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  1. Kevin-Young

    IMAC JTEC Radiowave 3.1m MX2 Build

    so unfortunately my build is going to be stalled out for a couple of days because we are starting to get ready for the WRAM show and I also have to go cut the foam parts now since the fuse already at that point. The cool thing is as of right now I have just about 3 hours build time into the...
  2. Kevin-Young

    IMAC JTEC Radiowave 3.1m MX2 Build

    I promise I will take some pictures just for you. My supply may be inadequate for you though. I was trying to make it look like I was somewhat organized when I build, it is a lie though.
  3. Kevin-Young

    IMAC JTEC Radiowave 3.1m MX2 Build

    And just to throw this out there again, JTEC has graciously donated two airplanes to the U.S. F3A team's raffle so two people will have there choice of any JTEC airplane we currently manufacture. There are also some other pretty kick ass prizes in there and you can buy your raffle tickets...
  4. Kevin-Young

    IMAC JTEC Radiowave 3.1m MX2 Build

    Once the fuse sides where all dry then went back and added the 1/4" bass wood stringers that go on the bottom of the fuselage. One note on that, the kit is designed so if you would like you can fully sheet the bottom of the fuselage with 1/16" balsa sheeting (that sheeting is not included...
  5. Kevin-Young

    IMAC JTEC Radiowave 3.1m MX2 Build

    Now that the fuse sides are all done it pretty much means you are read to join everything and give some structure to the fuse. There are a couple of steps here that I did not take pictures of because I was excited to see everything come together. The first thing I did was to glue the motorbox...
  6. Kevin-Young

    Thrust, questions, engine mounting.....

    You should have no adverse effect by moving the engine up the bolt width or so that you need and realistically you are just putting the engine back on the thrust line the manufacture intended it on being. Bob Godfrey taught my dad and I a long time ago that + or - about an inch from the thrust...
  7. Kevin-Young

    IMAC JTEC Radiowave 3.1m MX2 Build

    After the doublers are all laminated I moved on to the longerons. The longerons are pretty simple to do, for the fuselage you need 4 longerons which are made of 3/8" square balsa. To make the longerons you need to take 2 pieces of the 3/8" square balsa and scarf them together. After you have...
  8. Kevin-Young

    IMAC JTEC Radiowave 3.1m MX2 Build

    I meant to post this yesterday but did not get a chance So after laminating the doubler for the fuse joint I then moved onto the doubler for the tail. The tail doubler has the same steps involved and to help align everything you can use the F8 former. The tail doubler has the obvious job of...
  9. Kevin-Young

    IMAC JTEC Radiowave 3.1m MX2 Build

    While the motorbox was drying I used that time to more along to the fuselage sides and fuselage top plate. Each one of the fuselage sides is two pieces and has a doubler for support. The nice thing is the joint is a dove tail joint so everything aligns easily. The first thing to do is take...
  10. Kevin-Young

    IMAC JTEC Radiowave 3.1m MX2 Build

    Like I told you on the phone this morning, we are already at about the same spot and I am 3 hours in! :yesss: But remember I have to try and finish it on a schedule since it is not only my airplane but a display plane.
  11. Kevin-Young

    IMAC JTEC Radiowave 3.1m MX2 Build

    The extremely nice thing about the 3.1m MX2 is that it goes together very much like our 3.1m Extra and 2.7m Extra's. The first step I do when building the airplane is to dry fit the motorbox together and make sure everything fits like I want it to. The 3.1m MX2 and Extra both have a 3/8"...
  12. Kevin-Young

    IMAC JTEC Radiowave 3.1m MX2 Build

    I thought I would start a build thread on the new JTEC Radiowave 3.1m MX2 that I am building for myself. This build is of the first production version of the MX2 so part of the reason for building it is to make sure that everything goes together as well as all of our other aircraft. As many of...
  13. Kevin-Young

    How many servos?

    I would suggest going with 2 or if you really want to use one servo then upgrade the servo to a version with some more torque. On all of the 35% airplanes we offer we strongly suggest 2 servos. If you were sport flying the airplane one 7955TG may work but you would probably see a fair amount...
  14. Kevin-Young

    Zp 26

    look up Zenoah G26 and you should find a lot more information about the engine. Horizon/zenoah rebranded the engine when they added the electronic ignition.
  15. Kevin-Young

    F3A World Championships - U.S. Team Raffle

    Hey Guys, The U.S. F3A team has put together an online raffle to help support our efforts to send the team to Switzerland for the 2015 World Championships this August, This summer we look to defend our Team Gold Medal from the World Championships that were held in South Africa in 2013. We...
  16. Kevin-Young

    93” AJ Airplanes 93” Laser 230z ready to ship!

    Andrew texted me yesterday and said as of then there were only 4 left in stock. He also sent me a picture of the 100-120cc prototype that he just received yesterday and it looks really nice.
  17. Kevin-Young

    93” AJ Airplanes 93” Laser 230z ready to ship!

    if so, I would not wait to long because they are probably going to be gone quickly.
  18. Kevin-Young

    93” AJ Airplanes 93” Laser 230z ready to ship!

    I think Andrew will be in Yuma this week for work so I don't think he will have any airplanes with him when he heads over to AZ electric, and from what I know the first shipment of 93" are sold out already. I know there are more to come though!
  19. Kevin-Young

    Desert Aircraft vibes

    I have never been one of those guys who analyses the complexities of an engine such as bore and stroke and how they effect power but I think you can make a safe generalization when saying that any time you have a certain platform and then pull more power out of it with a larger displacement one...
  20. Kevin-Young

    3D Laser Cutting

    Yeah what Terry said is very true. With the G10 you get a lot of burn on the parts because of the epoxy. If you do use the laser you generally have to sand edges down and do a lot of clean up. I generally figure by the time I am done cleaning up the laser mess I can have it done on the router...
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