Marinaru

I just put the first base coat on this thing. Now to sand.

Pictures Phill, pictures!

Marinaru wrote:

Pictures Phill, pictures!

I'll post more pics if and when I ever finish it.

If you have no choise, could be a solution, but it's become heavy. If I will be in your place, I will no cry for that old monocote or what is it....just change it! You will no need to paint the new film, just choose the right color.
Just think about this: you have to fix something on the wing: are you intending to use the hot iron on that paint?...or if it's works, what is the next step, to repaint again the fixed part?! NEAAAH

DONE! Hopefully it will test fly tomorrow.

Last edited by Garf (20-06-2010 06:01 am)

Garf wrote:

Flew it today. Too fast, too much pull, needs control trim.

Goood! What are the "enemies" coments?

You know...the guys who said it's ugly. It's not!

Screamer wrote:

Looking good

too much pull? check the rudder angle or the engine mounting angle
Anyway, I thought that more pull from the plane is a good thing, especially for an acrobatic model

Not when it wants to pull you over. I put a Brodak 40 in place of the LA 46 and removed the engine offset. That helped some. I need to pull the CG back a little more. I need to find out why it hunts and cure that.

Last edited by Garf (27-07-2010 05:36 am)

It spans about 56" and weighs a ton. It hunts, that means it won't fly level. It wants to climb and dive on its own. Yet, it is not sensitive to the controls.

In an effort to stop the hunting, I reduced the elevator throw. I planted it inverted in the reverse wingover. Broke the fuselage aft of the wing.

I've got this thing back together less rudder for a test flight to see if the changes I made help or hurt. We'll soon see.

Another test flight, another crash, another broken fuselage.