I did a little more work on the Phenom tonight. Only 2 Margarita's this time so I was not as efficient... Found my Dremel charger so I was ready to tear it up---

I was working on getting a good joint between the wing(s) and fuse. I have attached a few comparative pics of the Phenom and my Whiplash-X for size and shape comparison.

More to follow-

James.

Skip the micro balloons for filler on the spars, use milled glass fibre.
you may needt o file out some of the glue fillets on the fuse formers to getthe spars flush to them. I had to but it did not take long,

I can send you some, Just PM me your snail mail address.

Too cold to paint here this past week. So I made a cowl out of balsa for my Hobby Shack Joss Stick. I hope the Saito 180 will pull that tank around. To think they put a single servowith torque rods in that big sheeted foam wing. I cut the pocket open for dual servos. I know I should have bored a hole thru the foam and mounted the servo midwing.

bob

Size looks almost identical to me.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!!!

Thanks guys. Was a little bummed out after screwing up my second attempt of making a decent fuse for a cut down Q-500 wing for club pylon racing. After reading your posts, I am ready to go back into my just finished shop remodle and go after it again. Good thing I bought all that balsa from recent estate sales. See ya & ENJOY
Razor (glad to see someone got rid of the finance department with remaining ability to buy Jett engines.)

LOL

I got Valentine's day then her B-Day exactly 2 weeks later, then our Anniversary exactly 2 weeks after that... I somehow need to extort enough money during this to get my Angel/Rifle off lay-away

EXTORT MONEY HA!

Why not go down to the school yard and take some kids lunchmoney? In a few weeks you will have enough for a 60LX.

bob
no wife, one dog, no money problems!

That's a great combination! I wish I was there, but I'm just working on getting rid of the wife and keeping the dog. No money problems will come later....


Mark

Guess what I got for Valentines day... Nope not a Jett-60LX, but maybe the next best thing:
Patron Anejo (Mexican Moonshine baby!)

well so much for the phenom getting done!!! for a little while anyhow

Razor: I used to be able to drink!

I had a Valencia orange tree in my backyard. Every day when I got home from work, I would pluck 8 oranges from the tree. Then I would squeeze the juice out of them on my hand squeezer. I would add 8 ice cubes to a huge, tall glass. Then I would add 8 ounces of tequila, and the juice from the 8 oranges. Then I would sip it while watering my lawn.

OK, that's THE life I want

I did not get a 60LX either but a 90L was WAY KOOL...

too bad I don't drink anymore.....

good thing I don't drink any less

Tom- Sounds like a Tequila Sunrise, almost...I do that for breakfast on weekends.

I am still ready to have a fly-in up there when you guys are ready---

Crazy- You got a 90L?

Vasek- Your Patriot looks real good with the updated covering scheme

Razor,

Yep! the 90L is on the left pic#1 on the right is a used 76. 90-L is for my GP F-4 pic#2 Pic # 3 is a new BSE 30 FIRE, used QM40, just repaired .50 FIRE, on the 60LX for the Phenom.

And I send you an envelope with some of the milled glass fibre I used in place of microballoons. About 50% more than what I used. Mix it in at about the same consistancy as the microballoons.

C4F

Razor, is there any difference in the airfoil between the whip and the phenom ? what about a weight difference?

It is a delta... the airfoil isn't going to matter much. Look at a Dust: it has no airfoil what so ever, and it still moves out pretty good. IMO the Phenom will be faster just because of the cowling, no doubt about it!

And as for weight: you will only notice that when pulling "G"s. On a straight line, I am quite sure you will not be able to tell one airfoil from another just by looking at the speeds. Maybe when you really start to time things...

A delta is just WAY too inefficient to tell which airfoil is better. The speed you gain during a dive just bleeds off so fast when pulling out! A good yank on the elevator acts as an emergency brake on these things! You might as well deploy a chute...

We used to have the 49th FIS here at Griffiss AFB, and every once in a while one of the F-106 pilots would come by and watch us fly.
I remember one of them telling me that you did not under any circumstances get into a turning dogfight with a 106...because you would scrub off speed very quickly and become a sitting duck.

They were though, one of the fastest fighter aircraft in a straight line that the Air Force ever had...[8D]

These questions weren't really from a speed perspective so much....

I only asked because the phenom looks just as big as a whip.. I didn't think there would be much difference in thickness ..but wanted to see if they did anything different in that regard

yes your right a cowled engine will definitley be faster than one with all that engine just hanging out in the breeze.. thats why I cowled my diamond dust and will probably do the same to the whip

and as for the weight..I was a bit dissapointed with how heavy my whip is compared to my diamond dust
(bare frames ..less engine and equipment)

Hey crazy, what is that little yellow plan in your photo?

IT is a Weston UK Magnum

Here is a couple pics of Weston Magnums:

Aww- come on! The suspense is killing us all! One of you guys finish these planes so we can all buy one [sm=spinnyeyes.gif]

I think the Phenom looks really good ..might try one with one of these in it

I am not totally sure What this link is even about anymore, but who the heck cares ? Life is short ,Fly fast !
I have one of these magnums and all I can say about it is ...Hoowa ! What a blast ...
And Bombay and tonic are much better building helpers..
..Hmmm, it is normal to take 9 months to build an ARF isn't it ?

Wheels up !

for me it has taken upwards of a year