[wingburner]

Originally Posted by TBrum

Motorbox got sealed off with Monokote this morning and front cowl baffle started!

I'll finish up the baffle tonight and do the BALANCE CHECK !!!

But no work this afternoon... On my way to FT for some flying with Mr Marcotte and the H____r Q____n !!!!

T

Nice...Can't wait till this evening.

What's the H______R Q____N got ready to fly??
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[scaleguy]

Originally Posted by wingburner

Nice...Can't wait till this evening.

What's the H______R Q____N got ready to fly??
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To the moon..............Jack!

Just the 30cc MSX-R. Trev did a little mixxing for knife edge and we were checking if enough cooling for the SYSSA. Unfortunately the DA120 install in the Edge is taking longer then I thought so it did not happen today.

[TBrum]

Originally Posted by TBrum

But no work this afternoon... On my way to FT for some flying with Mr Marcotte and the H____r Q____n !!!!

T

Awesome day flying today!!

Jack rung out the 40% Edge/DA170, Chris P beat on his heli (very impressive flying Chris!), Terry gave us a little smoke show, I beat on my 92" TopDawg Edge and Jim and I did a little mixing work on his 30cc MSXR!! - All in all, a great day

T

[TBrum]

Jack!!!

Jeeeem saved the day today!! He's kinda like a mobile hobby store!!

I told him about needing a checkvalve for the smoke system and he pulled one out!!!

Thanks Jeeeeeeeeeem!!!

[TBrum]

The front baffling is roughed in!!

Tomorrow AM, I'll clean it up a little and reinforce the joints of the baffle to the cowl halves with some CF cloth and 30-min epoxy!! The painter will do all the blending and shaping before painting

Between this baffling and the NACA ducts for the rear cylinders, those RedHeads should stay nice and cool

[TBrum]

Balance Check Complete!!!!

As per the first picture, the recommended CG is 1 5/8" forward of the center of the wingtube. I've found with the Extra's that a CG location between 1 1/4" to 1 1/2" rearward of the recommended location usually yeilds a plane very close to neutral.

The black marks on the wing-tips is the center of the wingtube. The plane balanced 1/4" ahead of this mark (so about 1 3/8" behind the recommended CG) with:
* 2 batteries in the tail with 1.4oz screwdriver to simulate a double switch
* 1 battery and SBUS Rx under the pilot

((And before Jeeem questions it, unlike the picture, I did balance it with a set of wheel pants!!))


Saaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeetttttttttttt

[wingburner]

Thanks Jim...

Trevor, the 112 should stay nice and cool with the baffle and naca ducts.

Wow, that balanced out extremely well.

Between the excellent weight numbers and now the balance...WOW!!!..Couldn't have turned out better.

[wingburner]

Let's splash a little paint on there and go fly!!

[TBrum]

Originally Posted by wingburner

Let's splash a little paint on there and go fly!!

10-4!!!!

I'll touch base with the painter on Tuesday and hopefully he'll be ready for the cowl/hatch on Wednesday (fingers crossed).

I've got another evening to install the radio gear and the fuse will be done!

I'll finish up a few odds and ends while it's off at paint, like hinge-gap sealing and crate building!!!!

T

[Tyler P]

Originally Posted by TBrum

Awesome day flying today!!

Jack rung out the 40% Edge/DA170, Chris P beat on his heli (very impressive flying Chris!), Terry gave us a little smoke show, I beat on my 92" TopDawg Edge and Jim and I did a little mixing work on his 30cc MSXR!! - All in all, a great day

T

Lol. I put a little beat down on my Slick...again! Forgot a wingbolt! That was interesting! My 50cc plane now has a new owner and I'm flying the Carden only, now!