Post by exrafbod on Mar 26, 2005 21:13:46 GMT -7
I have waited eons to be able to say this so bear with me....
Neeeeeeah.....whassup doc?
Thank you for your kind comments. I should take a moment and re-photograph the kite now as I have applied a little bit of trim to the wing roots and re-attached the canopy with midnight blue tape.
The reasons I decided to go with the OS LA 46 were threefold. First the OS Max S35 I have would have landed me in a little bit of a power margin I was not disposed to accept. For much the same reason I did not know what the final outcome weight would be and the best of my Fox 35s is somewhat limited in pulling power.
I did see a clubmembers similarly engined model with OS LA 46 perform very well on moderate throttle setting and that in itself convinced me to go the same route.
We will see what remains in the 4oz Sullivan Soft Tank after a run or two. I anticipate that there should be fuel to spare.
Overall... my idea was to correct some of the known problems from stock and, by shortening the nose about 1/2 an inch, reduce the tail moment/lead weight issue as well. I don't know how my shortnosed version compares to dry weight in stock aeroplanes as yet. Perhaps others will post theirs model weights here afterwards.
It annoyed me that the finish was so bad and once on the path to cleaning that up I thought "why stop here - let's fix it". The original intention was to prevent the control linkages separating in flight by some preventative medicine.
I would have much preferred not to have expended the time and energy on fixing what was supposed to have been 'a stock item' but the outcome is that at least this documentation may become usefull to others embarking on a similar venture.
We still have a surfeit of white precipitation in partially frozen state lying around and I am not disposed at this juncture to equipping my aeroplane with skis for its first flight.
Neeeeeeah.....whassup doc?
Thank you for your kind comments. I should take a moment and re-photograph the kite now as I have applied a little bit of trim to the wing roots and re-attached the canopy with midnight blue tape.
The reasons I decided to go with the OS LA 46 were threefold. First the OS Max S35 I have would have landed me in a little bit of a power margin I was not disposed to accept. For much the same reason I did not know what the final outcome weight would be and the best of my Fox 35s is somewhat limited in pulling power.
I did see a clubmembers similarly engined model with OS LA 46 perform very well on moderate throttle setting and that in itself convinced me to go the same route.
We will see what remains in the 4oz Sullivan Soft Tank after a run or two. I anticipate that there should be fuel to spare.
Overall... my idea was to correct some of the known problems from stock and, by shortening the nose about 1/2 an inch, reduce the tail moment/lead weight issue as well. I don't know how my shortnosed version compares to dry weight in stock aeroplanes as yet. Perhaps others will post theirs model weights here afterwards.
It annoyed me that the finish was so bad and once on the path to cleaning that up I thought "why stop here - let's fix it". The original intention was to prevent the control linkages separating in flight by some preventative medicine.
I would have much preferred not to have expended the time and energy on fixing what was supposed to have been 'a stock item' but the outcome is that at least this documentation may become usefull to others embarking on a similar venture.
We still have a surfeit of white precipitation in partially frozen state lying around and I am not disposed at this juncture to equipping my aeroplane with skis for its first flight.
