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ke figure 8's with no right hand impressive

gws_003

Need to see that for sure...Vid please...

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NO WAY!!!!!

snacker

If he can tip a plane forward like that and not spill a drop on the carpet he can do those one handed KE loops.


I still want to see the video though. Go team Tidwell!!!

Profiled

My 60-90 showed up yesterday. I'm one of those picky people and found nothing to complain about on this one. Every thing is straight and true. The hinge line is perfectly centered. It is built strong ! The fuse is fully sheeted and there is hard wood used in what wouls be weak spots such as the servo holes in the tail. That is obviously where the extra weight comes from. I don't mind the extra weight. It'll help with penetrating the wind over here in southestern New England. 8-12 mph is normally a light breeze over here. Dave

Dave45

Very cool, Dave!    I had a feeling they would be built well.   I'm not worried about the weight either.  I've built a few with roughly the same weight and wing loading.  They performed fine.  I'm looking forward to this plane because its a bit different and very cool looking.  Keep us posted on your progress!

joco1

received my 60-90 today.....woooo hooo!!!

Dave45

Nice!  So what do you think of it?

joco1

looks like a heavy duty profile ,and it was packaged perfectly ,and really a sharp looking plane!! about finished with my 60-90 300 gonna be a few days making room in the shop getting started on it!! i kinda got tired of waiting on the profile and started on the 300 and dang if it didnt come while i was about in the middle of the build.........but im not complaining !!

Dave45

I'd like to get that 60-90 300 also.  So many projects I want to do......

My profile should come today!

Profiled

Joco 1I know how you feel. Mine came in on tuesday and I'm building a cub for another club member. It'll be finished tonight so I should be able to get mine going tonight. Oh its gonna o long knight.......Lol
Dave

Profiled

Joco 1I know how you feel. Mine came in on tuesday and I'm building a cub for another club member. It'll be finished tonight so I should be able to get mine going tonight. Oh its gonna o long knight.......Lol
Dave

Profiled

Don't ask me how I posted that 2 times....one of those days ..Hmmm

daisy shoot

Keyword=heavy

It is a good looking plane however!

LongIslander

What aleron servers are you guys using? Iwas going to use JRDS821's, but the heads are a bit short and dont stick out the botton of the wing and the horns rub the covering.

Dave45

I'd just glue some 1/8 ply onto the mounts.

Profiled

You should be fine with with the 821's if you have the 40-60 size. I am using the Spektrum A6020 on my 60-90 size[sm=49_49.gif] Now to go finish off that cub so I can start on my prox260[sm=teeth_smile.gif]

airborne2.4

Glad to know you got your bird, hope you post some pics [8D]

Dave45

Actually I didn't, but I've been in that situation before and the ply raised the servos up enough to make them clear. But I'm on my way home in a few minutes and it should be waiting for me on the porch! Yeah, I'l definitely post some pics of sub assemblies, etc. I've got all daytomorrow to put it together and apparently its a fast build so I'll report all I can. Depending on how much room I have in the mount I may put my OS .61 in it. I've had it in number of planes about the same size and weight, and always gotdecent hover pullout. Obviously not like a light profile with a 55, but that's not what this is. I'll need to deal with cg a bit, but that's nothing new. I think for this application it might be the solution over the 55. If not, its only 4 bolts.....

daisy shoot

Os 55ax=1.75 hp
Os 61=1.90 hp

Not a huge difference in power and the recommended prop sizes are about the same sizes. Plus with the .61 you get a bunch of added weight! That motor will fly it, but it certainly won't pull it around like a profile should be. Also considering it's already a pig I'd certainly be looking for more power. Just my 0.02......

Dave45

Thanks Daisy Shoot.
I have personal experience using this motor onsimilar airplanes. I've experienced success in a number of airframes about this weight and wing area. As you said, the same prop (13-4 apc for me) would be used for both. I have a new 55 on the bench but I'm thinking the 61 might do a better job. In any case, I'm going to assemble the airplane and then temproarily attach both motors and see what I'm looking at in terms of CG. I know for sure 750 squares will manage this airframe with this engine. One again, not at all like I light profile with a 55, but remember that's not what we're dealing with.I haven't run my 55 yet so I can't say for certain but I'm guessing the 61 will turn the 13-4 a little better. And I totally agree, I need to be looking for more power. The airplane is on my bench and I won't know even what I want to try until I'm a little farther along.

Dave45

Got the plane! This is a shot of the fuse tunnel for servo extentions. We all know this isn't the lightest bird in the hanger, but it sure is nice to have a tunnel that will easily accept extensions with whatever connectors you prefer.

Dave45

This is a shot of the engine bearers in the fuse. They seem pretty substantial and there looks to be plenty of wood to dremel a bit and fit most any motor you want in there. There's also a connecting block between the two bearers from which you could remove some material and mount a larger engine back a bit to help with the cg. upon initial inspection there doesn't seem to be a ton of glue on this block so I think I'll float some epoxy in there before I remove any wood.

Dave45

The rudder area isn't as small as I was led to believe.  Once i actually got the thing in my hands I could see there's a reasonable amount of flying surface area back there.  I'll still use the SFG's but what I'm trying to say is its not like a 4 star rudder.  The fake carbon fibre look to the canopy is very cool.  This is going to be a nice looking airplane.

Dave45

So tomorrow I'm going to spend the day building and posting pics. Check back if you're interested.