xb36
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Joined: 2/15/2008
From: White Bear Township,
MN, USA
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John,
Thanks for the comments.
I didn''t go in to detail because I haven''t yet made the servo mount for the nose gear. I thought that I would use rubber servo grommets to isolate vibrations a bit. I also thought that I would try to make a hard rubber coupler to connect the servo to the strut for steering. Although I haven''t bought a radio for this plane yet I do plan on using a programmable radio. The nose gear servo will get a percentage of the rudder. I did pick up the aluminum this weekend but I want to finish up the wing mount and the mount for the nose gear. I don''t like trying to work on too many areas at once.
I am not sure what to do with your second post that shows photos of your B-36. I would like to say that the photos are inspiring. To be a bit more honest, they are rather intimidating. I simply don''t know how to do detail work at your skill level. It would be easy for me to say that you ''raised the bar'' and that I will figure it out. Well, I will try to figure it out, but this will be my first attempt at detailing so I don''t expect to see results like yours. Perhaps the answer is for me to hold back any close-up photos. I say all this with a degree of humor but at the same time I really haven''t done anything quite as impressive as yours. You should be very proud of your work. You built a B-36 three years before me and it flies great on nicads and brushed motors. I am very impressed and it also confirms that mine should fly too. When RC Universe was down this weekend I discovered WattFlyer. I ran across a post that you put on WattFlyer. In your post you indicated that your B-36 weighs in at 10.5 pounds. I targeted approx 11 pounds. I don''t have any foam in my B-36 so you have the weight advantage there, but I will be using LiPo''s instead of NiCad''s so I have the advantage there. I am not sure about the weight difference with motors. I mention these weight differences because I didn''t really know what a reasonable target weight should be. Our B-36''s are almost the same size so I would be pleased with an 11 pound RTF weight.
I just realized that I forgot to bring the main gear struts with me to work so that I can ship them back to Century Jet so they can make them 2" longer. I guess I will have to get them shipped tomorrow.
It won''t be long before I start mounting the motors. Do you recall if you have any down thrust or are the motor shafts parallel to the runway? I just realized, when I say down thrust on a pusher prop, does that mean that the end of the motor shaft closer to the tail of the plane is higher or lower than the end of the motor shaft closer to the nose of the plane?
Thanks again for the comments John. Please keep them coming and include photos when possible. They are helping me build a better plane. If my detail work meets my satisfaction, then I will follow through and build another B-36 after this one to see if I can improve.
Mike Roerig
mikeroerig@gmail.com
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