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Toledo is a bit far for me, maybe next year? I just got my globalhawk out and I am starting the build. The grandly titled "Construction Manual" is one side of photocopied A4 and iis for the propellor version anyway, so Guess I will be doing it blind. Just trying to work out what the bag of plastic bits is for. Chris.
Chris,
Back from Toledo and recovered from the Flu, several different strains that took weeks to recover from! I will be on the Hawk like a hawk, so let's get ready to rumble!
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I finally got back to work on the Global Hawk. Like Chris, I cut off about 1" of the carbon fiber wing tubes so that it would extend into the wing roots to give more support. The cut off piece can be used as a reamer to make the hole in the wing roots of each wing.
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Once the carbon rods have been glued in place, the included plastic wing attachment end caps can be dry fitted to each wing root. Notice that the right wing cap fits perfectly, but the left one needs to have some of the wing root foam removed so that the edncap fits flush in the recessed area.
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Here's a photo of the real Global Hawk and it reminded me that our pal, Danny Landis, is right now in Afganistan flying the "real deal" UAV's! Danny flys those special missions which, I believe, result in protecting that thing called "FREEDOM" which we hold so dear to our hearts. To me, Danny Landis is a true American HERO! I believe that Danny is planning to attend several events here in the good old USA this season, so if you get a chance to see Danny fly, why not tell him just how proud we all are of him. I think that would be fantastic.
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If I don't see Danny, let me say it here Loud and clear
Thank you Sir ! Thank you for standing up for me and protecting my back Thank you for wearing the color RED WHITE AND BLUE on your heart If ever and whenever you are in Los Angeles..... You got a Beer On me !
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Just finished my global hawk but not flown yet. First of all some general observations: The manual is not completely useless, it is photocopied on to one side of a sheet of a4. At least you can use the other side for making notes or any other purpose that you can think of. I found myself very frustrated trying to do a dry fit of the various foam parts. Nothing fits together without quite invasive surgery. Perhaps I am spoilt by the quality of ARF kits these days but this one harks back a bit to the days before they became consistent. For not much less than the Nitromodels Predator (which is a superb balsa/ply/fibreglass kit) I was certainly expecting more in terms of quality of the kit. Anyway I finally got it assembled and the following points need to be noted. The wing roots need to be quite drastically altered to fit the plastic joiners. When you have fitted the joiners make sure you offer them up to the fuselage and make sure the bolts locate correctly before gluing anything. This is marginally easier than cutting things apart to make things fit after gluing. Dont use the motor cowl. it doesnt fit anything. Surprisingly, there is an unidentified piece of acetate sheet included which when bent over exactly fits where the motor cowl should be. Do as I did and stick airforce markings on the inside, try to match the grey and spray over it. Automotive grey primer is quite a good match but prime with a cutting primer like prymol first. I didnt have any confidence in the included glue so used UHU Por. The stated CoG is about a millimetre in front of the back wheels. This makes getting the Cof G right a real doddle. Just place the plane on its undercarriage on the floor and keep piling on batteries until the nosewheel touches! I found that the lightest battery possible was a 3S 4000MAh battery. If this makes the plane too heavy to RoG then I might replace it with a 4 cell of the same weight to get more boost. Anything lighter would mean adding lead. There are 2 small holes at the front, presumably they are for ventilation of the ESC. I used them for cable ties to hold the battery in. The large battery is such a tight fit in the cowl that there
is no room for velcro. Anyway I dont think Velcro would hold if ever I venture to fly the plane inverted. The aileron leads look cr*p glued to the wing, it would be nice to get them inside the wing tube somehow. I didnt bother. A neodymium magnet is supplied, I used it for the cowl. The foam surface is covered with little pimples. If I get round to it I am going to sand these off, repaint the plane and cover with satin varnish to make it look a bit nicer. I will let you know how/if it flies. Thats it I hope the pictures illustrate some of my points Chris
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