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As anyone that was either at our flying day last Wednesday or have viewed the day’s videos will know, I pushed Pink Panther way past its flight envelope and managed to snap one of the wings off.
This resulted in a heavy contact with Terra Firma and to add insult to injury the poor little pink thing ended up impaled on a fence picket that was laying on the ground. (see Kermits video from Wednesday).
The result
Given that it was almost impossible to just remove the damaged front module #1 due to internal fittings etc all glued together, I opted to reprint module #1 & #2 and cut the fuselage further back.
New module 1 & 2
New front sections primed & glued into place
Now to repaint the front to match & reinstall the electrics and the fuselage repair is finished. Then time to reprint the damaged wing (5 sections + ailerons)
Another fine video production Mr Kermit, definitely worth the wait.
Your problem with posting probably relates to the fact that the file is around 4 1/2 minutes longer than the actual video. YT doesn’t like blank video.
Thanks Chris, if I repair the Cub I will fit a CF spar in the wing and fit struts (similar to the Wolf glider). I know the Cub is light weight but personally I think it’s too flimsy if you start to push it a bit.
The Wolf glider weighs in at 620gm but feels far stronger with the dual CF wing spars & struts. I think I have some 8 x 4 & 7 x 4 props so I’ll give them a try. I think I’ll get rid of the 3D printed spinner (doesn’t balance well) and just print a nosecone to come up behind the prop as I did with the Bumblebee. The spinner looks good but creates a lot of vibration once you power up a bit.
Now you have planes of your own I guess we’ll start to see some new flight videos soon ?
No new President as Ian was elected (according to him) President for Life & Beyond so we’ll just leave it that way.
Yes Gerald, not too bad for the second week of winter, if this keeps up we could be flying right through till spring.
Another fine video production from Tas RC, thanks.
Thanks Ron, I am pretty happy with it the way it came out. If it flies OK I’ll print the cockpit hatch again as that came out a bit rough first time round. I’m also trying a thinwall print using std PLA for the spinner as the original is quite heavy and if it prints lighter it may correct the COG.
Finally finished, fitted out, tuned & ready to fly.
Build Specs
I’ve fitted an 1100KV Bixler 2 motor (because I had several), with an 8×6 prop drawing 16A WOT and producing 177W
I’ve also tried a 7×6 prop which drops the current to 11A WOT and produces 126W. Just a matter to see which flies best!!
It is very slightly nose heavy (around 1-2mm forward of recommended) which should be good for its maiden flight.
All up weight 620g (including 1300mAh 70C 3S LiPo flight battery) which according to the Build specs is 20g overweight for LW-PLA but they use a 1000mAh LiPo battery. Probably means the stall speed will go up to around 25-26 kph.
Hopefully Maiden will happen on Wednesday 14/06/2023
All 3 servos (no Rudder) have been installed & the wing & support Spars glued into place.
Radio & basic stabiliser have been programmed & tested and are also ready to install.
Just need to get all the electronics mounted in the fuse & add the stripes to the main wing & she should be ready to maiden on Monday (weather permitting)
Just as well I double checked the date, thought it was this week. Hopefully the weather will be on the improve by 8th July.
Now that the “Pink Panther” is ready to take to the skies I have moved back to the Wolf build.
Motor has been installed along with the nose skid plate.
Also got the main wing & ailerons printed out & found some 1/4″ CF rod for the wing reinforcement. Have printed the servo cover plates, wing braces & elevator servo mount so that should now be all the printing completed although I may re print the servo covers in red & perhaps redo the hatch cover as its a tad rough.
Hopefully will get the wing glued together & painted with clear acrylic today ready to install the servos.
Looking just like a bought one.
Don’t forget to check the COG this time!!.
I got the “Pink Panther” completed yesterday so she is ready to maiden next flying day as well.
It’s already been crash tested, Pyro knocked it off the table with his tail and it broke the engine mount, luckily it was easily fixed.
