toti_ducati

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Hi can anyone please post pics of where the lights go in the rear and the bottom? I flew it with out cockpit and lights just to test it and it floats like a yak!!! So nice. I now will remaiden with a smoke tank lights and cockpit.

the maiden was so uneventfull just a click of aileron and elev and that was it...everything works, landing gear doors no leaks ...

marc s

Your welcome and glad it helps, enjoy this great jet.

marcs

osvaldopv

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Does anybody balance the elevator? this worie me a lot. If you mount the elevator on fuselage it will go all the way down even with the servo. I think this will cause the servo to make force everytime to bring it to neutral or any up and down movement.

Can someone advice me on what to do with this?

Thanks

DUCMOZ

Hi, you can see a lot of pictures of "what Goes Where" on GBR jets website under Skygate Hawk.

Behzad

jws_aces

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I have not balanced mine. I have over 65 flights and yes with it will go down with both servos on it when I transport it. It will hold in netural postion with my power off. I am using 8711s servos mounted at the rear.

I don't know of anyone that balanced them in my readings while building mine.

You are going to love this jet once you get it flying.

DUCMOZ

The balancing of elevators was discussed in detail and the result is that they don't need it. It will be fine the way it is.

Behzad

DUCMOZ

Hi Guys, do your small gear doors stay up on the back side once closed? I have done the linkage over 6-7 times but still get the back side to stay up about 1-1.5 mm.

Thanks
Behzad

jws_aces

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That is hard to work out. Mine go flush when shut. I have a small strip of aluminum bent to help push the door open so it doesn't get caught on the main when it opens. If go back thru this thread you will see it done.

Page 4 shows the way some of the guys did the small doors. I ended up putting the deflector strip on the small door. Either way works great.

DUCMOZ

Hi Jeff, thanks. I have read all the notes on it. The darn thing does not want to cooperate��. I have no binding issue. Just the trailing side sticks out. Somehow I think there is a bind in the hinges. Do you by any chance have a picture of where the tab was glued on the small door? Thanks again.

Behzad

jws_aces

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I will see if can post some pictures when I get home tonight.

topiwala

Hi Guys,
My gear doors do exactly the same thing. The back end isn't flush when doors closed. Its purely an issue of the rear hinge misalignment at production. You'll notice that you can just lightly press it flush on the ground, but the next retraction will cause the misalignment again. The rear hinge bear point needs to be a little lower (approx 1mm), then the door would be flush. Its not that easy to do, and I have been trying to avoid this little fix. I just can't be bothered!!

It could be done by separating the rear hinge from the door - just dremel the glue joint on the door, re-jigging the door flush and against the hinge in the closed position and gluing again.

Rgds

M

jws_aces

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Duc

As you can see I tried a couple of different locations on the retract to get the right geometry on the door closure.

You can also see the extra lip I installed on the door to keep them from binding when opening.

Hope this help.

DUCMOZ

Hi Topiwala, thanks. Mine exactly is as you said. With no pressure from outside, it becomes perfect. Then the next time. Stays up again. At least it is not my fault. I might leave it as is for now and look at how Skymaster has done it to see if I can find an easier solution.

Thanks Jeff. Would appreciate the pictures.

Behzad

DUCMOZ

Hi Jeff. Got it. That works and I can do it easily. I was going per manual with drilled hole in the metal part. Thanks again.

behzad

jws_aces

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As you can see I did the same thing..Glad I could help.

c_makhija

Hi, I have balanced the stab. Weights were supplied with the kit. i have the skygate kit.

Chatty.

jws_aces

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Chatty,

I have had 2 of skygate hawks...I didn't get any weight. Is yours the older first verson?

Colin Gontier

Weights are not supplied with the CARF kit and I think balancing is probably more of a personal choice. In my opinion it is likely to be more necessary to balance for those models fitted with the original Skygate elevator linkage (long rod up the servos at the front). For those with the more positive rear mounted servos I would say less necessary. There are models of both types flying happily without balanced stabs.

kind regards

Colin

skymaster68

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Tams Pipe or CARF pipe and why? I'll run a K210 on the SG Hawk

DiscoWings

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carf pipe is single wall thats what I didn't like, but its half the price of tams

jws_aces

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I used the Tams and didn't use any of the Carf bypass bottom. I too like Tams much better.

Stratotanker

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A friend and I have started designing a smoke tank for the Hawk, it will have all the provisions to carry the pump and smoke oil. Plug construction began today, still a few things to work out but I am hoping to release them in the very near future.

Stratotanker

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The nose section ready for 3D printing to save time on sanding...

jws_aces

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That is so Cool...I hope he would make a couple of them. I don't need the extra room for the smoke tank but I am sure if you do the full bypass that would be a big help.

skymaster68

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Are you planning on selling them?? If so I want one!!