Rebuild of the MilkCrate Express

[Predator]

Quite some time ago Ross (aka “Sheep Shagger”, “Bad Angel”,”MilkCrate” gifted me the remains of his rather badly damaged twin engined Sky Mule to see if I could rebuild it.

Well after far too many hours gluing, patching, manufacturing etc etc, the Sky Mule (now renamed “MilkCrate Express” ) is finally ready to fly again.

Along with all the repairs I have fitted a SpeedyBee F405 Wing mini flight controller, a long range ELRS receiver & set it all up to the Jumper T16 Plus transmitter.

I am just installing Vortex generators (14 of them) along the leading edge of the main wing to hopefully negate its (according to Ross) tendency to tip stall at the slightest provocation.

I guess only the next flight will tell, one way or the other.

Hope to test fly it on this coming Friday with a new 4S 3400mah 60C LiPo installed so I really don’t want anything to go wrong & damage the battery.

[GG]

Good repair job Mike. Unfortunately I won’t be able to see it fly on Friday.

[Hoppy]

If tip stalling move CG forward, fly with less weight and check there is washout at wing tips.

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