RBC Kits F35C 90mm

[Peter Hammond 1]

Hi,

I thought I'd post some photos of my build. It is now finished and awaiting maiden. This is my first build, and what a learning curve it was, but I think I have made a flyable model, time well tell on that one hey.

Big lessons for me were:

Ezekote, even with a primer coat of easykote makes balsa wing skins warp a LOT. Use sanding sealer next time.
CA and aliphatic do not work together.
You do need to pin wing skins down along all the ribs and spars even if it looks like it is down tight, as the sheet will come up from the spar over night.
Damp wet weather in unheated shed in the UK plays havok with a build, store parts inside the house when they are built, particularly sheeted wings.
Cut wing sheets over size.
Spend a lot of time sanding and filling and sanding again.
Don't buy cheap fans from China or anywhere else.
Cutting hatches out after glassing is not easy.

Electronics:

MKS servos as shown running on 8.4V
HW 120A V4 ESC with BEC at 8.4V (I had this knocking around spare from a heli).
FRSky 8 channel ACCESS/Archer receiver and R-XSR slave.
Horizon 15 to 25 trike retracts on 8.4V
4 No. 6v micro servos on hatch doors and steering.
Small SBEC taking 8.4V to 6V for micro servos
2 No. 4500mAH 6s Nano tech 25/70 C in parralell. Again these are heli batteries and using them in this plane was part of the decision process.
Powerfun 90mm fan 6s 1450kV which pulls 70 amps at 22 volts giving about 1500 Watts. I hope I will get away with this but I should of bought wemotec or Jetfan.

Mods:

Bearings to the taileron.
I will fit controllable rudders post sucesful maiden flight.

[Peter Hammond 1]

link to album

https://photos.app.goo.gl/Psd7Z7aTL1EtiAVe7

[dirk tinck]

**LINK**

Nice build Peter !

[stuey]

Nice job

[Peter Hammond 1]

Thanks guys. Pilot to go in soon, and I think I will re cut my decals as they are a bit wonky

[David Hazell 1]

Did this maiden? Bit late to the party, but I was searching through RBC kits threads!