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Prob building Phase 6 fuselarge.

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Happy Days:
Thank you for your complements gentlemen :D

An old English playwrite, William Shakespeare, once wrote; "To be, or not to be. That, is the question" (Sorry to bore you guys with culture :roll: )

I say; "Flaperons or Spoilerons. THAT is the question!"

Maybe I won't use either and just keep the model in a glass case and look at it from time to time. If I break this one I shall cry! :cry:

The weather is possibly looking okay on Saturday to maiden her. Watch this space!

Happy Days:


Yes, there was snow on Big "L" today. And a 20mph wind! But true slopers don't care!

Although a passer-by did ask me what I was doing on a snow covered mountain in a strong wind. When I told him he smiled, wished me luck, and walked off muttering something about 'Mad dogs & Englishmen.'  (I have no idea what he meant :roll: )

Anyway, today was the day,..............to maiden the Phase 6

I had a quick flight with the Filip first,.....just to test lift conditions. It was a VERY quick flight actually. Following a roll, the nose balast came loose, the model became virtually uncontrollable...........and you guessed it..........gravity won the fight :cry:

Undeterred I went back to the car for the Phase 6. (I did wonder if I was being brave,...or just stupid.) (Don't answer that!)

Well, she certainly flys! :clap:  First flight was a bit hairy, I'd forgotten to put any exponential on the controls. She was very "twitchy". Got her down on Tera Firma okay and inputted some Expo'

Second flight was much smoother. As Luke found, these '6s come in very fast. Spoilerons certainly slow her down though. (Thanks Brian)

I've only got the control surfaces on low movement. Now it's time to reset to higher movements. This is where the fun begins. Can't wait till the next flight.

Here follows a few snaps taken during the build,.....for those who are interested :wink:

 

Weight,......I need more weight!!!


This is the fuse with extra doubler

Following Freds advise I chose "Top hinge" ailerons, using extra strong sellotape as the actual hinge, (Don't laugh Joe) (Private joke lads). So I had to shape the aileron cross section. Thanks for advise Fred. It works fine :D


It's all starting to come together


Now to start covering. Tail feathers first I think.



She's starting to look as though she might fly one day

Bit more to go


And the rest, as they say,........is history! :D  :D

Many thanks for all the advise and tips guys. Anyone for a spot of flying this weekend???

Keith

Fred:
Very good Keith ! :clap:  :clap:
Congratulations on the maiden flight !
Looks really good on the ground, must sure look good in the air !

And thanks for the additional photos, good to see some activity !  :clap:
I'm off Sunday, but we'll see for Saturday !  :D

Brian:
Hi Keith,
That poor model is shivering in the top photo.

Happy Days:
Okay Fred, maybe Saturday. I'll look forward to that.

No Brian, the model isn't shivering. It's shaking,.......with excitement at the thought of getting into the air :P

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