Building the 260    Gallery
View related threads: (in this forum | in all forums)

Logged in as Guest



Users viewing this topic: none
    Search This Thread  
 
Printable Version

All Forums >> RC Airplanes >> Aeroworks Vendor Forum >> Building the 260
Page: [1] 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10   next >   >>  

Tower Hobbies Get Coupon Codes Brands  
Login
Message << Older Topic   Newer Topic >>
Building the 260 - 2/23/2006 3:27 AM   
Mark Dennis



Posts: 1681
Score: 100
Joined: 2/24/2004
Last Login: 6/18/2013
From: Parker, CO, USA
Status: offline 		Well as most of you know they are here so lets start hearin those setups and get some pics up when the arrive. I will have pics up tonight of mine.

I plan on using:
Motor DA 100 on stock mufflers.
Servo's 5945's all around except one 5955 on the rudder.
Reciever 1 955 JR
All stock hardware except for gear and tubes which will be carbon
And either fromecos or Ni-MH batteries.

_____________________________

Team Aeroworks

Hide Signatures
       Post #: 1

RE: Building the 260 - 2/23/2006 6:08 AM   
tomswrld


 

Posts: 51
Score: 100
Joined: 11/20/2005
Last Login: 6/16/2013
From: , CO, USA
Status: offline 		Here we go. DA100, stock muffs. Redundant TBM 2400 Li-ons through Maxx Miracle switches. 2100 5 cell Nimh on ign through JR h-duty switch. 1-5955 on rudder. 5945s on elev. 5625s on ail. 5475 on throttle. Hitec Supreme 8 chan. FM rx to start, then Futaba PCM after flight testing. Stock everything else. Really a beautiful ARF in the (large) boxes. The guys at Aero-Works say their 35% pilot is a little small, but they are working on it. Any comments on the above setup? Tom

Hide Signatures

(in reply to Mark Dennis)
       Post #: 2

RE: Building the 260 - 2/23/2006 6:26 AM   
bodywerks



Posts: 3178
Score: 100
Joined: 12/10/2004
Last Login: 7/10/2011
From: Tucson, AZ, USA
Status: offline 		TT lightened spinner
BME 26X10 break-in prop
BME 110 with stock muffs
3 2400 Fromecos for Rx & ign, with regulated reliaswitches
5245 digi mini for throttle
single 5955 for rudder
5945's everywhere else
955 Rx
CF wing tube
Graphtech gear
Smart-fly optical ignition...

_____________________________

STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY LIGHT!!!

Hide Signatures

(in reply to tomswrld)
       Post #: 3

RE: Building the 260 - 2/23/2006 6:32 AM   
tomswrld


 

Posts: 51
Score: 100
Joined: 11/20/2005
Last Login: 6/16/2013
From: , CO, USA
Status: offline 		Gee Wizz Bodyworks ! How much do YOU weigh?! Should be just outstanding. What? 23.5 LBs? Are Aero-Works ' weights kinda close? I'm hoping for 26-27 LBs

Hide Signatures

(in reply to bodywerks)
       Post #: 4

RE: Building the 260 - 2/23/2006 11:21 AM   
bodywerks



Posts: 3178
Score: 100
Joined: 12/10/2004
Last Login: 7/10/2011
From: Tucson, AZ, USA
Status: offline 		I am only putting this thing on a diet for P2W due to my altitude (our field is at 6800 feet). Of course the lower wingloading will be a bonus. If I were 3,000 feet lower or more, the DA would have been a no-brainer for me. But I know for a fact that a 25.5 pound plane with a 100cc engine pulling it has limited vertical at my field. I can't justify spending this much on a plane and only have enough power to maybe hover...
23.5 is what I am expecting. I will accept 24, and I will be extatic with 23 pounds. Rocco told me the prototype was a hair over 26 pounds with the DA and in-cowls and slightly heavy nimh's. I don't see any reason for him to lie about it, for one, and I saw it fly at about a 5000 foot flying field, and P2W seemed to coincide with the weight.
I guess mark could assemble the production plane and report the weight. It should be around 14.5 pounds with all the hardware, maybe 15. If so, their claimed weight is doable.

_____________________________

STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY LIGHT!!!

Hide Signatures

(in reply to tomswrld)
       Post #: 5

RE: Building the 260 - 2/23/2006 11:26 AM   
bodywerks



Posts: 3178
Score: 100
Joined: 12/10/2004
Last Login: 7/10/2011
From: Tucson, AZ, USA
Status: offline 		One other thing to be aware of, though. In reading the thread on the Lanier Yak, Maudib weighed his plane right when he got it. A few days later, he reweighed some parts and found that he had lost weight, something in the area of 7 ounces, if memory serves. It could be scale errors, but my guess is these planes dry out and lose some of that fresh balsa/chinese humidity/ocean air water weight once you open them up and let them "air out"...

_____________________________

STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY LIGHT!!!

Hide Signatures

(in reply to bodywerks)
       Post #: 6

RE: Building the 260 - 2/23/2006 7:22 PM   
Randy Brown



Posts: 150
Score: 100
Joined: 12/4/2002
Last Login: 2/9/2008
From: O'Canada, ON, CANADA
Status: offline 		DA 100 on headers and MTW Canisters
Airtronics Stylus with 358 servos all the way around
No Limitz Pilot and Spinner that been done by Paul Svec to match the 260
Duralite PowerBox and Duralite Pluz batteries
I will try to post the pics of my piliot and a the spinner thats coming<pic is not it.mine is blue checkers not black>
Biela 26-10 Yellow 3blade to match plane also
And my airplane was just shipped to my house yesturday

Randy

Attachments
Click to see fullsize image.
Click for fullsize 		Click to see fullsize image.
Click for fullsize 		Click to see fullsize image.
Click for fullsize 		Click to see fullsize image.
Click for fullsize


_____________________________

Randy Brown
Team Airtronics
MAAC 45752L

Hide Signatures

(in reply to Mark Dennis)
       Post #: 7

RE: Building the 260 - 2/24/2006 1:22 AM   
bodywerks



Posts: 3178
Score: 100
Joined: 12/10/2004
Last Login: 7/10/2011
From: Tucson, AZ, USA
Status: offline 		Randy, can you post the link for that pilot bust? I believe you posted in at the FG's, but I can't find it. If my plane comes out light enough and has good P2W, I will be outfitting it with that sweet looking pilot!

_____________________________

STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY LIGHT!!!

Hide Signatures

(in reply to Randy Brown)
       Post #: 8

RE: Building the 260 - 2/24/2006 11:26 AM   
bodywerks



Posts: 3178
Score: 100
Joined: 12/10/2004
Last Login: 7/10/2011
From: Tucson, AZ, USA
Status: offline 		WOW! None of you local boys are building yet!!! What's up with that???

_____________________________

STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY LIGHT!!!

Hide Signatures

(in reply to bodywerks)
       Post #: 9

RE: Building the 260 - 2/24/2006 3:19 PM   
Randy Brown



Posts: 150
Score: 100
Joined: 12/4/2002
Last Login: 2/9/2008
From: O'Canada, ON, CANADA
Status: offline 		yea no kidding..bunch of but heads..LOL

I am hopeing to have mine at Joe Nall.. really hopeing to have flown it before then..as i look out side watching if snow


quote:

ORIGINAL: bodywerks

WOW! None of you local boys are building yet!!! What's up with that???



_____________________________

Randy Brown
Team Airtronics
MAAC 45752L

Hide Signatures

(in reply to bodywerks)
       Post #: 10

RE: Building the 260 - 2/24/2006 9:40 PM   
Johny rc



Posts: 142
Score: 100
Joined: 2/20/2003
Last Login: 3/17/2011
From: Coralville, IA, USA
Status: offline 		I suppose on Sunday you all will be writting how, wow the thing went to together like a swiss watch or , what control authority with these monster ailerons have. or the counterbalanced elevators is just what the 260 needed it flies like its on rails, I'll be home sweating bullets wondering if the ups guys crushed my cowl or punched a hole in my fuselage awsome pilot head and paint job no limitz does Paul do this on the side and would he like to do one for all of us?(me)! give some contact info!

Hide Signatures

(in reply to Randy Brown)
       Post #: 11

RE: Building the 260 - 2/25/2006 12:14 AM   
Johny rc



Posts: 142
Score: 100
Joined: 2/20/2003
Last Login: 3/17/2011
From: Coralville, IA, USA
Status: offline 		those guys at aero-works must be magicians, ups just dropped off three boxes and I'm unboxing right now. ahhh I believe I need a cigarette

Hide Signatures

(in reply to Johny rc)
       Post #: 12

RE: Building the 260 - 2/25/2006 12:57 AM   
bodywerks



Posts: 3178
Score: 100
Joined: 12/10/2004
Last Login: 7/10/2011
From: Tucson, AZ, USA
Status: offline 		I'm Baaaack! Went to Aeroworks and picked up my 260, and hung out and talked with Rocco and Kim a bit. They are really excited about this new line of QB planes, and should be! On a side note, I saw the 75cc Yak there and it is quite huge...I have my eye on it !
Anyway, we all know the jest of what you get in the Kit, but this is what it looks like in the back of an SUV!...
Oh, and my birthday is tomorrow and my wife suprised me with one of their Edge 540T's...So I went to pic up one plane and came back with two! For a wife that says she feels like I am cheating on her with my airplanes, she sure ain't helping me to stop!

Attachments
Click to see fullsize image.
Click for fullsize


_____________________________

STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY LIGHT!!!

Hide Signatures

(in reply to Johny rc)
       Post #: 13

RE: Building the 260 - 2/25/2006 12:59 AM   
bodywerks



Posts: 3178
Score: 100
Joined: 12/10/2004
Last Login: 7/10/2011
From: Tucson, AZ, USA
Status: offline 		Yep, it comes in three boxes - one for the fuse, and major hardware components, one for the wings, stabs, and rudder, and one for the HUGE cowling; that's a BME 110 in front of it!

Attachments
Click to see fullsize image.
Click for fullsize 		Click to see fullsize image.
Click for fullsize 		Click to see fullsize image.
Click for fullsize


< Message edited by bodywerks -- 2/25/2006 1:03 AM >

_____________________________

STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY LIGHT!!!

Hide Signatures

(in reply to bodywerks)
       Post #: 14

RE: Building the 260 - 2/25/2006 1:10 AM   
bodywerks



Posts: 3178
Score: 100
Joined: 12/10/2004
Last Login: 7/10/2011
From: Tucson, AZ, USA
Status: offline 		Here are a couple more.
One is of the structure aft of the canopy area, that I don't ever remember seeing taken. It is a basic truss style structure, similar to Cardens, but the fuse sides are 2-2.5mm lite ply - very sound setup!
The other is an idea of the lengths they went to make this thing as A-R-F as possible. Not only does it come with the tank and USA-made tygon tubing, but that is how I pulled it out of the package...pick-up line was pre-cut and preinstalled on the clunk!!

Attachments
Click to see fullsize image.
Click for fullsize 		Click to see fullsize image.
Click for fullsize


_____________________________

STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY LIGHT!!!

Hide Signatures

(in reply to bodywerks)
       Post #: 15

RE: Building the 260 - 2/25/2006 1:15 AM   
bodywerks



Posts: 3178
Score: 100
Joined: 12/10/2004
Last Login: 7/10/2011
From: Tucson, AZ, USA
Status: offline 		I am not about to weigh it yet - you can literally smell the wetness of the wood. With our extremely dry climate here, my bet is that there is at least 1/4 pound in water weight to be lost from this plane. I can also tell you that Rocco said he weighed the first 4 kits that people came to pick up and said they were all within a quarter pound of each other - that's pretty consistant for this size of a plane...sorry, I forgot to ask him the total weights

_____________________________

STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY LIGHT!!!

Hide Signatures

(in reply to bodywerks)
       Post #: 16

RE: Building the 260 - 2/25/2006 1:17 AM   
Bob_S



Posts: 247
Score: 100
Joined: 6/14/2005
Last Login: 4/19/2012
From: Cedar ParkTx, USA
Status: offline 		Hey Bodywerks - You ended up with 2 Edges? The Extra looks sweet! <looks out west for the freaking ship with
Yaks>

_____________________________

Bob S
Austin, Tx

Hide Signatures

(in reply to bodywerks)
       Post #: 17

RE: Building the 260 - 2/25/2006 1:18 AM   
Mark Dennis



Posts: 1681
Score: 100
Joined: 2/24/2004
Last Login: 6/18/2013
From: Parker, CO, USA
Status: offline 		I have started building mine I got the wings and stabs done last night and will hopefully get most of the fuse done on sunday. I will post pics tonight.

_____________________________

Team Aeroworks

Hide Signatures

(in reply to bodywerks)
       Post #: 18

RE: Building the 260 - 2/25/2006 1:34 AM   
Johny rc



Posts: 142
Score: 100
Joined: 2/20/2003
Last Login: 3/17/2011
From: Coralville, IA, USA
Status: offline 		THE NEW 260 AND TEACHING THE NEW 260 HOW TO TORQUE ROLL

Attachments
Click to see fullsize image.
Click for fullsize 		Click to see fullsize image.
Click for fullsize


Hide Signatures

(in reply to Mark Dennis)
       Post #: 19

RE: Building the 260 - 2/25/2006 2:30 AM   
Randy Brown



Posts: 150
Score: 100
Joined: 12/4/2002
Last Login: 2/9/2008
From: O'Canada, ON, CANADA
Status: offline 		This is just to funny


quote:

ORIGINAL: JOHNY-RCU

THE NEW 260 AND TEACHING THE NEW 260 HOW TO TORQUE ROLL



_____________________________

Randy Brown
Team Airtronics
MAAC 45752L

Hide Signatures

(in reply to Johny rc)
       Post #: 20

RE: Building the 260 - 2/25/2006 8:06 AM   
bodywerks



Posts: 3178
Score: 100
Joined: 12/10/2004
Last Login: 7/10/2011
From: Tucson, AZ, USA
Status: offline 		Has anyone made progress?? My build is on hold until I get weight reports. I need 24 pounds or less with BME and CF or it's gonna have to go back...

_____________________________

STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY LIGHT!!!

Hide Signatures

(in reply to Randy Brown)
       Post #: 21

RE: Building the 260 - 2/26/2006 6:27 PM   
bodywerks



Posts: 3178
Score: 100
Joined: 12/10/2004
Last Login: 7/10/2011
From: Tucson, AZ, USA
Status: offline 		Well, guys, I have to return mine for personal reasons I hope you all enjoy yours. I have some custom graphics from Aerographics specifically for this plane. They are the "Extra 260-Aeroworks" logo on the wing and the "Aeroworks-world class models" logo on the fuse. I got some other small stuff with this order that I can use on a different plane, but I spent $200 on graphics for this thing. These are blinged out in crownroyal chrome and yellow chrome with blue chrome trim. I will get pics posted later.

_____________________________

STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY LIGHT!!!

Hide Signatures

(in reply to bodywerks)
       Post #: 22

RE: Building the 260 - 2/27/2006 3:45 AM   
Banker


 

Posts: 294
Score: 100
Joined: 12/15/2001
Last Login: 5/23/2010
From: Carrollton, TX, USA
Status: offline 		Where do all the switches go?

Hide Signatures

(in reply to bodywerks)
       Post #: 23

RE: Building the 260 - 2/27/2006 4:15 AM   
Mark Dennis



Posts: 1681
Score: 100
Joined: 2/24/2004
Last Login: 6/18/2013
From: Parker, CO, USA
Status: offline 		There is wood left in the fuse so that you can install all of your switches anf fuel dot forward of the wing. Here is a pic to help explain what I'm talking about.

Attachments
Click to see fullsize image.
Click for fullsize


_____________________________

Team Aeroworks

Hide Signatures

(in reply to Banker)
       Post #: 24

RE: Building the 260 - 2/27/2006 4:29 AM   
bodywerks



Posts: 3178
Score: 100
Joined: 12/10/2004
Last Login: 7/10/2011
From: Tucson, AZ, USA
Status: offline 		Mark, hows the progress with yours? What's the AUW???

_____________________________

STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY LIGHT!!!

Hide Signatures

(in reply to Mark Dennis)
       Post #: 25

Page:   [1] 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10   next >   >>  
All Forums >> RC Airplanes >> Aeroworks Vendor Forum >> Building the 260
Page: [1] 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10   next >   >>  




Jump to:


 
Google 



Search | Marketplace | Event Calendar | Local Clubs | Magazine | Product Ratings | New Products | Discussion Forums

Photo Gallery | Instructor Search | Field|Track|Marina Search

Advertisers | Hobby Vendor Resources | Rate Manufacturers | Sign In/Sign Up

SITE MAP!   : :   FORUM RULES

RC Universe is a service of Internet Brands, Inc. Copyright © 2001-2013.

Charities we support that also need your help
Yorkie Rescue | Humane Society | ASPCA | Crohn's-Colitis America


0.547RCU1