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  1. 3Dchief

    Wanted DEAD or ALIVE....

    In my plane room in the basement, there is a chest high narrow ledge where the foundation meets the wall. I have wings propped up against the wall there. The cat could easily jump up there, but decided it would rather climb my newly covered wing for my Primo 60 I'm building! I don't ever allow...
  2. 3Dchief

    Cheap alternative for "snakeskin" wire loom found!

    @SleepyC , I agree with you about needing something more substantial for fuel lines or wires in an abusive environment. I would use the stuff you use in front of the firewall or on wires exposed outside the fuselage. But this will protect your wires if it holds them in place so they are not...
  3. 3Dchief

    Cheap alternative for "snakeskin" wire loom found!

    I'm not sure how it compares for this because I've never actually used the snakeskin, but it does expand and contract some. When you push it together, it expands. When you pull it apart, it contracts. I was able to work a servo extension through a section of it without much hassle, the plug end...
  4. 3Dchief

    Cheap alternative for "snakeskin" wire loom found!

    I always drool over the clean wiring installs in the build threads and planned on getting some "snakeskin" mesh tubing to organize my wiring. Looking online, the snakeskin is pretty expensive. I found the cheap version today at JoAnn Fabrics. I was wandering around the store looking for some...
  5. 3Dchief

    New Guy

    :welcome:
  6. 3Dchief

    Hi everyone.

    :welcome: Spent 3 years in VA, I can't imagine trying to fly this time of year in that heat and humidity!
  7. 3Dchief

    3D Shop Construction

    Just sink a 4x4 post under the back edge of the unit, that way you won't have to nail/screw through your siding and it will be really solidly supported.
  8. 3Dchief

    3D Shop Construction

    With that small of a space to cool, it doesn't have to be centered either. Put it to one side or the other so it is at the very back of your lean to and out of the way.
  9. 3Dchief

    3D Shop Construction

    I would put it on the back. If you put it on the garden/house side, you have to hear the noise. RV side could cause a lot of damage to your RV and new building both. Since there is no lean to on the back wall yet, you can design and build around the AC unit, plus the lean to will give it some...
  10. 3Dchief

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    Nope!!! I may not work on RC stuff, but I'm always working on something. The result is 10 unfinished projects for every one that gets completed, but that just means there is always something to do! I actually just started building my first kit plane in 5 years last week and it feels wonderful...
  11. 3Dchief

    Basic engine tuning.

    I know that tuned pipes do make a diffence and will cause an engine that is tuned on regular mufflers to run lean. More air out means more air in, so the fuel in needs to increase as well. Not sure about cannisters, they do not have near as drastic an effect on stoichiometry as tuned pipes do.
  12. 3Dchief

    Basic engine tuning.

    @Terryscustom , awesome job again as usual. The two problems I see over and over is people moving up to GS from glow engines that think you should run gassers rich during break-in, and the myth of "factory settings". What runs well in the factory at sea level will not be the right setting and...
  13. 3Dchief

    Steve from Red Level AL

    :welcome: This is our leper colony for the "RC airplane" diseased!
  14. 3Dchief

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    That looks like a great solution! Way to think out of the box, we get trapped in our ways and sometimes it's hard to break away and be creative!
  15. 3Dchief

    The I'm going out flying thread 2016

    The 4 favorite landing techniques here are: 1. chop the throttle about 100 feet from the end of the runway and 200 feet up, dive and panic and pull vertical and tip stall about 50 feet short from 20 feet up. 2. panic and give it full down elevator until the prop breaks and it slows down or flips...
  16. 3Dchief

    The I'm going out flying thread 2016

    I love the non-rudder, WOT types! It makes it look like I know what I'm doing! I get to look like a rockstar because I can take off straight down the runway!
  17. 3Dchief

    WFly T-18 Radio. COOL!

    Looks pretty sweet, I love the screen! It looks like it would be most useful for FPV. I'm still trying to figure out programming on my Taranis after 6 months, can't imagine the learning curve on that one!
  18. 3Dchief

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    I think you missed my point, the fuselage curves, but the frames that it sets on are not. Not real numbers, but say the fuselage is 10" wide at the front and the building cradle is 12" wide. At the rear, the fuselage is 6" wide, but the building cradle is still 12" wide. You square up the...
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