Dave Wilshere

Looong day. Does not seem like I did much, too many meetings. Gear is in and mostly piped. Flap servo in. Going to be tight!

D

Si_B

Thought I was doing well getting the elevator servo in and 4 hinges glued in tonight....then saw what you've got done.

Looking good.

Dave Wilshere

Si

Elevator and rudder servos and linkages done too :-) just too late to sit and post pixs

Si_B

I prefer the look of those horns on the elevator to the ones on the smaller Xcalibur. Looks about finished, you must be knackered ?

Dave Wilshere

The stock small ones are fine.

I'm knackered now! Just about done, last touches

Dave

Dave Wilshere

OK, its in the van, if I can stand up will fly it tomorrow.
I'll update on things I found during the build, it goes together really well (like the smaller one)
JR 28X, 1131B Rx, Powerbox Gemini II, 2 x 2s 3350 Li-Po, JR 8911 and JR 8421 servos, JetCat P-140RX

Pttcrisp

That is/was some epic build. Did you get any sleep

mort78

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Makes a big difference to the overall look of that scheme, once you get the decals on. Nice job Dave!

myersflyers

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very neat....much success on the maiden!

Dave Wilshere

All worth the lack of sleep, only managed two flights today as I was busy test flying other models or helping out with tech stuff. But the Plus flies fantastically well, like the prototype its grooves, couple of peeps of aileron trim and 3% more down with full flap and it was good to go.
I removed some weight after the first flight, I think I had 150g, but had forgotten to check balance before filling the tank last night for the turbines test run, so added a little more to be safe, in the end I'm left with 50g! two 3350 2s Li-Po Rx and 1 x 5000 2s ECU.
Still needs more stickers, but kinda ran out of time :-)

Hope to do some more tomorrow, Rx packs took 430mAh each all the set up and two flights.

Dw

Dave Wilshere

Load more flying today, few more radio tweaks. Let a couple of other people have flights and they seemed to enjoy themselves!

blainer48

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Looks fantastic, Dave! How much down elevator do you have dialed in with full flaps.

Jason

Dave Wilshere

Jason

With full flap as the manual (130mm) its only 3mm, if you run less flap it increases fractionally

Was flying it yesterday again at a show here, attracted quite a bit of interest again

Best Regards

Dave

Si_B

Dave,

When you say Halfords paint is this for the red? Do you use any fuel proofer after you have sprayed it? Quite fancy adding a bit of colour to my trays, never bothered before but it does look smart.

Simon

Fly Mower

Si,

I asked Dave the same question on the ‘little’ Xcalibur thread.

The answer was “it's fuel proof enough without anything in addition to the paint”

I used standard Halfords grey primer for the inside of the body and then standard Halfords car paint over primer for the boards – came out great!

Cheers,

Lee.

Dave Wilshere

Sorry, did see this last night and forgot to answer as I was here without computers on.

Yes, stock Halford spray. The oil based fuel is not a problem. Here are some blue trays I painted Monday for a Blue Angels Xcalibur i'm finishing up to sell.

zdsh13

Come on US/Canada delivery.....

blainer48

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No kidding on the US/Canada shipping! Mine has been paid for since they had the pre-order sale. Seems like it's been forever. Hopefully they will be coming soon.

Jason

zdsh13

Same here, hopefully we will still get them before the end of June!!

blainer48

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Does anyone know or can someone find out if the US/Canada shipment is on the way or has it been delayed? Just wondering if someone had any info for us poor suckers that are watching Dave build these while we're sitting on our thumbs.

Jason

martinwpb

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I'm patiently waiting aswell! Its gonnabe worth waiting.

Martin

Dave Wilshere

You should talk to GJC, they will have the info...But last I heard it was due in the US this month. Sometimes other things affect delivery outside the companies control.

Dave

mikedenilin

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Our container is waiting for the 1/2 half of USA bound orders that factory is promising to have them done in 2 weeks. Please be patient. The post colonial territories of the Commonwealth would be taken care of by the Royal highness.

Dansy

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Mike are any sport scheme coming? Or just the American TB and BA scheme?

rcjets12

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Hi All,

i just got verification that our shipments of Xcalibur plus will be leaving China on our container July 12th getting them here in the states by the first week of August. Once we have them we can also offer shipping by air via DHL for those who do not wish to wait.