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« Reply #30 on: November 11, 2012, 23:56:04 PM »
The release in its place!


Nose glued on.


Dashboard almost ready.
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« Reply #31 on: November 12, 2012, 09:28:49 AM »
Looking really good Selleri!  :clap:  :clap:
Sorry for the late reply, busy week (on Call  :!: ), but for the throws, I am a very bad example as I always put the maximum allowed, just some expo and I do the rest  :D
I think I have noted what I had on mine, I'll find it and come back to you  :D
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« Reply #32 on: November 12, 2012, 14:04:04 PM »
Thanks Fred and no problem. Do you remember how much weight was needed in the nose?
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« Reply #33 on: November 12, 2012, 18:04:41 PM »
On top of my Head, around 800grs.
AUW of the glider was about 7Kgs. Way too light!
If you fly at the slope, another kilo would be nice!
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« Reply #34 on: November 12, 2012, 18:07:28 PM »
And here I was thinking 2 kg!   :D

Hmmm, extra weight you say...   :?:
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« Reply #35 on: November 12, 2012, 18:15:53 PM »
Well, you might need a kilo, as you have the servos in the tail (mine were in the front, under the pilot's seat).

Personnaly, I don't like gliders that are too light, especially at the slope.
If you look at the video of the first flight, it's not very pretty, as it was a bit windy and the glider is all over the place in the turbulences! And impossible to land as it kept floating around!

That was much better with another kilo, but if you mainly do aerotowing, that's another story, but might be good to keep a ballast option for those windy days.  :D
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« Reply #36 on: November 12, 2012, 23:42:12 PM »
Nose job.


Messy!


Spoiler...


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/v/zY-TU1NBU1k[/youtube]
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« Reply #37 on: November 14, 2012, 01:48:50 AM »
Tow release setup.


Spoiler innards.


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/v/Kl-br_2OdNM[/youtube]
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« Reply #38 on: November 15, 2012, 01:55:31 AM »
Lot of little stuff being worked on, also stiffened the ailerons.
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« Reply #39 on: November 15, 2012, 08:03:50 AM »
Nice!  :clap:

Take your time to finish it, I kind of like my daily morning update on your build!  :clap:  :D
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« Reply #40 on: November 15, 2012, 13:25:41 PM »
Thanks, will do, I'm afraid the updates will start to slow down as I'm getting to the time consuming not showing much progress parts, lol.
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« Reply #41 on: November 16, 2012, 01:14:22 AM »
You could also just send me some more of your kits...    :wink:




Now for the fun, canopy making!

Annealed the brass tubes.




No I'm not Superman! Those tubes are cooling down after being annealed. I'm silver soldering two parts that will become part of the locking mechanism so they wont fall apart when I solder the rest of the frame.


Then they where bent according to the drawings and held in place.


Where possible I inserted a bit of metal into the joins.


Voila, ready for the next step, cheated a bit at the backside and used one tube instead of three seperate ones but I'm sure no one will find out!   :roll:
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« Reply #42 on: November 17, 2012, 01:01:08 AM »
Spent some time today on the locking mechanism.


Voila, though I can't glue it in just yet.
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« Reply #43 on: November 18, 2012, 03:12:55 AM »
Amazing what some primer does to the overall look!
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« Reply #44 on: November 18, 2012, 11:05:46 AM »
Looking very neat!!  :clap:  :clap:
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