I have built a mini sukhoi and am going to do a build thread and flight video over the next week or 2. I Built this in about 2 hours, so It went fast! Il do a brief overview today and then tie up loose ends later. Il try to be as thourough as possible, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE ASK! Here we go...

pict 1: Here are all the parts layed out.... The setup is going to be a Hacker A-20/34m falcon 3s1p 380's and a castle creations 10 amp speed control, 4 hs 55 servos and GWS RX (dont give me crap about having a 9Z on a foamy, ive already gotten the riot act...

Pict 2: Here are are about to laminate the nose...this is very different from most foamys and increases motor strength emensely!

pict 3: Nose laminating. Lay out center part and embed provided carbon fiber into the precut grooves and glue. Then put laminates on, The laminates need to have one long laminate on one side and short laminate on the other. Long is for the top and short for the bottom side rail

pict 4: laying down the laminates

pict 5:Nose laminating almost finished, Be sure everything is straight, look twice glue once.

pict 6: After the side rails are laminated then insert into the interlocking grooves in the fuse. Glue the side rails into place and ensure that they are 90 degrees to the fuse!

Pict 7: Here is the wing lamination, the idea is to lay down one side of the wing laminate and glue securely, then flip it over and lay in the carbon fiber rod, lay a line of glue in the spar groove then insert the spar to ensure the spar in securely fastened....

pict 8: Elevator Hinging: Lay stab and hing down and Bevel the bottom of the elevator, For fear of beeing repetitive, Use alcohol to wipe off dust. Then place a piece of hinge tape to hinge the elevator. Slide into the fuse and the center will interlock, slide the trailing edge of the stab back and forth till it is centered and 90 degrees to the fuse and parylell with the wings.

picture 9: Aileron hinging: You will need to bevel the bottom side of the aileron with sand paper, Building tip, Use rubbing alcohol to wipe off dust particals for hinging , this will ensure you get the best possible hing. Place a layer on top of the aileron, then use little sections of tape on bottom, make sure aileron is lifted all the way up when placing tape underneth the wing to alow free movement.

picture 10:Tail Bracing: The pieces in the picture show the tail bracing, Bevel both ends to 45 degrees and then lay a bead of glue to the bevel and place it to the fuse at a 45 degree angle as shown (again wipe with alcohol before aplying glue go get the best possible bond)

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pict 11: after you have mounted the motor use the provided triangles to brace motor to the fuse, Bevel the triangles to 45 on all 3 sides then Wipe with alcohol and glue. Repeat on all 4 sides.

pict 12: Motor instalation: Use the provided Lazer cut motor mound and center motor onto the mount, then predrill the holes to mount the motor onto the mount. Then slide onto aircraft, I recomend 0, 0 motor thrust. glue motor mount to foam once the motor is centered and glue to foam at all 16 glue points where wood touches foam.

pict 13:Here is the vinyl I have added To help keep a little orientation... I like www.badbradgraphics.com he does anything custom and doesnt charge extra to make sure he gets everything perfect, I have nothing to gain by recomending him, just a person ive had a plesure dealing with. More to come....

John

Hey JOHN IT'S Austin. Shoot me an E-Mail @ [email protected] let me know when youll be back in town...

John, I ordered a mini Su and note with interest your building recommendations. Was looking at the motors and did not see a Hacker 20/34M but rather 20/30 or 26M. Wondered if you could clarify and if you had tried this combination yet. Also, what are your thoughts on the A-20/HX-12 controller combo?
Thanks, Tom

Hey Tom,

Gene here from the C-12 shop at TPS, I am currently building the Mini Sukhoi and I am going to put E-flites Park 370 outrunner brushless motor and E-flites 20 amp speed control on mine. I talked to the Hacker people and they said the A20-34S would be marginal power and they recommended the A20-26M or 30M. Well the E-flite motor produces the same power and if you buy it from Doug's you end up saving $30.00 over the price of the Hacker. Don't get me wrong I love the Hacker motors and I have Three of the A20-20L's on other 3D Foamy aircraft (Extra, Cap 232, full size Sukhoi), I was just looking for the best bang for the buck. I was also able to get two 1000mah three cell li-poly batteries from maxamp.com for $60.00 and they seem to work fantastic with the e-flite motor. I am getting about 9 to 11 minutes of flight on my 3D Foamy Mini Tiburon Bipe with the same set up. Good luck, and I will see you at the school.

Gene

Gene, excellent. Didn't know I had an expert right in the house! Talk to you soon....
Tom

not to contradict anyone but I would recomend the lightest setup possible!

I ended up using a new motor from www.2dogrc.com its a speed 300 motor.

CC 10 speed control
falcon batteries 3s1p 380's this will bring the plane in at around 8 oz with 28 oz of thrust and 5-6 minute flight times.

Best of luck and I would look into this setup. Best of luck.

John

Hey bro, I should be back in town Jan 13th! Ive been looking for you to be online, but you havent been on. I also plan to make the OKC 3D Challenge. Im waiting on JohnV to get the tickets, Im staying with Jim flanigan in January, but we will have to go have some dinner saturday night or somthing. Good to hear from you. Best of luck.

John