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GURU? You definitely have me confused with others, including Elbee. I'm more of a fraudulent snake oil salesman. :partying_face: Give me some cans of spray paint and florescent colors and I'm happy as a pig in :poop:Leave a comment:
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Aros! Looks awesome!! Really well done!
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Only 1. And only 1. Person. U me or anyone else needs to please is yourself..... And if U can please hugh along the way all the better 🙏. Cause he is the guru
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She’s finished. Man a lot of labor goes into these repaints that we do. I am pleased with the results overall. From a distance she looks amazing. Inches away, well….
As long as Hugh Wiedman thinks it looks
good then I know all the hours of labor was worth it.
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05-17-2025 Maiden plus (5) flights today. Flying via SMC 6s 90c 5900mAh LiHv 4.35v fully charged batteries, no armament packages mounted at 50-60% throttle tracking active throttle time only gave me 7:38min duration with full taxi and two touch-n-go's landing at or near 3.85v per cell.
Holy freakin smokes what a sweet EDF. It's the SMC LiHv 90c 5900mAh batteries....and the aircraft flies excellent....lands super easy on grass field.
Highly recommend this bird and the SMC LiHv batteries
I did notice the aircraft took awhile to rotate...perhaps because I was still in 90% power during roll out....later flights "I Think" backing off the throttle just a tick gave me a "better" rotation. GSWAM is a grass field.....no issues with taxi, take off, landing, steering. The power plant is very strong.
Photo from Tuesday 05-13-25
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Ah yes, I am reminded of the beautiful job you did on yours! Would be a ball to fly ours together someday.
Aros you must do the A10 in the Arctic, yours was the inspiration for me to do mine in the Arctic. Tremendous visibility and a crowd favorite. Install the Dirty Dee cockpit if you can and a Jet Hangar Hobby Full Body Pilot fits nicely.
When Callie sent my graphics, one side of the Arctic Thunder on the Alaska state was backwards, a mirror image. Took me a while to figure it out and she missed it as well. It was my Cuban born Mother-in-law who caught it first. And she barely speaks english. Must've been on her citizenship exam 🤣 cause I probably wouldn't pass.
Assume Callie's corrected it.
Can you tell which is correct? (worth 10 MRC points):
Below is my A10, next to a 1/5 scale A10 Jolly Rodgers twin turbine. I easily kept up with him and of course mine is far superior. :lying_face:
Your cockpit looks fantastic!
Well now I will be curious to see if her decal set still comes with the one backwards decal. Doh!!
Rivets are finally done. Whew!! Just waiting on the decals and then slapping on a couple coats of polyurethane and she’s ready for the flight line.Attached FilesLeave a comment:
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Aros you must do the A10 in the Arctic, yours was the inspiration for me to do mine in the Arctic. Tremendous visibility and a crowd favorite. Install the Dirty Dee cockpit if you can and a Jet Hangar Hobby Full Body Pilot fits nicely.
When Callie sent my graphics, one side of the Arctic Thunder on the Alaska state was backwards, a mirror image. Took me a while to figure it out and she missed it as well. It was my Cuban born Mother-in-law who caught it first. And she barely speaks english. Must've been on her citizenship exam 🤣 cause I probably wouldn't pass. Assume Callie's corrected it.
Can you tell which is correct? (worth 10 MRC points):
Below is my A10, next to a 1/5 scale A10 Jolly Rodgers twin turbine. I easily kept up with him and of course mine is far superior. :lying_face:
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Been working on converting mine to the Arctic Camo livery like I did for my V1. I forgot what a royal pain in the rear it is to do! It's coming along...
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I’m going to disconnect the steering servo from getting any gyro inputs and connect it directly lto the nose steering port on the control board. I will report the results of this experiment.
Sunrise flying the SR-71 in the morning (calm forecast), so maybe I’ll have time to change the A-10 set-up tomorrow afternoon.
-GG
Update: Very light sunrise wind. Flew SR-71 for 5 flights. FUN! Will take A-10 out this evening for more FUN!Leave a comment:
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Ah thanks for that clarification Viper, I'll stick with Assan thenLeave a comment:
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I have completed my maiden plus one more flight. This A-10 flies better than the V1 and with much more power. I'll still need a couple more flights to fine tune the rates and expo to make the plane fly more smoothly.
As for the steering gyro, I feel it is not as sophisticated as the Assan stand alone. One big detriment is that it works even when the gear is up. The Assan (and others) turns off the gyro AND rudder stick inputs when gear is retracted. I prefer this over the steering servo working away all the time. What Hugh said holds true. So far, the steering gyro in the stock set up works perfectly for holding a straight line on the ground. Should it "glitch" as with GG after many flights, I will install the Assan. I also discovered that "auto level" on the stock gyro does NOT appear to work even though I turned it ON (or so I thought, at least according to the indicator light). I'm using a Lemon 10-ch stabilized RX with its gyro NOT activated. Should the stock gyro also present with issues, it's easy enough to remove it and activate the Lemon gyro. I find the Lemon gain numbers to make more sense to me.Leave a comment:
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The nose wheel gyro returns to center one or two seconds after responding to a correction with no other control input. I think that is long enough to turn final without rudder and touch down.
this is the case with an Assan nose gyro. If the Spek doesn't do that then that is not ideal.Leave a comment:
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