wing and covering it with scrap balsa. Just shows - read measure - check, measure and repeat before you cut - lol Many thanks to you both!
  2. Thanks Phil. I've done both - Took a little more off the heavier wing and added about 1 gram of lead to the lighter wing so that they are both the same weight and both balance at the same point along the wing. Looking at the ailerons, is there any good reason why the torque rods could not be extended so that they enter through the bottom of the fuselage? That way the wing would look a lot neater without the wire rods etc showing and no holes in the side of the fuselage?
  3. So I've put marking tape on the wings to show the extent of the planing needed to make it easier to do just the parts that need planing. Its a pity in a way that the ailerons were pre cut as it will make the trailing edge harder to shape properly . Razor plane worked well and didn't take too long to get the shape, and then final sanding to finish it off. Slots are for the ply dihedral braces. I'm not putting an undercarriage on this. I was a bit concerned when I weighed the wings - 93g for the left and 96g for the right - 3 grams difference seems a lot to me. I should have weighed them before shaping them to see if it was the wood selection or my shaping that was at fault - will the weight difference matter? and this is the shaped wing at the wing tip. Wasn't sure wether to thin down the wing tips or not. I stopped after making a slight thinning as I can always take a bit more off before I cover them if anyone corrects me! Job for tomorrow is to decide about using torque rods as described on the plan. or horns and to join the wings together
  4. Build has now started with the wings. Glued up with odourless medium CA and 5 min epoxy for the wing tips. On the first wing I used far too much glue and it all oozed out the bottom onto the plastic covering on the plan. I'll rmember that for the other one.
  5. Wow - a month since my last post. Well that the Christmas holiday season for you. I've now got the plan, the wood, the drivetrain and went to get my building board out to start but found that it had warped, and unless I wanted banana shaped wings I needed to do something about it. Having removed the old 1" battens I replaced them with new 1.75" ones with screws man enough to hold them in place, tightened them up and lo and behold - a flat surface to work on. Next time I must remember to store the board properly and not use it as an extra storage space in an overcrowded garage!!
  6. Still no plans so I've emailed customer services to find out if its been sent. In the meantime I ordered and already received both the wood pack and plan for the DH Mosquito - but no canopy for that yet!
  7. I was going to leave opening the CNC pack till after the plan arrived (STILL waiting - boohoo) but given your comments Mark and FF I opened up the plastic bag with trepidation. Well - maybe I'm the lucky one, or yours was the last thing on friday rush job, but all my CNC stuff looks pretty good and well cut - good straight lines and nice and square!! Don't know about the triangle bit though as I've still no plan to reference against. What I did receive today from Hobbyking was a well packaged box with all my drive train goodies!! Can't wait to try them against the plan.- when it eventually arrives!
  8. Great - thanks for the advice - and the removable link seems like a much better solution than a switch - so that's the way I'll go.. There - Thats another decision made!!
  9. Wow - thanks WF & Tim - I didn't mean to start an argument! Shows what a diverse lot we are. I can now appreciate the problems of putting a main power switch in so cross that idea off my list - I wondered why I couldn't find any on line. I think that I will use a Rx switch, I know its one more link in the chain, but I would just feel safer being able to switch it off to prevent accidental damage to me if the Tx speed control is touched when everything is ready to go. I've not flown radio control since a single channel model which belonged to a friend about 40 years ago. All my modelling was control line using using a Cox 0.49 or my diesel AM10 which I still have and still runs. Since restarting modelling when I retired I've built a Spitfire from a Guillows kit that I converted to run on Electric power and radio control, and bought an ARTF cessna electric model - neither of which I have flown yet. I'm looking to join my local club in Crawley and then hope to get flying come spring. In the meantime I'm also starting to build an Easy Built 50" SE5 kit which will be powered by an old OS.40FP that I picked up cheaply off EBay. That should keep me busy over winter!
  10. Yes - frustrating as it is difficult to know exactly what I should be ordering. So I've probably another week before the plan arrives. Still - I've had a good look through the postings from the other threads about what power trains people are using and have bitten the bullet and placed the following order with those dear people at Hobby King. 1x Turnigy D3542/5 1250KV Brushless Outrunner Motor 5x Turnigy MG90S Metal Gear Servo 1.8kg / 13.4g / 0.10sec (Like to have a spare!) 1x TURNIGY Plush 60amp Speed Controller 1x OrangeRx R610 Spektrum DSM2 6Ch 2.4Ghz Receiver (w/ Sat Port) - (hope this will work ok with my Spektrum DX6i Tx) 1x OrangeRx R100 Satellite Receiver (just in case I need the extra range!!!) 1x Reciever/System Switch I've got a couple of 3s Lipos so I hope to use one of those. Can anyone tell me the best way of switching off the LiPo battery other than just removing it? The connectors that I'm using are very hard to connect/disconnect and I'd feel safer if I was able to switch off the electrics completely when the battery is in and before I'm ready to fly. The receiver switch seems just to isolate the Rx and not the motor - or am I just confused?
  11. Well - second parcel arrived in the post today. A big corrugated cardboard parcel containing two packs of wood - one laser cut and the other one with all the blocks and planks of wood. I opened it up looking for the plans - and they were still nowhere to be seen. Oh well - I'll have to wait a little longer before I'll really know what size this thing is going to be and what the construction will be like. In the meantime I'm going to try and order up the power train.
  12. Well, I've signed up for it, so I'd better start somewhere, and where better than to order up the plans and wood pack to build this thing. It was useful getting the extra discount as a mag subscriber - didn't realise that until I went to the checkout. Lo and behold - after only a few days wait a box arrived in the post. A very light box Surely this can't contain everything? Its nowhere near the size I expected! Silly me - its only when I opened it that I realised it was only the moulded cockpit canopy. Quite a size - its over a foot long. I didn't realize just how big the model was going to be. Ah well - hopefully the remaining box with the plans and the wood will arrive soon and I'll really be able to see just what I've committed to building. In the meantime I'm going to hunt through the other threads to see what sort of power trains others are going to use and then it will be time to spend some more money   Edited By Ren on 06/12/2012 00:03:51
  13. Count me in - I'm new to all this so look forward to seeing other builds in progress to help me if I get stuck!.............Renato
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