Wanted an agile aerobatic/3D/funfly and the twist suited   . Though the canopy, lower wing cover and painting is still unfinished, maidened today and liked it  


Here are some pics and the maiden video. Will update with more pics once the canopy/paintscheme is done with. Pasted some vinyl for orientation purpose and it helped. Will soon be changed to a different paint scheme.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTVwwv9jsoM&feature=youtu.be

  neat build, have you followed any plan for this? looking forward to see the finished model after adding color scheme.....

Few days ago I was going through a thread where I saw a method of moulding coro to a curved shape for using in canopy. The modeller there used a heat gun and at high temperature and applied heat on the underside of the coro sheet to form a curved shape for canopy.

What you are planning to use as canopy?

Thanks Amit As usual 2L Soda/Cola bottle   Mean time, I am looking for a good cheap heatgun so that I could mold plastic. Sandwiched depron is another option but wont be transparent. I want to try to make it as scale as possible. Even the color scheme selected is from the real one (Green/Blue).

Here is another video of it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niUAECoi-0A&feature=BFa&list=UUmmiZyCcnF9rorZ7Ek16meg

Edit : Amit, if you dont mind, could you please post the link of that coro molding here or pm me? Would like to know more about it as it could come handy some day

forgot to answer your question: I followed the balsa plan by waldo on RCG (tweplica) as a guideline and used the VSF method of forsty (spadworld) to speed up the build. Wing was piece of cake but the fuse took some time to complete as I was very careful to keep the weight to a minimum.

I am trying to find that link in my browser history but didnt succeeded yet. Will post the link if I find it. The method as I can recall was simple. Took a piece of 4mm coro and creased the inner flutes, placed this coro sheet over a round object like a pipe and then applied heat on the creased flutes. When the coro sheet came to normal temperature the creased flutes have already taken the rounded shape.

Looks like you have used 4mm coro for fuse and 2mm for wings, what you have used for wing spar.

I used 4mm for fuse, 2mm wing-skin and 6mm spar re-enforced in the middle. And for tail, vertical is 4mm and 6mm horizontal stabs. No pvc pipes or other materials used other than bamboo skewers (a technique I improvised for adding strength while reducing weight)

Some build pics.

nice build buddy! keep it up..could you post a pic of the motor mounting area.? post specs. what electronics used?

Thanks snehal, will post soon. The setup is: Its just a flat piece of lite ply epoxied to the fuse side walls.

Motor: Turnigy G46 670kv
Esc    : Plush 60A
Battery: Turnigy 4S 3000 20C
Prop:     12x8 Master Airscrew
Servos: Std.

Not from the same build, but from the edge540 build. But it will give you an exact view of how I do my motor mounts. This simple mounting method (dont know whether it could be called a method at all )has proven reliable from small to .60 size electric builds for me while reducing the complexity and weight.

very nice build.

Electronics are heavy. What are weight specs?? Do you think that mounting technique will provide enough support ??.Mine one vibrated like hell.

Thanks Manu

snehal, all my SPADs are electric and I have been using this method from foamies to .60 size electrics. Never had a problem. Prop balance could be the problem. And about weight, AUW was 4 pounds 8oz. But later I had to add few more oz of dead weight to balance. Its about 4# 12oz now. And by the way, the real thing ( H9's twist .40) weighs 5#4 oz with minimum setup! Mine floats a lot better due to the weight reduction.

Couldn't do it the way I wanted. Anyhow, I put some paint on her. Still to paint the fuse, some final touch-ups and the canopy. Had couple of flights today and enjoyed.

Beautifull colour scheme..n nice built.. Do justice to the model..

also, have a look a this

http://www.rcindia.org/rc-maneuvers-and-skills/3d-tutorials-for-realflight-g4-and-higher-versions/msg108988/#msg108988

Thank you shadman_alam

Sam me boy, that looks like a store bought ARF! 

Beautiful build, curious to know how you plan to make the cockpit canopy.

Thanks a lot for your kind words VC

It was built per a balsa plan (valdo's tweplica) with a single bolt-on wing. Came out liter than the original and very fun to fly. Will be uploading some more flight videos soon. Still tweaking this bird for the best CoG and rates. And about the canopy tried soda/cola bottles but the shape wont match ( it matched perfect on my edge though). Now, i am considering foam.

Suggestions are most welcome

Congratulations on the new model! so is the spar just a strip of 6mm coro, flutes span wise? Saw a similar spar on one of sbajare's build; need to get me some 6mm coro now.

Thanks SunLikeStar , The spar is 6mm but sandwiched in the middle criss-cross for additional strength. 4mm would do but I had some 6mm lying around. With the 2mm skin, the wing is feather lite and cant hold it in your hand if there is a slightly heavy wind. The best part is the single bolt-on , no more struggling with the rubber-bands it takes less than a minute to get the plane flight ready!

Last day's video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QilAfccPEo&list=UUmmiZyCcnF9rorZ7Ek16meg&index=1&feature=plcp

Wonderful build!.. very nice flying too..

Quote from: izmile on July 14, 2012, 05:51:46 PM
Wonderful build!.. very nice flying too..

Thanks a lot Izmile  believe it or not, your kind words to me is like a medal of honor 

Quote from: samlikespad on July 14, 2012, 07:21:53 PM
Thanks a lot Izmile  believe it or not, your kind words to me is like a medal of honor 

The pleasure is mine... 

BTW, Is you tail feather sturdy enough to sustain high speed dives? By the looks of the surface area it may flutter at windy/high speed dives. I preferred to use braces for the tail feathers to avoid flutter. If at all you want to make this bird slightly tail heavy (most 3d planes are tail heavy anyway) think about adding tail braces. I am sure with you flying skills you would enjoy this bird slightly tail heavy.

-Ismail