Maj. Woody's Ultra Flash
#152
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One minor issue...the "Thunderbirds" lettering on the side of the fuse is not paint in the mold but Vinyl Lettering. It was not positioned in the same place from left to right. This will drive me nuts. I sent an e-mail to CARF asking for another set of these decals so I can position them evenly.
Hi Maj. Woody,
This would drive me a little nuts as well. Glad they're vinyl and easy to correct, beautiful jet. thank you for sharing.
#162
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Gold Coast, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
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Cheers,
Jan
#163
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Yep its just how Jan has described it. One exception for this setup is that the T fitting is not required. The main tank has two vent nipples. Each of those will go to one of the saddle tank clunk nipples. This is a less restrictive setup. The two saddle tanks are equivalent in capacity to the one wing tank. But as noted earlier, its less hassle.
#165
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Ok so back to building! Having painted all the linkages and the seams on the stab, I am ready to install the elevator servos and linkages. By the way here is how the LE on the stab turned out after my airbrush work. In the end, the juice was not worth the squeeze on this. I will be leaving the wing and fin seams alone (at least for now).
#166
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I am using the recommended JR 8411 servos and JR HD servo arms. After centering the servo and finding the the side of the servo arm that brought me closest to center, I cut off the the opposite end of the arm and sanded it smooth with my Dremel Tool. I put a drop of thick CA on the servo arm screw for extra security.
#167
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The servos are attached to the composite covers via aluminum brackets and machine screws (painted of course). These come pre drilled and tapped for the recommended JR servos which I have. Well my frustration started when I realized the holes between my "recommended" servos don't line up with the holes in the aluminum brackets.
#170
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I had to elongate the holes in the aluminum brackets so the holes in the servos would line up. Having done that, I now had to secure the servos to the brackets with nuts under the bolts. Out of 8 holes (between the two servos) I actually had one line up so that did not need a nut. I used Loctite on all the bolts.
#171
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Were you able to order the jet tech tanks just main and saddle or did you have to buy the wing tang also.? On their website it shows main and wing or all four but not the main and saddles.
I e-mailed Gary with my request and he put this package of saddles and main tank together for me. If I opt for the wing tank later he is only going to charge me the difference between what I paid for the 3, and the full set.
I e-mailed Gary with my request and he put this package of saddles and main tank together for me. If I opt for the wing tank later he is only going to charge me the difference between what I paid for the 3, and the full set.