RE: Another Mid Star 40
Thanks guys,
Hello,
From the first Midstar I learned its flying much better as a tail dragger, the OS 46 is a heavy motor which leads to nose heavy and the front wheel just adding to this phenomena, even placing 1000 mAh heavy battery behind the servos was not enough to balance the plane, leading to add weight to the tail which avoided.
the mid star is much more fun as a tail dragger.
I just added wider fiberglass and epoxy to the wing joint.
As for weak points of the mid star:
1) the tray of the horizontal stabilizer is too narrow, I’ll add triangle support, prev mid star i broke the stab in flight and landed easy
2) added balsa to formers behind the canopy for easy covering, manual just mentioning it without a picture
3) made the fuel tank floor lower by ¼” so can accommodate bigger tank and to support the tank with balsa frame and not rubber foam, tough foam worked well.
its done when gluing the dubblers of the fuse
Alex