Just as impressive as your MiG, piloti modele ! I like the pitot details and wipers. Are those 3D printed, or did you create them from small pieces of plastic?
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Urrrl, great video, love all the effects you added. Lots of fun watching!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.
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Rebuilding my AL-37 from a battery connector failure. Had to replace the fuselage. I tried spackle on the fuselage seam last time and it didn’t work out too well because I noticed small cracks in it. The provided tape doesn’t look too good either. Anyone have any tips to share on how they addressed the seam? I’m thinking of doing an American Airlines silver bird version. Silver is notorious for showing poor workmanship.
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Originally posted by vduniec View PostRebuilding my AL-37 from a battery connector failure. Had to replace the fuselage. I tried spackle on the fuselage seam last time and it didn’t work out too well because I noticed small cracks in it. The provided tape doesn’t look too good either. Anyone have any tips to share on how they addressed the seam? I’m thinking of doing an American Airlines silver bird version. Silver is notorious for showing poor workmanship.
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I put on that stupid tape. Couldn't get it on straight all the way around and ended up with creases in it. I guess when it's in the air, nobody can see it anyway. If I were to do it again, I'd leave it off, too. Maybe get some matching paint and paint the seam. I'd also do a "Harlequin" scheme. Remember the old VW Rabbit? It had a different color on every panel.
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Originally posted by xviper View PostI put on that stupid tape. Couldn't get it on straight all the way around and ended up with creases in it. I guess when it's in the air, nobody can see it anyway. If I were to do it again, I'd leave it off, too. Maybe get some matching paint and paint the seam. I'd also do a "Harlequin" scheme. Remember the old VW Rabbit? It had a different color on every panel.
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Originally posted by xviper View PostI put on that stupid tape. Couldn't get it on straight all the way around and ended up with creases in it. I guess when it's in the air, nobody can see it anyway. If I were to do it again, I'd leave it off, too. Maybe get some matching paint and paint the seam. I'd also do a "Harlequin" scheme. Remember the old VW Rabbit? It had a different color on every panel.
Thanks for the tips all. Many more methods that I hadn't thought of to consider now.
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Just my opinion but you can only do so much with these foam planes. Hard to get rid of the foam look (gatoring). You could spend countless hours coating the surface and sanding to improve it but you just going to add weight.
I just gave the plane a light sanding and sprayed one coat of white and waited 3 days to mask and spray the blue. It looks good from 10ft and will look even better on low slow passes down the runway.
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Finished flight 6 on Saturday. this things flies really nicely, have to admit. Came in a little hot one landing and it bounced, not high, but it was about 2 feet off the ground and 25 ft before it settled down again, the fact that I still had about 1/3 throttle may have been a factor. lol Chopped the throttle during its bounce, kept the nose up as it settled and it responded beautifully.
The biggest complaint is the 3 min goes by sooooo fast. most times taxi in at the 3 1/2 - 4 min mark and between 18 and 30% battery remaining.
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Originally posted by Speedrick View PostHello,
is there a way to switch on the wing landing lights, without the need of extending the landing gear?
this would dramatically increase the effect when doing a fly by, without the requirement to extend the gear.
Regards,
Eric
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I didn't like the antennas that were flat and plastic so I 3D printed the antennas and also the broadband antenna. I also printed exhaust cones as well. If anybody is interested in the antennas and exhaust let me know, i will print them and post pictures so you can get an idea.1 Photo
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Originally posted by Speedrick View PostHello,
is there a way to switch on the wing landing lights, without the need of extending the landing gear?
this would dramatically increase the effect when doing a fly by, without the requirement to extend the gear.
Regards,
Eric
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Hello,
Getting ready to maiden mine.
just checked the CG, and find that the indicated CG, on top of the wing, is quite conservative....
Does everybody flies on this balance point, or do we move it further back?
My experience on the Avanti is that I could move it more than an inch backwards.
Curious to hear your feedback.
Regards,
Eric
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