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Had lots of time flying this weekend but am not gonna fly the mig until the servos get replaced which I plan to get started on this evening...Check me out on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/user/gooniac33
I am an RC addict and innovator that loves to share my knowledge with those that need help. Ask me anything via PM if you need help! Check out my Website here https://www.gooniac33.me/
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Originally posted by John Bergsmith View Post
What servos are you going to install?Check me out on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/user/gooniac33
I am an RC addict and innovator that loves to share my knowledge with those that need help. Ask me anything via PM if you need help! Check out my Website here https://www.gooniac33.me/
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Marc flies FW & FL: AL37, MiG-29, T45,F4, A4, A10, F104 70 and 90, P38, Dauntless SBD, Corsair, B17, B24, B26 & P61, Lipp.P19, ME262, Komets, Vampire, SeaVixen, FMS Tigercat, FOX Glider & Radian XL.
Rabid Models foamies, including my 8' B17 & 9' B36... and my Mud Ducks! www.rabidmodels.com
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Four flights on ours today! Nice flyer.
Maxxed out the right trim on the roll axis on the maiden and she was still trying to roll to the left a little? Upon landing, examination revealed that the trailing edge of the left wing is higher then that of the right wing, when viewed from the rear ... studying both of them from the fuselage out to the ailerons. Not sure if it is the way that the wings index into their saddles in the fuselage or the wing(s) is/are warped? For now, used subtrim to get the ailerons set to where she will fly hands off.
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Originally posted by Bajora View PostMaxxed out the right trim on the roll axis on the maiden and she was still trying to roll to the left a little?
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Originally posted by Bajora View PostFour flights on ours today! Nice flyer.
Maxxed out the right trim on the roll axis on the maiden and she was still trying to roll to the left a little? Upon landing, examination revealed that the trailing edge of the left wing is higher then that of the right wing, when viewed from the rear ... studying both of them from the fuselage out to the ailerons. Not sure if it is the way that the wings index into their saddles in the fuselage or the wing(s) is/are warped? For now, used subtrim to get the ailerons set to where she will fly hands off.
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Originally posted by Bajora View PostFour flights on ours today! Nice flyer.
Maxxed out the right trim on the roll axis on the maiden and she was still trying to roll to the left a little? Upon landing, examination revealed that the trailing edge of the left wing is higher then that of the right wing, when viewed from the rear ... studying both of them from the fuselage out to the ailerons. Not sure if it is the way that the wings index into their saddles in the fuselage or the wing(s) is/are warped? For now, used subtrim to get the ailerons set to where she will fly hands off.
Check me out on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/user/gooniac33
I am an RC addict and innovator that loves to share my knowledge with those that need help. Ask me anything via PM if you need help! Check out my Website here https://www.gooniac33.me/
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Hey guys, I had a couple of nice flights today with my MIG at a warbird meet. On the last flight I made a dumb mistake on the landing and bounced it. The "dreaded pogo bounce". It sprung into the air and wallowed nose-high - almost stopped and was going to drop out the air but I gave it full throttle and just managed not to crash - it was just enough to prevent a stall and the second "touch" was pretty hard as well, it slammed in pretty good. There was no structural damage but after inspection, I found one of the main gear doors had broken off the mount (so I am printing a new set of doors) and I found some pretty nasty damage on the nose gear retract unit. It had been forced backwards by the impact and broke the mount. The retract unit itself was undamaged. (wish we could get metal-case retracts for the FW Corsair!)
If you look at your plane, you'll see that the nose retract unit is held onto four plastic posts by 4 metal screws. The force of the "landing" actually bent two of the screws, stripped another out, and broke one of the plastic posts off. Also, it bent the aluminum mount that the little steering servo is attached to. (HK offers a replacement steering servo mount in the spare parts list, I wonder why). I took the nose gear out, straightened the servo mount, epoxied the plastic post, and replaced the two bent screws. I used some Foam-tac on the threads to help with the stripped plastic. Then I did this neat trick, which I learned was useful on the FW A4 Skyhawk nose gear. I drilled some small holes and installed two small zip-ties like you can see in this picture. This secures the retract to the floor and prevents the gear from bending backwards in a hard landing (which I hope not to repeat)!!
This is a very easy mod which will help avoid breaking the plastic nose gear mount.
Here are two pics to show my work. I removed the nose gear doors to make it a bit easier to work in there.
If you look closely hear you can see the epoxy under the front right screw, and you can see the back left screw looks different. I was amazed that the original screws were actually bent!
Marc flies FW & FL: AL37, MiG-29, T45,F4, A4, A10, F104 70 and 90, P38, Dauntless SBD, Corsair, B17, B24, B26 & P61, Lipp.P19, ME262, Komets, Vampire, SeaVixen, FMS Tigercat, FOX Glider & Radian XL.
Rabid Models foamies, including my 8' B17 & 9' B36... and my Mud Ducks! www.rabidmodels.com
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