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Old 05-02-2006 | 11:16 AM
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Stuart Chale
 
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Default RE: Oxai E-Pinnacle Build

Straightness in a composite wing, stab or fuse for that matter is totally dependant on the mold which is dependent on the original form for the mold. But yes if it is straight then all of the pieces taken from the mold should be straight. A frequent complaint of one of the other composite planes is the same aileron trim being required to fly level. I would suspect a slight twist in one of the molds that is being used. It is one of the reasons that I took it off my list of planes to consider.

I will be weighing up all of the servos, motor, spinner etc to see how much room there is to play for installations etc. I will post it as soon as I get it added up. I also just received my carbon fiber plate and carbon covered honeycomb material to be used fro motor mounting and servo/battery monting respectively. The honyecomb material could easily have substituted for the fiberglass covered balsa that I used for the aileron servo moiunts. But you may only save a gram or two.
One place I could reduce weight a bit is to change the steel screws used for axels and for mounting the landing gear to aluminum. You could probably lose 1/2 an ounce or so just with that. Anyone know a source for aluminum screws where you do not have to buy a box of 50

Hopefully I will get a bit more construction done today and tomorrow.

Stuart