3D Rebuilding the Compy MX2.

[reyn3545]

Eyes did great, thanks! A little tearing, but it was a little windy, so I would expect a few tears.

Plane flew terriffic, but I blew one of the cans off of the header on tbe first flight, did't feel like taking the cowl bolts off at the field, plus I want to drill and put a small screw through the teflon and into the can, so that's a home shop job.

No trimming at all.... straight and level right out of the box!

 

[Bunky.F.Knuckle]

Glad to hear! That same thing happened on Terry's Custom MX2 with the DA 150. A couple screws cured that.

Glad its back home in 1 piece!

Still have a few weeks for mine to get here.

 

[reyn3545]

I don't know what brand of cans the previous owner sold me... but neither size of KS comfort mounts fits them well. The 75mm mounts are too large, and the 65mm mounts are too small. So, I bought the 75mm mounts and used some header wrap around the canister to fill the gap. Maybe I should have used another layer of wrap.

Doesn't matter, I'll fix it. The motor ran great, plane flew great, and I didn't go blind! With the baffles, the motor never even got above 180 degrees until after I landed, much cooler than I expected.

 

[reyn3545]

Bunky... you're a Futaba guy... how do I set failsafe on the second R7008SB receiver?

Never mind... just found out that I need to set FS on each channel. Strange that every channel on the first receiver defaulted to where I wanted it (neutral), but none on the second receiver did.

 

[Bunky.F.Knuckle]

Yeah..... Not a Futaba guy.... I would say, if the Futaba 18 is anything like the JR top tier radios, you have to set each channel. I have mine set to "HOLD". Which holds the last input. Simply because, if I were to get signal back, I would know it, as I hold my next input on the sticks. It is just something I have trained myself to do. Even back in the 72 days, get a glitch pull the throttle off and pull full elevator and wait for it to come back.

 

[Bunky.F.Knuckle]

I don't know what brand of cans the previous owner sold me... but neither size of KS comfort mounts fits them well. The 75mm mounts are too large, and the 65mm mounts are too small. So, I bought the 75mm mounts and used some header wrap around the canister to fill the gap. Maybe I should have used another layer of wrap.

Doesn't matter, I'll fix it. The motor ran great, plane flew great, and I didn't go blind! With the baffles, the motor never even got above 180 degrees until after I landed, much cooler than I expected.

I believe those cans are PeFa's. If they are PeFa's, they are 70mm diameter.

 

[reyn3545]

That would make sense then.

 

[Bunky.F.Knuckle]

Gotcha covered man! Aircraft International has those can mounts for the PeFa's. I don't recall the can number. They may be a L or XL. Well, L/80 or L/80K. The "K" is bigger in diameter vs the "non K".

If the canister BODY length NOT INCLUDING inlet is around 15" long, then you have either the L/80 or LL or the LV/80 or LLV canister.

http://www.aircraftinternational.co...RtnTab/213/PageIndex/1/CatID/116/Default.aspx

Scroll to the bottom of the page, and you will see the style of can mount the PeFa's use.

 

[reyn3545]

Yeah, but I already have the platform for the soft mounts epoxied in, plus I love those mounts... i'll make them work!

 

[Bunky.F.Knuckle]

Cool!