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Official Roban 120mm A-10 Warthog V2 EDF Jet Thread
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Originally posted by PeterGRC View Post
Have you considered putty and paint so you can later take it apart if necessary, or another less permanent approach? Just thinking on that and wondering, so would like to hear your thoughts.
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Nice! Look forward to maiden video/report! Good luck!My YouTube RC videos:
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Originally posted by gravity tester View PostIs it just me, or does anyone else on this forum have a severe case of 'shop jealousy' from those photos? Ha ha.Warbird Charlie
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Definitely Shop Envy. My shop is basically a tiny workbench shoved in the corner of my garage. Sigh.My YouTube RC videos:
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Listen guys , I have an idea. Everybody that's flown this bird says it's really hard to rotate on takeoff because the mains are so far behind the CG. I'm thinking of getting Mitch at Down and locked to make me a longer nose strut, there's room, just haven't measured how much I can get away with yet. And slightly shortening the mains so it's not terribly noticable that they are a little further back in the pods than normal. It would give it a better angle of attack on takeoff and should help with the rotation problem. Any thoughts
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Ground stance (including nose AoA) is a concert with thrust line and other factors, but suffice to say I think increasing the nose AoA is more likely to help than hurt this model's rotation characteristics.Live Q&A every Tuesday and Friday at 9pm EST on my Twitch Livestream
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Originally posted by Alpha View PostGround stance (including nose AoA) is a concert with thrust line and other factors, but suffice to say I think increasing the nose AoA is more likely to help than hurt this model's rotation characteristics.
thanks alpha, I think it will help alot, have you ever seen the CARF A-4 Skyhawk take off. It actually has an actuator on the nose wheel that raises the angle of attack considerably. The model and the real aircraft have a pretty extreme nose down attitude sitting on it's gear, the real bird takes a loooong take off roll to rotate. The model was the same if not worse that is why Mitch at D&L came up with the whole nose wheel actuator deal, and if you look at all the A-10 foamies, they all have a slightly positive angle of attack sitting on their gear. The roban A 10 has a slightly nose down AOA which I believe is scale, but I'm trying to build a model that flies and handles as good as it's going to look. And those mains are waaay behind the CG. All opinions from anyone is appreciated
Adding a little edit here, I believe the A-4 was primarily used launched off Aircraft Carriers. It's not like anyone has a mini 100 ft aircraft carrier to launch their 1/4 scale A-4 Skyhawk off of to start with, I'm pretty sure the whole nose actuator thing is to maintain scale look and taxi, but if you google the vid of the CARF model taking off you can see how much they raise the nose after getting lined up for take off. And if you remember back to the old Byron A-4 the gear was no where near scale. It had a really high AOA. I know that there are other factors involved in the rotation performance but changing the AOA on this A-10 is the only way I can come up with to try to improve takeoff performance. If there's something anyone else can suggest I'm all ears
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Originally posted by jinkrat4791 View Post
My charger does for the most part. The question that I'm asking is does it need to be stored a certain voltage and if so what is that voltage. Thanks
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