Dynaflite skeeter
 

i bought this thing and got it in the mail today but im haveing a VERY tough time figureing out what goes where and what stuff is, has anyone else built this thing and can give me some advise?

RE: Dynaflite skeeter
 

The little instruction manual that comes with it gives a step-by step of how to build it. Mine flew well as a light-lift sloper. Its not too much of a hand-launch though.

If you have any questions fire away. I built mine 10 years ago but they are straight-foreward. Keep the tail as light as possible. If the balsa fuse sides seem heavy, replace them with better balsa; you'll save quite a bit of nose weight that way. Dont put an adjustable clevis at the tail, use solder clevises and put them in the nose. For servos some HS-81's would probably do fine. A 270 Nicad/600 NiMH size battery will fit well.

As far as flying, I found mine did better if I kept thermal turns as open as possible. They are fairly strong for their size and weight- I had a TX battery quit once, and the plane went down behind a row of hills at warp factor nine. It took me an hour to find it, and all it had was a lightly dinged leading edge from hitting a tree. I got a lot of miles out of mine for two years of flying.

RE: Dynaflite skeeter
 

after reading the instructions about 10 times its starting to slowly come to me i wish there was a website that showed a pictures step by step

RE: Dynaflite skeeter
 

I think the only thing that isnt spelled out clearly is how things like the bottom spar and bottom sheeting goes down first. The fuse is very easy, but make sure you put effort into making the wing as straight and strong as possible.

RE: Dynaflite skeeter
 

The material for the horizontal in the kit I had was heavier than it needs to be.
Change to lighter stock if you think the wood might be overweight.
I built up a horozontal out of balsa sticks for mine after the first couple flights.