scoooper

My bub's::::I've never flown a 4 ch, mult'ie moter before and as it's petty well along I thought to ask all my bub's advice's, I'm try'in for the hughs Xf11-Xf73 look, I got flite packs on the way (Outie's ESC's, TRi land'in retracks, 5 servos, yatta-yatta) yogrut cups for cowl'in's, H2O krylon paint, I can use all the help I can get before I get in so deep I need a snorkel, I did up another plane a few weeks ago an saw this plane in my head( theres alot to sort though up there an I'm not sure what most of it is )ya'll's bub, scoooper

critterhunter

VERY Cool! I've also working on my first "Big-N" with a 6 foot wingspan. It's a dual boomer pusher I plan to use for AP work. Check it out in the "Here's A Simple & Free..." thread in this forum. Last two to four pages should have some good pictures of the build. Keep us updated on yours...

AJ1202

Very nice job scoooper, can't wait to hear the flight report on that one. Critter I went and looked at your oversize SO, looking good there, also would like to know how it handles once in the air

scoooper

AJ1202::hacked the wings down to 53 1/8"on the X11, hacked the other one down and short'in the fuse to get the moter nearer the plane as well, WAY to tipstall'y, your bub, scoooper

Dave ESPI

Scooop, I'm working on that foamer right now with teh Airhogs set up. I'll post a thread later tonight

scoooper

Dave ESPI:::I just creamed my Storm L so this maybe a two way build! I finished the other one an man does she fly great, I'm so stoked over the new one(twin) now that I think I can pull it off, your bub, scoooper

Dave ESPI

Scoooper, I'll post the Joint thread build off, and we can trouble shoot each others... It will be like a "BUDDY BUILD" ... LOL.

scoooper

Dave ESPI::I'm go'in with another twin 180 set-up But basicly the same, You'd best start frist as I got about a week left on the HughsX11 and I can put her away to wait on the flite-packs from U,H,'s (that WILL take 5-6 weeks)toget here , We'll do'um up while the slow boat from you know where chug's over ( let's here it for the good Chairman mau) your bub, scoooper

ILoveMinis

diggin the zebraness lol
you should band saw the fuse in half.
dremel it hollow so you can hide the electronics better.

that would look sick!

also, i heard krylon short cuts are working better for ppl then the h20 is. more colors to

scoooper

I was an impluse build and without a clue as to what or how, the foams to cheap to dig into ( dowel stiffin'ers wiegh more than plane!)two 12year old servos from my fundango GP (one new one) beat-up sixCH, GWS reciever, old wing hinges some barbie skewers, heat-shrink an thread for alerons linkage, (pliot's on top of aleron servo an turns his head when I turn, fun stuff)the twins got a place for electrics &stuff under between fuses an dowels to tie or strap um to, Wait'in for flite packs like I waited on my DECODER RING off the back off a cereal box in 1957, (still wait'in ! did anyone get theirs?)ya'll's bub, scoooper

critterhunter

Very nice work! Yea, I'll post some flight reports on my Big'N when I get around to finishing/flying it.

Brother_Dust

how scale are you going to make the xf-11 look? your plane is looking pretty sweet right now. are you goingto run counter rotating props like the real xf-11? that would be cool to tig something up like that.

scoooper

Brother_Dust::Prop's are out of stock now and I've been wait'in forever now, I do'nt want to "backorder em" as that take forever (six week's) to get here so I'm go'in to town (long drive!!) tomarrow to get so 8/4.5's&9/.7's three blade conterrotate'in, retracks (manual) three 2" derbo lite's, got moters&ESC's a 4 ch reciver ETC,, She gonna be simi-scale as I'm gett'in a might ant'si about gett'in her go'in and have been fly'in the poop out of my other foam chunk'y, MORE TO COME!! thanks as I'm overwelmed with the response I've got'in from this little project , ya'll's bub, scoooper

scoooper

They did'nt have poo-poo-swat in town so I ordered AM1041-3MM-BLACK 3mm Heat Shrink Tube - BLACK (1mtr) -
4 HXT900 HXT900 9g / 1.6kg / .12sec Micro Servo -
1 AM-1001C Gold Plated Spring Connector 3.5mm (10pair) -
1 AM1033A Deans Style T-Connectors 10 Pairs (20pc) -
6 OR016-00501 Linkage Stopper D1.8mm 1set -
4 OR001-00801 3 Blade EP Propeller 9x7 / 229x178mm -
1 AM1051-15CM Futaba Y Servo Lead 15cm Length -
3 TPC>4-1-9x6 TP BM2409-18T / 25A BEC / 9x6 Prop Combo -
3 OR006-00904 Super Light Wheels D40xH10 1pc -
2 AM1044-45CM 45CM Servo Lead Extention (Futaba) -
2 HXTBM3S HXT Lipo Monitor 3S. A must have for all lipo users! They did'nt have the reciever I wanted so I'll have to share one with one of my other planes, I got her jigged,and epoxyed, now the wait'in begins, ( I hate this part) Pix Sunday, ya'll's bub, scoooper

Dave ESPI

Hey scooper, I finished that plane, but I need stronger motors. I'm going to add on GWS geared 300's with 1047 props instead of the small ones I had on it. I think it can handle the weight if I have enough power for the Stormlauncher set up as teh small blades I had on it with the small motors didn't provide nearly enough.

scoooper

Wow! I thought thoses 180's would be the hot set-up, post a pix and lets see what you got, prop-size's small but the thrust is there, are the prop-guards off? ( cuts power by1/5toa 1/3) How heavy is she? ( over-spared?) I got my S.L. fly'in again but we know thats not fer long as I'm fly'in her a-lot, Is there anything I can mail you to help 0ut?your bub, scoooper

saucerguy

Where did you get that SE5, or is it a kit or something, I'm looking at one of the struts, it's in front of the ailerons, good call there, saves alot of hassle stuffing it in next to the aileron per the stock full scale look.

scoooper

saucerguy: she's an G.P. ARF that I got and was SOOOOOO BADDDDDD'ly build from the factory , Looked like a 7 year old was handed a hand-full of balsa an a faded picure told to make ten of these an hour an put to work, I did a TOTAL REBUILD (could have scrach-built her faster) came out Okay but she's a hand-full with all the barn doors hang'in from the wing's, I don't think I'll ever buy another G.P.(greatPlanes)or any kits-ARF's as these scrach foamies are the hot set-up for me, This twin hughs is cost'in bout a 100$ an the trashed-out SE5a was 300+$(as are most ARF's by the time you slam um into something) Thanks for the nice comment( most liked her scale better)But I'm wih you, your bub,scoooper

saucerguy

I hear you on trying to compare the quality of work from these factories compared to what we do in scratch land. I put together a Guillow's SE5 kit, converted to eflight, even though it's a lazer cut kit, there is something lost in the process accuracy wise regardless, stringers not wanting to set correctly in the formers, pieces being slightly off you have to work around, generally, innaccuracies where the only fix is to scratch out the pieces yourself.

I got it together, but am going to blow up the plans and make a larger one, this time of course, I gotta scratch out the pieces and revisions to make work. I had a couple of stick built arf's that were sitting around for a while, I never flew them anymore because they simply needed re-engineering and the gear I put into them originally was worth alot more then the planes to me. After the coverings started falling away, I contemplated recovering them with Ultracoat, but after a while, I just said screw it, and tossed them into the garbage, ARF's are supposed to be flown until they can't fly anymore, then replaced, they are a dime a dozen and that's their real advantage in this venue. But.. I don't ARF or RTF any more at all, and like you, scratch building, especially in foam is really the way to go, regardless, my stick build scratch creations do remain higher on my list satisfaction wise regardless, but I do bounce between both types of systems pretty regularly.

SE5 shown in the photo.

scoooper

saucerguy::that's one sweet Se5a you got , great job! your bub, scoooper