RC.. great build... all the best for the flight...

Quote from: sujju on December 30, 2010, 10:08:36 PM
RC.. great build... all the best for the flight...

Thanks sujju.

I think i will complete the model by next weekend.

Yesterday i painted the model & today will start with the motor mount.



Few pics.

Here are few pics of the pylon mount.
Pylon mount is 6mm ply & base is 2mm lite ply.

Fantabulus Sarad! how you cut the shape so good? Looks real good. But be extra careful while putting the Motor base plate as upto 4-5 degree of shift may go unnoticed with naked eyes. Do lots of Dry fitting before gluing the base. Use some screws as well as I have a bad experience with similar mount.

Cant wait to see the plane get the skin!

Quote from: ujjwaana on January 03, 2011, 09:01:54 PM
Fantabulus Sarad! how you cut the shape so good? Looks real good. But be extra careful while putting the Motor base plate as upto 4-5 degree of shift may go unnoticed with naked eyes. Do lots of Dry fitting before gluing the base. Use some screws as well as I have a bad experience with similar mount.

Cant wait to see the plane get the skin!

Hey Thanks Ujjwal,
I hope this model is ready for maiden this weekend.

Sharad this is awesome..Superb professional work..

Whats the weight now ? Have you decided a motor for it ?

Beautiful man!!

Quote from: atul_pg on January 03, 2011, 09:09:01 PM
Sharad this is awesome..Superb professional work..

Whats the weight now ? Have you decided a motor for it ?

Thanks Medicineman & Atul,

It is little heavier then i thought, the fuselage weight is 310 grams & the wing is 210 grams. Tonight i am planning to cover the wing, i will put the exact weight once the model is ready.
I thing the total weight will be 1000 grams.

I have not decided for a motor yet.

The mount looks awesome. Is it going to be glued to the wing?

1kg is quite heavy for a glider.. I think it'll be slightly under that.. What was ur target AUW?

Quote from: SunLikeStar on January 03, 2011, 11:34:17 PM
The mount looks awesome. Is it going to be glued to the wing?

Thanks,

No, mount will be fixed on the wing with rubber band.

Quote from: medicineman1987 on January 04, 2011, 04:02:11 AM
1kg is quite heavy for a glider.. I think it'll be slightly under that.. What was ur target AUW?

My target was 900 grams with all the electronics, but i think it will 1kg now.

Gr8..Looks like factory built..

Quote from: medicineman1987 on January 04, 2011, 04:02:11 AM
1kg is quite heavy for a glider..

With a 60x8 inch wing, 1kg is pretty light IMO.

Cool work...
It will be a bad idea to fix the motor mount with ONLY rubber band. 1 kg as of now will require a lot of pusher power to work. a simple unbalanced prop or deviation in fixing the mount may leads to disaster to entire plane.
Sandeep

Quote from: SunLikeStar on January 04, 2011, 09:23:02 AM
With a 60x8 inch wing, 1kg is pretty light IMO.

Not if you wanna glide around forever with the motor switched off.. My plane is 60x8" and around 1000gms (dont know the exact weight) and I still find it too heavy to glide properly.. But then again i'm new at flying so it may be my fault My friend comes to the field with his Multiplex Easyglider and stays up forever with the motor switched off.. Man that thing can glide!

Thanks xxkrishxx, SunLikeStar, sandeepm &
medicineman1987.   

Sandeep thanks for the suggestion, but my friend has the same model & weighs 970 grams & he flys with the same type of mount using rubber band. If you look at the post  #61 picture, i have just put 2 rubberband each side, that is just to show how the mount will sit on the wing, but i will use more rubber band.


Thanks   

1Kg is too heavy even for a glider. But regarding the motor mount, you should test for in-flight shifting of the mount from any vibrations with the motor running. You don't want thrust direction changing or shifting in-flight! Even for the motor mount could lighten it by cutting out sections. Frankly, for the motor mount a skeleton about 10mm wide should be  more than sufficient.

Thanks tg.

I will do the test.

Finished the hatch & also made a small seat for pilot from waste balsa.

Few pics attached.

More pics

Nice man! N the seat looks cool..

RC, You have a nice and stable hand on balsa carving 
put a pilot figure also on the seat....

oye!!!
not rubberband.. u have to fix the mount using valve tube...