Mine will be in the air soon, I will post a video of it on You Tube...
This one was painted with PPG automotive paint...Uses WREN 160 for power
That turbine fits the rails perfectly!

Looks good Geh3!
How did it balance?
Did you have to add much weight up front?
The reason I moved my Turbine up to the front (hence adding material to the rails) was to make it so it wasn't tail heavy

Balancing was easy.. I just put all batteries up front AND I left the extra
fins off of the rear to save some weight back there! I know that's not scale
but I am not a scale nut! I just like to fly planes that look good... THANKS

I was trying to figure equipment placement, I needed to put 1.8 Lbs in the nose to get the 12.5mm balance point.
In order to place the aux tank so it would fit without interference with the canopy I needed to make some right angle outlet tubes

As mentioned in a previous post I used a Jet Legend T-45 pipe, the pipe diameter is slightly smaller than the Skymaster pipe so I made an adapter ring.
See attached PDF for a template.

I had to take the Rabbit out of the Flash to check the C.G.

I had a bypass section from another jet so I decided to use it, it helps shield the air tanks and wiring
I used a cardboard tube wrapped in Aluminum tape for the wiring duct.
I like the Jet Legend pipe mount much better that the Skymaster system

Are you going to the WJM in Dayton?

I'm thinking about it... it's only a 5 hour drive for me.

I am registered for KY Jets...best meet in country

Some shots of laying out and installing the wing fittings, the PDF templates are included

UAT mount and wing pin locking plates for the front locating pin

Here she is sitting on the wheels...

What's wrong with photo #2?

Went over to my buddy Cliff's house the other night, tried my balance fixture out on his Viper
He needed a couple of small batteries (1/2 Lb) to get his balanced with all of his equipment in, you can see them tapped to the nose.
We had to hurry he was complaining about the weight he had to hold It's tough to get old

Well I smell the Easter Ham cooking...got to go... Happy Easter to all!

Maybe you can paint out the part that makes the G a G and end up with a C????

Kentucky jets.. Hmmmmm I will look into that

are you going to the next WREN open house too?

Already fixed it, used an x-acto blade and scrapped away the unwanted lettering, it was white underneath

Wren open house... sorry no

Airgraft. . . what is incorrect about this. . . .? Are you not the finest and greatest "air-graft on this piece to that piece" person in all the USA ? You have resurected some real challenges. I think it is fitting. . .OH well, now gone. . .but not forgotten !

Cheers Rich

Eric

LOL, that's funny. Asking Rich if he's going to the Wren open house is like asking a carnivore if he's going to a vegan convention. Good ol' Rich chooses Jet Central (if you couldn't tell from his signature block) so the only way that he'd go to a Wren open house is if they were handing out Cheetah parts as door prizes.

Jim

I was just teasing...

Hey Jim, I just got home from my 6 hour drive from NJ (Easter Dinner at the relatives) and read your post.... I should have went to the bathroom first because I may have just wet myself

Eric, I have to give you a big thanks for this!
I wish I would have though of that before removing the "G"... although I don't think I need training for grafting airframes together

In post #334, where did you get those air connectors?

And are they reliable?

Todd has them

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Alan

Thanks I've been using these... no leaks yet... but obviously they take more time to connect/disconnect...

http://dreamworksrc.com/catalog/prod...roducts_id=799

Yes they work very well, i like the convenience of the quick disconnects in conjunction with the MPX connectors.



Alan

Disclaimer: I'm a SM L-39 guy lurking this thread

That done, I noticed Ali mentioned, way back in post #2, about fastening the cockpit tubs to the canopy. I'm wanting to do this with my L-39 canopy and cockpit tubs, making it one removable unit. I've been scratching my head over the best way to do this. I'd initially thought about using Hysol to glue the tubs on, but that seems too permanent. I've since been trying to figure out a way to make it possible to disassemble the tubs from the cockpit if the need arises.

If anyone has done this and can shed some light on the way they made the cockpit and canopies one unit, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks,
Randy

Silicon(like the one used in bathrooms) works very well, didn't do it on my big VJ but used it on my Eurosport with good results.

You can see some if it here on the bottom around the edges.