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Wasabi Eco - Building Thread
Fred:
The rudder (sorry, just a few photos here as this is really a non event...) is made of the same principle of the ailerons...
The LE of the rudder is made of 12mm balsa with slots for the sheeting (1.5mm balsa if I remember). But ribs made of balsa are glued first to the LE according to the plan. The bottom is then closed with a balsa block.
The LE is then sanded to a D shape and slots are cutted for robart's type hinges.
Takes 10 minutes to make, and so as the stab, mine is sheeted with plain balsa, but lighting holes are possible to make.
Of course, before covering all your hard work, you can have a final look at it :
Sweet ! :D ;)
Fred:
Well, that's it ! Now you have all the parts / components, you are now at the stage where you can use the excellent Manual from Steve. Everything is the same except for the rudder hinges system (we used Robart's hinges remember).
To glue the part that goes in the fin, the link for the rudder and finally, how to put the rudder hinges, you can use the manual made by Steve about the stock Wasabi !
(NOTE : you can see here the slots for the Robart's type hinges...)
(NOTE : Instead of steel cable, I used Kevlar wires)
The covering has been made with Vinyl, not the lightest one. Same here, everything is possible and up to you !
You can simply varnish the wood, use Oracover, Vinyl, silk, paper etc etc.. Endless possibilities depending of your taste, experience etc etc...
For the aileron's servos, you can epoxy a square piece of Carbone fiber / fibreglass to re-enforce the sheeting where the servo is. For the control horn, a slot is cutted with a hobby knide, then glued with epoxy
For the stab articulation, I used the same system as Pierre Rondel did on his Wasabi, I used a 4mm carbone tube with Sulivan's link epoxied on each ends.
Oh yeah, on my Wasabi fuselage, the hole that host the tube for the L shaped control horn was 7mm of diameter... Cannot find a 7mm diameter tube, so, stupidely (I have my moments ! :D ) i used a 6mm tube, and glued it in place in the hole with 30 minutes epoxy... The only problem is that the tube moved and now, the tube is not straight ! As a result, my stab is not horizontal, but go down to 8mm ! :censored: :censored: :censored:
When I'll get less lazy, I'll redo this part, and reglue the tube straight :o :o
Not very beautiful to see in flight ! Sorry about that, stupid mistake ! :censored:
So, back to the Wasabi now !
As I said, the Wasabi is entirely covered with white vinyl. My plane was to use the vinykl on the wings in one piece to articulate the ailerons with it, leaving no gaps on the top side of the wings, and have a perfectly smooth surface... Well, I have failed here ! I'm really not good at covering, so after a few bird names and 2 kilometers of vinyl, I gave up and used white tape to articulate the ailerons...
The underside of the Wasabi is stripped with red, that helps a lot !
Before :
After :
Tadaaaaa ! All done ! :)
Next, the Wasabi at the slope ! :)
Alan_Perse:
Do you think you will fly it this weekend Fred? I might try and get some flying in myself sometime this weekend.
joe:
Looking good Fred. Better be 35Mhz Synth Receiver in there. I want a go. No, I need a go!! :D :D
Fred:
Anytime ! :D
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