Maudib

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You did such a nice job on the build and thread... I've enjoyed following it, and there's plenty of great tips... especially for those that like their planes to look as nice as it can.

Glad the first few flights are behind you... as you fly it more, you'll enjoy it more and more...

JWilliams

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Congrats Eric on getting it assembled and in the air. I still have two of these and they are lots of fun.
Jeff

JustErik

David and Jeff,

Thanks for the kind words. I learned a lot putting this thing together.

Erik

mrbigg

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I like that. Pretty sweet. Would have never thought of it myself.

Jerry Brown

Great thread but now I have a question. I almost have mine together but I now have some doubts about the strength of the hor. stab. Crash99 on the ProBro site folded the elevator on his at the Eldon flyin ,I heard, so I was told it might be good to support it with a couple of carbon rods or something. Anyone heard of this from others???

JustErik

It's funny you mention that, Jerry. I was initially under the impression that this plane would turn out nose heavy and instead of adding dead weight, my plan was to add struts to the horiz stab. However, because it was very close to being tail heavy, I had to scrap that idea. I haven't read anything about the stab being weak, but will certainly keep an eye on it after your comment.

And thanks, mrbigg.

Maudib

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Always remove the covering with a soldering iron... it doesn't take much for a sharp razor knife to weaken the stab by cutting into it a few "hairs".

If a fella was so inclined, he could do flying wires using Kevlar Thread... Just drill a VERY small pilot hole around the stab/fin/fuse and thread the line through it making a diamond... wedge a toothpick in the holes and then CA the thread/plug in place...

Not sure it's necessary though...

Jerry Brown

I do like the simple idea of the kevlar thread. I was hoping Jeff would be reading this and see what he thinks. I have not read anything about this being a problem but after finding out crash99 had the problem, I'm just not sure what to do. The other reason I am a little concerned is because when I added a couple of new CA hinge slots I was rather alarmed a how easy they were cut. Like the balsa was softer than I would use on a trailing edge. Anyway, maybe I'm worried about nothing but I had one fail on an ARF once and it is NOT a good thing. Crash city.

JustErik

I'm filing this one away for future use. So very simple and probably adds so little weight it's not even noticeable. As always, thanks for the benefit of your experience.