Been working on the main wing of the Watts New, being laser cut make life nice and easy, although i can still goof up and i did. managed to balls up the main spar, should have run one solid bit through the center. To fix it i’ve got hold of 6mm carbon tube that i’ll run through the servo wire slot. Plus i’ve used a spar for the trailing edge as well. As it wont be firing off a winch…
Had a few small jobs to get through yesterday. Pop in a telemetry RX for the radian and set that up, fix the Cirrus, easy one. Start on the wing build for the Watt’s New and do some main wing work on the Element 3.5. As you can see i was able to get the Altimeter setup on the Horus, thanks to a video by Andrew Newton (LINK) it was extremely helpful. Also thanks to Mike for directing me there.…
Have been looking through the plans and thinking about the build. Haven’t started as of yet due to time and collecting materials for it. I had an idea after pondering over a 5m model i’ve had my eye on for a while. I’m a T-Tail guy, love em’! So, side thinking has taken me to modding the tail of the Puy Loup, after reading a fair bit of info on the pros and cons of it all, it pretty much…
A awesome morning, so light damage to my Cirrus, but all fixable.
Had to make the middle bench a bit longer, the Puy Loups and the Watts New demand bigger building surface, As well the A-10 and P-51 need a bigger platform to balance and adjust things. So grabbed a couple of 1200x900x9mm mdf sheets and nailed it to an old door i had. Perfect!!
Between planes again, bad habit, but with a few going, you know the drill. 🙂 Servo install on the ailerons on the Element 3.5. Have to get this bird flying before it gets too cold.
She has been hanging in the rafters for years, about 11 actually which is disgusting of me. A big beauty should be flying and not gathering dust. So with a little nudge from the lads I’ve brought her down and with everything else asking for time i’ll quickly cover her and get her flying. I forgot how big it was, 4.2meters of wing. The first image the tip is touching the window, while the other half is hanging out of…
Found some old picture of the aircraft i’ve owned. Still have the Sagitta XC, I might finish it. The Miraj, sold this one. Fast plane DG1000 great little plane, can’t remember what happened to it. Aeroflyte Albatross, you need something to float, this is your model. ASH26 and ASW27 fuselages, i have to get these built. So pretty!
A little work on the Watts New, but thinking of re designing the elevator mount as i’m not 100% happy with it.
So we rolled out the newly printed plans at Steph’s place last night at builders night. As you can see they get a little big. First cab off the rank is to find or buy a new building board that is a tad over 2 meters long. Next will see what balsa I have in stock and go from there. Keep you posted on the progress.