Hangar45 MFC http://www.hangar45mfc.org RC Model Flying Club Tue, 20 Dec 2011 08:28:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Model Flying Ireland http://www.hangar45mfc.org/2011/03/04/model-flying-ireland/ http://www.hangar45mfc.org/2011/03/04/model-flying-ireland/#comments Fri, 04 Mar 2011 09:01:37 +0000 John Allen http://www.hangar45mfc.org/?p=251 I’ve created a bulletin board for Model Flying in Ireland, similar to modelflying.co.uk, rcgroups, rcuniverse, etc….

Click Model Flying Ireland to view/join.

]]> http://www.hangar45mfc.org/2011/03/04/model-flying-ireland/feed/ 0 Blackhorse blade repair nearly complete http://www.hangar45mfc.org/2011/02/09/blackhorse-blade-repair-nearly-complete/ http://www.hangar45mfc.org/2011/02/09/blackhorse-blade-repair-nearly-complete/#comments Wed, 09 Feb 2011 21:21:58 +0000 John Allen http://www.hangar45mfc.org/2011/02/09/blackhorse-blade-repair-nearly-complete/ Undercarriage back on, wing retaining bolt area rebuilt/strengthened, underside of the wings fixed. Just some covering and she’ll be finished.

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Then just patch up the wings, and up, up and away :)

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I’ve put the ASP .91fs up front, and had to put the fairly heavy 3300mah 6V batttery behind the throttle servo to get the CG at 5″ or so. I thought as a result the model would come out overweight, but its tipping the scales at 5 1/2lbs, so lighter than both the reviews linked to from greatplanes.com.

Update: Final weight is 6 1/4lbs, still quite happy with that.

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I didn’t make the best job of the cowl, but its not bad for my first GF jobby.

The ASP .61FS is a bit long, and due to the rear mounted carb, it cannot be positioned far enough back for the spinner backplate to line up with the cowl, so there is a bit of a gap :(

I added two mounting blocks onto the firewall for the cowl, and reduced the gap to the spinner, much happier with it now. Just waiting for 13×6 props to be delivered. Gonna try maiden with 11×6, as props will probably not arrive before weekend.

Update: Maiden postponed due to bad weather :( (13×6 props have arrived :) )

Here is a video of an electric powered Blade from www.rcpilot-online.com

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After a serious amount of retrimming, I got her flying mostly straight and level, but the occasional unprovoked dive was perplexing me until after I landed and it became apparent that the lead weight in the tail had worked itself loose, and was flapping around the fuselage. Other than that she was flying great, and really is a blast, and fabulous value.

On coming in to land on my 4th flight I clipped the electric fence protecting the runway, and snapped the fuselage just in front of the horizontal stabliser, should be an easy repair though, and she will fly again, and I might even be able to get rid of the warp in the aileron.

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She flew well, and despite moving the CG back, still required a heap of up elevator to fly level. The Extreme is rather more exciting than the Calmato (I still love it btw), and has a much lower approach speed for landing. I still managed to land a couple of feet short of the runway (this is becoming a bit of a habit), but no damage was caused.

I may bring her up the next time :)

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