acdii

Along with a few crunchables too?

Captcrunch44

Acdii
HA HA HA.

Big stick flyer
i plan to use 1/4 scale servos on the rudder and elevator. High torque Hitec's on ailerons and flaps.

bodybuildr

My Feedback: (44)

Yes but the ones for my application are air up and spring down.

acdii

Well, I finally broke down and did it. Add me to the list of Rascal 168 owners. Kit is on its way.

skylark-flier

'bout time! Seriously, congrats on the acquisition. Looking forward to your thoughts on the big girl.

acdii

My first thought right now is, I am going to need a bigger bench.

FlyerInOKC

My Feedback: (6)

Well you needed another bench any way, right?!

acdii

Well, I think we can all agree we can always need another bench, Where to put it though becomes the question. My benches should be large enough for the wing panels, the fuse though will be hanging out.

scale buff

My Feedback: (24)

I don't think you can go wrong with the Spring Air retracts. I used them in my King Kobra and loved them.


Frank T.

Captcrunch44

Acdii
cool on the purchase . The fuss is not a big deal but the wing gets a little large. I have a 2 foot by 8 foot bench and the wing is taking up most of it. The center section that is. Also wood glue is a good investment for all the laminating that you have to do which is also not a big deal and you probably read about. But just putting in my 2 cents worth. Other then all that it is pretty simple to put together.

acdii

Have 3/4 of a gallon of Titebond. I buy it by the gallon. I also tend to buy 8oz bottles of CA when I can, and 4oz when I can, 2oz if I can't. I go through a lot of medium CA too. My workbench is 36" by 80", a large closet door without the hole in it. I have 2 of them. Right now most of one is taken up by the B25 wing and tail.

acdii

OK guys, I have to get this off my chest today


I
Love
SIG!!!!!


Guess what was sitting in front of my garage door when I got home. Yep! The Rascal 168 kit!!!

I placed the order yesterday around noon, and it arrived today. Not even Amazon can provide this kind of service.

After removing a half garbage bag of newspaper, there it was. Looks like one of the laser cut sheets got damaged, but hopefully nothing that can't be fixed. This bugger is one heavy package.



So tonight I take it all out and get it staged. Since I haven't seen a build thread on RCU, should I start one? I would rather not hijack the RCG one, but will reference that one for this build on the things they found along the way on this build.

It will have a DA 100, and maybe JR radio gear. That I haven't decided yet, if I can get by with 6 channels, then probably Futaba, but if I need to use 8, I have an RX standing by. Plenty of choices.

Captcrunch44

Cool that is a fun project. Can't wait to aee how your's goes together

acdii

Me too. In fact, heading down there right now to get started. Going to be a long night!

bodybuildr

My Feedback: (44)

I think I am going with the Spring Air Retracts.

skylark-flier

I'd love to see a build thread for the 168 here!!

acdii

OK Then, I will work on a write up either tonight or tomorrow. I took a lot of pictures, and got started on the Fuse. Quite a few balsa parts got damaged, looks like the box got dropped on its side hard enough to shift all the plywood to one side and crush 6 sheets. There is a 1/4 x 3 x36 sheet that was split right down the middle. I am also missing two pieces for the wing sheeting. Hopefully I can make a nice comprehensive build thread and kit review. I also found a great use for those dead battery cases I picked up from work. They are out of large UPS and hold 5 or 6 of those small sealed lead acid batteries that we use in our field boxes. I got 5 or 6 of them and used 2 of them to weight down the front doubler, and another 5 single batteries for the rest.


First thing when I get back down there is to clear off my work bench so I can lay the entire fuse down and not have part of it hanging out in the air! That thing is HUGE!

Captcrunch44

Yes it is
i finely got the box out of the shop. Now i have room to work. Cool idea with battery 's i use a bunch of lead weights to hold stuff down with. Along with a couple of steel blocks.

F4 Phantom blue angles

Hi ,I would like to join the Sig Brotherhood,Is it possible? All I fly are Sig products. Let me know. Thanks

Captcrunch44

Jr and I started the wing

acdii

Where do those two thick ribs go, the ones that are by themselves with the bolts and T-nuts wrapped up inside?

Captcrunch44

Those are the first rib on the outer panels. They made a mistake when they cut and pasted for the router. So they made a whole sheet of ribs to put in with the kits. The first release didn't have those ribs in the kit so they sent them out to the customers free of charge of course.

acdii

OK good, I will mark them then. Thanks. I started the build and review. Need a few more pics for the next post. I forgot to take them of the balsa sheets.

micda01

what did you use to glue the skins onto the foam? And how did you do it.

I will be building the sig p51 Quick build soon. I hear bad stuff about this plane.

Dan

bobsrc

Send this question to bobnelson@sigmfg and I'll attach directions for gluing them down with epoxy.