Ready for covering....
It took all of Saturday, but I finished the Caliente (sort-of). I have
extremely limited time left before the SMALL festival and I would like to
take at least one half-a 'missle' to the event. I decided that I should
make the most of the day and get the plane in flyable condition so that I
could test fly on Sunday. I got the plane done, but unfortunately, the wind
was wayyyyy too strong for a test flight on Sunday.
I did get to test the motor set up, and everything fires right off and goes
like it did on the last one, so thumbs up there.... While firing the engine
up for the first time since I went through it, I found that it will not
turn the 'big' prop(4.1x4.75) without 35% nitro. On 25% it will only turn
the 4.25x3.5.
The final differences from the original are:
New motor mount design
8-10% smaller wing area (clipped the tips approx 1.25")
vertical stab area is 66% of the original
Slightly cleaner wing mounting
Shorter fuse (mostly shorter nose)
Slightly smaller fuse in heighth and width at biggest point.
Finally put a switch in it that I can use without removing the wing....
Stiffer trailing edge
All up weight is 14 oz's (can't remember what the original weighed with the
pipe, but I think I overdid it with the fiberglassing and glue this time
around)
Here is a pic of the airplane ready to cover.