54" F4D-1 Skyray

[Kloverzero]

Last nights progress, the duct is finally almost finished!!

I will be ordering the retracts tomorrow (A-4 rotating mains). I hope to have the rest of the lower fuselage structure complete before they arrive, so I can start concentrating on the electronics installation.











More to come!!

[Kloverzero]

And got some more done last night, switched ends of the plane though!!

At this point, I do not know if I am going to put the retracts in it or not. I made a stick that symbolized the size of the mains for the A-4 and they are kinda too big. I am thinking about just engineering some grips into the belly, and hand launching.While this is a scary prospect for a scratch built, and otherwise unproven model, I am hoping it will be okay. It will also significantly cut the all up weight down

[Kloverzero]

Been kinda busy around here, so I haven't gotten a whole lot done, but except for the first bay, I have all of the lower fuselage structure done. Just need to be sanded now,

[Kloverzero]

Well well, been quite a while since there was anything new to report on this fine lady, but there is now!! A lot of things and projects have kept this one on the shelf for a while, but she is stoked up and moving forward again!! I decided against the A-4 retracts. They were very deep, heavy, and there was no good way to have them retract into the scale position without some serious work. I opted for a set of Turnigy retracts that I have had in my bin for quite some time that have never been mounted on anything. I have them retracting into the wing (sorry for you ultra scale buffs out there), so while they are not scale, at least it does have landing gear, and I do not have to attempt a hand launch of an unproven design on a maiden flight!! So, with those in, and the servos mounted for the elevons, all the wires run, duct work completed, and everything tested thrice, I have started sheeting the bottom of the plane!! I have to run some shaping ribs on the wing tonight before they can be sheeted, but I hope to be working on the nose section by next week!!

[RCjetdude]

Looking good Michael. Glad to see you've picked this back up.