David,
>>7 lbs sounds great. Iassume that is an unfinished AUW. Did you actually pick up skins that are comercially spliced (by Balsa USA) to cover the width of the wing or did you make up your skins? I've always been >>curious about the quality of the commercially bonded ones but they always seem a little dear on the pocket. As a result, I've just made my own.
<span style="color: #ff0000">Yes, the weight is unfinished (although it does include the retracts and the wing servos [4 - two for aileron and two for flaps]). The skins were pre-joined by Balsa USA. This was my first attempt at skinning a foam wing and I was very happy with them, beautifully joined and smooth. They came 12 inches wide and saved me work! The price was not too bad compared with buying narrower basa either.</span>
>>I assume that Don from Eureka is cutting full width cores including ailerons which are cut from the core? (I know he is on some other kits) That makes for a nice wing & stab.
<span style="color: #ff0000">Actually they were just a tad over the correct size WITHOUT the leading and trailing edges. I trimmed a little of the t/e and added a balsa trailing edge as per the plan before skinning. I did this with both the wings and the tail. The ailerons and elevators are both balsa.
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>>Is your
BEC capable of outputting at two different voltage levels (
[email protected] &
[email protected])? Nice, I'll have to look into that one.
<span style="color: #ff0000">No it does not natively have that capability, but Scorpion (along with many other manufacturers) supply a little step-down linkage (basically just a diode) to drop the voltage from 6.0 to 5.3 or so. The old Kraft retract amplifier will not handle 6V - but I feel much more comfortable using 6V with my J.R 2.4Ghz radio.
</span><span style="">"Sanding day" came and went yesterday and I even managed to Monokote half of one wing, so things are progressing.
Kevin</span><span style="color: #ff0000">
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