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Prob building Phase 6 fuselarge.
Fred:
:lol: You're welcome Keith.
But I tough that was how you did it in the first place (solder) :?:
Anyway, problem solved now, and Phase 6 back on track ! :clap:
Happy Days:
OUCH :(
So just how much stress is there on an elevator?
Answer = Too much.
I soldered the elevator arm............she flew fine for a few days ......but today, in front of a new gliding friend I made at the west slope.......the Phase refused to pull out of a dive and went nose first into the valley floor! :cry: :cry: :cry:
It was a long walk of shame I had to make. (Even longer coming back up!)
Well it was good fun while it lasted. I think I'll go for an ARTF model next. Any suggestions?
Met this realy nice guy at the slope. Majic is his name, (probably spelt wrong.) He was there flying a "Starling".( WWW.kwarcinski.com ). A lovely plane, and,......pay attention Joe..... it's VERY fast, makes a lovely sswiiisssshhh sound as it flys,.....AND all fits into a hold-all bag. Just right for taking on holidays.
Mind you, Majic is an expert flyer. Wot he can't do with that plane aint worth doing. He also says he has over 2000 hours flying full size gliders, so I recon he know's his "onions". (Or garlic's for Fred's benefit.)(Any sign of that baby yet Fred?)
Majic was there with a friend of his who want's to take up Sloping, sensible man I'd say :clap: So hopefully we'll have some more "bodies" on the slope during the coming season.
I'm off to dry my tears :cry:
Keith
Fred:
Feck ! :o
From here, seems relatively easy to repair :?:
ARTF ? why ? They are no stronger than anything else ! And you can't say "I did it myself !" :P :D Fly the Skua for a little while, the time to repair that one :D
And welcome to Majic to the world of slope soaring ! :clap:
PS : Still no sign of the baby ! well cooked/overdue now ! Still on high alert !
joe:
Bugger! Bugger! Bugger!
Looks like it is fixable as Fred says. Take a few days off and then look at it again. I have to cool down for a few days after a crash before I can start thinking about repairs
Happy Days:
Yes,.... you may be right Fred. I think I was feeling a bit "Down" when I wrote that last posting.
I know the Phase 6 has been around for many years, but I've lost all confidence in that elevator controll mechanism. I suppose I could fit a standard rod-in-sleeve type and secure a horn on the actuall elevator.
A number of servos have sheared, but they can be replaced, and the rudder/fin can be repaired.
My biggest problem, as I see it, is repairing the wing. the photo doesn't show the full extent of the damage. There is a dent and hole in the leading edge which extends back about 30mm. The wing is distorted behind the dent where the material was pushed back by the impact. (i.e. the cross section is thicker behind the dent in the wing.) The wing is made of ply over polystyrene.
When she flys she's a really nice plane, so may be I'll leave her alone for a while and come back to her.
How should I tackle the repair of the wing? Polyfiller :shock:
(And tell that wife of yours to hurry up will you. I'm getting impatient! :lol: )
K.
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