HOB Bonanza update!
02-05-2003, 06:35 AM
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HOB Bonanza update!
Well worked like a crazed man today on the Bonanza-
I hope to be able to upload a few pics-
cross your fingers!
just some various stages of construction-
sorry guys all my pics are too big
I have some good uns too! LOL
the main retracts are working superbly!
I can send a bunch of pics to whomever wants to see em! OR if someone wants to post them for me ? thay are all around 120KB or something like that.
go figgure after 45 mins or something I get one lousy picture on here! LOL Main gear UP~
L.R.
I hope to be able to upload a few pics-
cross your fingers!
just some various stages of construction-
sorry guys all my pics are too big
I have some good uns too! LOL
the main retracts are working superbly!
I can send a bunch of pics to whomever wants to see em! OR if someone wants to post them for me ? thay are all around 120KB or something like that.
go figgure after 45 mins or something I get one lousy picture on here! LOL Main gear UP~
L.R.
02-05-2003, 07:32 AM
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OUCH 120K will go into the gallery but that's pretty big for posting here. We gotta allow for our poor folk that can't afford DSL don'cha know...
Do you have any picture viewing and editing software that can resize them? If so I find that 6 or 7 inches or about 700 pixels wide works pretty good. The stuff that came with either your scanner or camera should do the trick. And of course you need to save it as a .JPG .
Of course that means you may have to read the manual or help file and I know how hard that is for us guys to do.....
Hey, you musta done something right. The belly shot of the retracts is there.
Do you have any picture viewing and editing software that can resize them? If so I find that 6 or 7 inches or about 700 pixels wide works pretty good. The stuff that came with either your scanner or camera should do the trick. And of course you need to save it as a .JPG .
Of course that means you may have to read the manual or help file and I know how hard that is for us guys to do.....
Hey, you musta done something right. The belly shot of the retracts is there.
02-05-2003, 03:29 PM
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Bipe, going to use the V tail of course!
Winans, using a norvel .074 for power~ flying weight is yet to be determined! but it'll be light for what I'll have in the plane
L.R.
right wheel well prior to being cut out
Winans, using a norvel .074 for power~ flying weight is yet to be determined! but it'll be light for what I'll have in the plane
L.R.
right wheel well prior to being cut out
02-05-2003, 03:45 PM
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retract cutout in fuse- just traced the inverted retract unit with an exacto and whola- a perfect hole that is fluch fitting for my retract's!
02-05-2003, 03:53 PM
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HOB Bonanza update!
Hey Lone Ranger-
What retracts did you use. I wanted to do that to my HOB 1/12 Mustang. I'm glad to see that you made it happen. Do you think it added a lot of weight? Could you summarize the mods you did the the basic construction of the wing?
Keep the pics coming, it looks beautiful!!!!
-theprole-
What retracts did you use. I wanted to do that to my HOB 1/12 Mustang. I'm glad to see that you made it happen. Do you think it added a lot of weight? Could you summarize the mods you did the the basic construction of the wing?
Keep the pics coming, it looks beautiful!!!!
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02-05-2003, 04:28 PM
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Prole, No I did not- TOO HEAVY!!!!!!!!
these are the Robart 1/2a retracts- I HIGHLY RECOMEND THEM!
they weigh next to nothing and work great. kinda a pain to set up but that is a small trade off to me. they realy do work great!
the mains weigh .9 ounces for the PAIR
and the nose weighs .5 ounce
keep inmind the weight comes from the servo used to acuate them~! I used a Hitec 225 mighty Mini servo and it seems to work good. mabey even a bit over powered.
it's like 12 and 15 dollars or something like that- less than 30 bucks all together for the retracts.
L.R.
these are the Robart 1/2a retracts- I HIGHLY RECOMEND THEM!
they weigh next to nothing and work great. kinda a pain to set up but that is a small trade off to me. they realy do work great!
the mains weigh .9 ounces for the PAIR
and the nose weighs .5 ounce
keep inmind the weight comes from the servo used to acuate them~! I used a Hitec 225 mighty Mini servo and it seems to work good. mabey even a bit over powered.
it's like 12 and 15 dollars or something like that- less than 30 bucks all together for the retracts.
L.R.
02-06-2003, 12:08 AM
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looking good!
hey; looks great! haven't mounted the 061 yet, but I like the slickmount. I moved to lakeland, so I might be able to come up and see the bonanza fly sometime!
02-06-2003, 05:08 AM
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Wild Fred, that is great I FINALY got the motor mounted tonight!
you should come up to see the Ocala Flying Model club field it is probably one of the nicest flying sites in florida and mabey all of the south east?
has 650 foot runway 50 feet wide- and out 1/2a's take up how much? LOL
ok, gotta run!
L.R.
you should come up to see the Ocala Flying Model club field it is probably one of the nicest flying sites in florida and mabey all of the south east?
has 650 foot runway 50 feet wide- and out 1/2a's take up how much? LOL
ok, gotta run!
L.R.
02-07-2003, 11:33 AM
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nosegear
are you gonna use a seperate servo on a y-harness for nosegear, or are you going to hook up the rod to wing servo? at least you can reach in through nose hatch to hook up if you have to!
02-07-2003, 04:14 PM
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most likely a Y harness, however If I would have stood up the retract servo verticle (like imbedded into the wing) I might have been able to work both the nose and mains from 1 servo. would have been a super PAIN!
as it is right now I can not hook up it up like you mentioned because the servo travel is at a 90degree angle to the way it would need to move for the nose gear! mabey some sullivan golden braid? LOL ~NOT
I need steering, servo, retract servo, and throttle servo as it stands right now....... 3 MORE servo's
that is nuts- but I am gonna figure it out!
I am realy running into trouble with the front retract- on the "real plane it sits MUCH further foreward than what mine will be. because I choose to run the .074 inverted that big head is takin up alll my retract room!
ohhhh the problems!
L.R.
as it is right now I can not hook up it up like you mentioned because the servo travel is at a 90degree angle to the way it would need to move for the nose gear! mabey some sullivan golden braid? LOL ~NOT
I need steering, servo, retract servo, and throttle servo as it stands right now....... 3 MORE servo's
that is nuts- but I am gonna figure it out!I am realy running into trouble with the front retract- on the "real plane it sits MUCH further foreward than what mine will be. because I choose to run the .074 inverted that big head is takin up alll my retract room!
ohhhh the problems!
L.R.
