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I got a surprise mailman visit this morning, straight from Austrailia. I ordered this a few weeks ago, and its here already, its a naca 66-012 Two piece quickie wing from www.supertrc.com that looks like it will fit perfect on my Seeker Kit.
This will be the first seeker with this wing and my composite tail. I sure hope that 3 3/4 lb rule passed, I think I'm going to be right around that when done, maybe even 3lbs 13-14 oz.
Looking good though. You may notice only 1 elevator servo, I am trying Airtronics 94761 servos and one of them doesn't appear to be working and its going back.
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That looks great Dave.. It'll be interesting to see how it goes.. If you're up at 3lbs 14oz you'll be even with the Seeker I raced a couple weeks ago with the Bird of Prey wing on it..
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I've been scrambling on this thing since the wing arrived Saturday. Started glassing Sunday, finished Monday morning, put down the Primer on tail Monday night. Put down the white Tuesday morning, came home tonight and put down the Green and Black. I had a small part of the green peal when pulling away the mask, but I saved a little just in case and touched up. Not perfect, but perfect from 10 feet.
Just looking for a little wet sanding and a layer of clearcote epoxy tommorrow night to cover the paint and the majority of the fuse that I left "al natural".
First time doing checkerboards, and it wasn't that bad, even for picaso.
Looking on schedule for Friday or Saturday Test flight.
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I knew you would try someting different after the R-200 had fastest time in Emery and the R-200 finished FIRST, Third, and Forth at Jerrys big race in July.
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Yes, this will be the first with the composite tail that I laid up. It will also be the first with Bruce's wing, so I don't believe I will have any idea if its in improvement, or if its the wing. It is also the first with using the bubble jig for setting the tail.
Either way, its turning out nice and I can't wait to fly it.
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I agree that there are a lot of variables in play.
The main thing I want to know is if the tail has any "habits".
A neutral and fast plane is the best that can be hoped for. If there are any issues with the tail, the plane will have a "personality". V-tails tend to show that a lot more than conventional tails. The tail aerodynamics as well as mounting seem to be more of a factor with V-tails.
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Plane is done.
Got everything on the charger and if the weather holds should be able to test fly tommorrow. I thought for sure that I would be heavy with this, but it came in at 3 lbs 11.5 oz, perfect for the new rule after it gets a little tip weight.
Not sure if the Epoxy Catalyst I'm using is old, or whats going on, but the clear basically turned a light shade of yellow overnight. Not sure what happened there, I've had epoxy paints yellow over time before, but this was quick. Definately not a perfect paint job, but it does look nice at about 5 foot.
I forgot to clear my servo hatch last night, but its fiberglassed, and will wait till I have clear in the gun again.
Looks nice Dave. Not sure about the yellowing issue. Dad really likes the Z-poxy finishing resin for applying the 3/4oz glass, he loves that stuff.
I'd say the V-tail looks fine. Size is the obvious factor between tails. Airfoil is hit and miss on tails. We tried different airfoils, and never could tell a thing. The only reason we use a full symetrical tail airfoil...is because it "makes" us feel faster. We never could find a test pilot with enough skill (not saying you don't have the skill) to be able to tell the differences. Like Don first said, as long as it is mounted correctly... it should work great.
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For the life of me I can never figure out why you guys spend so much time making beautiful airplanes just to go out and pos. run them in to each other. Wouldn,t it make more sens to just get an ARF. Oh well what do I know.
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