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[Mooshu_Beef]

OK guys, so this is my current project: The Wild Hawk!

I got this used. Since I've gotten it I've cut out the ailerons, stiffened the fuse, put on a brushless motor, replaced the servos for rudder and elevator, changed the rudder control to a carbon rod and servo-ed up the ailerons

I am going to put a keychain cam to record the flights.








Cover over the servos.


Velcro inbetween the wings so they don't rip apart in the sky

Maiden tomorrow! Hopefully

This post has been edited by Mooshu_Beef: Mar 5 2010, 11:28 PM

[Mooshu_Beef]

Thanks Barat, I'll do that eventually

So I took out the wooden dowel that was the motor mount... That thing was 1/2 an oz and I replaced it with a piece of wooden ruler that doesn't register on my crude spring scale. This allowed me to also move the motor forward slightly and now I don't have to counterbalance to get the right CG.



Originally with that wooden dowel motor mount the plane needed 2 oz of counterweight on the nose to get the CG just past the midway point on the spar. Now with these small adjustments the CG is right at the midway point of the spar.



It's a little crude, I know. It is decently strong though, surprisingly.

I look to fly this again this week after the rain passes. Hopefully this time I remember to turn on the camera on the nose of the plane