Quark 2M - Back to cutting innocent trees!

[Fred]

Ok, cool thanks John.
I was not too sure about the positioning of the hook! Always follow your first idea!  :!:
Might be good to add one in front, but also keep the other one  :?:

[JohnPearson]

Hi fred

O.K. the Quark 2m is ready to fly. I used the Cof G you suggested and it balanced with a battery and 12oz/340g of lead.

Here is a photo of the changes I made to the wing joining system.





If you changed the last rid on the wing, and put the cable hole at the back i.e. ( the reverse of the present design), then we could add the hook in front of the front wing spar, which would hold the wings together better. I could not do this, due to the fact that I had already added the hook brocks and covered the wings, the rod added to the front, was a quick fix solution.

When I talk to you next Fred I will explain it better, hopefully soon!

The AUW ready to fly is 3.8lbs/1.7kgs

[Fred]

Thanks a mil for that John.
I'll modify my plan to my first idea tomorrow. I'll put a screenshot here.
1.7Kg, not bad at all, that should do it fine!   You might even remove a bit more lead from the nose after the first flight.
Can't wait for the first flight too now!!  

[Richard Boyd]

JP and his Quark is all ready to fly, YIPPEE we are off to the mountain today. That is of course if the low cloud lifts and the winds start to blow  :!:

[Fred]

Can't wait!
Report, photos, videos as soon as you come back home!  
Mine almost finished, just can't wait!

[Richard Boyd]

Hi Fred, it is mega dull here and cloud is low, winds are about 5mph at my home, yet mad dog Pearson is still coming over in an hours time !!!!!
Camera is ready and so am I lol
As long as we get enough wind to fly the fots will follow.

[Fred]

And I'm stuck at work!!  :!:  :!:

[Fred]

At least do a launch, just to see if that thing can manage to fly  :lol:

[Happy Days]

Down here in Wexford the sky is very overcast and wind speed is almost zero.

I’m very interested to see how this thing flys. I want to see if it can flip, though I doubt there will be enough lift for that today.

Anyway guys, know that the eyes of Ireland are upon you today.

 (Not trying to put any pressure on you of course! :lol: )

K.

[Fred]

Well?...  :roll:

Not that I am curious at all to know!    
No shame, even if that crashed!

[Richard Boyd]

Hello all, just home from the mountain and its 16.10pm
I will let JP give you his report lol.

[Fred]

Ooppss! That doesn't look good!  :lol:

Time to blame the slope, the weather, the CofG :lol: :lol:
Come on JP this is torture!

[JohnPearson]

Hi guys

Just got into the house, 'well no flying today' the wind was perfect, however Richard and I sat on the mountain for over an hour, but the cloud was just to low, a complete 'White Out!'. I did hold the model into wind near the edge of the slope, and she lifted out of my hand and hovered in the wind for a short time, but just could not see far enough to have a quick flight. Still I am off over the next three days, so if the weather improves, the Quark will fly!

[Fred]

Thanks JP

So, I was right to blame the weather then!  
Hopefully, the weather will improve now. Same here anyway, haven't see the light all day! :!:

[Richard Boyd]

A sad day with what I THOUGHT WAS PERFECT WINDS ON THE LOVELY EAST SLOPE, PITY ABOUT THE LOW CLOUD, VIS WAS DOWN TO ABOUT 20m ! But winds were strong at 20plus MPH thats 32 kmph for our metric friends.
I really like the over all shape of the Quark, very pretty :wink:
The build quality is superb,
A big well done to Fred  :clap:
I need to get mine on the building board.