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  1. AKNick

    3DHS 75" EDGE 540 V2 Assembly Thread

    The 75" edge came with plastic baffles for an electric motor only, cut them in half, and glued into the cowl ears with Welders Glue. I also burned out the rear air exit holes.
  2. AKNick

    3D Printing General Discussion

    If there is one thing I've learned with PLA is that it doesn't like to bend. Meaning it's fairly brittle. I understand what you are saying about slipping the receiver into a slot and a clip to keep it there. I'm not very good with my Slicer settings for overhangs (bridging). So it's a little bit...
  3. AKNick

    3D Printing General Discussion

    Been working on a receiver holder for a Futaba R7008SB. I’m starting to think the Velcro isn’t the way to go. I may do a screw on band with some padding on it. Just don’t like all the effort it takes to try and secure it down.
  4. AKNick

    3DHS 75" EDGE 540 V2 Assembly Thread

    Yes it sure does. This plane is designed to accommodate electric or gas, so it's pretty beefy. One thing I've noticed, I'm probably not the only one... but the carbon glass irritates my skin, so when you are reaching inside the fuselage and your forearm is rubbing against the carbon frame - the...
  5. AKNick

    Alert! That time of year again! Shirts/ Hats

    @Decal Dennis How is this coming along? It's getting cold outside, I want my hoodie. :cryin: Thanks
  6. AKNick

    3DHS 75" EDGE 540 V2 Assembly Thread

    ESC Mounting. I found a spot on the bottom of the engine box that suited my liking. Got some carbon G10 board, and made a little standoff, epoxied that in place. Drilled four holes, and used some 4-40 bolts trimmed to length with some blind nuts put in place and added some epoxy around them. I...
  7. AKNick

    3DHS 75" EDGE 540 V2 Assembly Thread

    Motor Installation. This was a little tricky, first off I have one of the early versions, so the original holes are about 1/8" off vertically, this has been fixed since then so no worries. Second off I am using the Blazing Star XL mount with a Motrolfly 4330-216 so the X mount holes need to be...
  8. AKNick

    3DHS 75" EDGE 540 V2 Assembly Thread

    Installed Velcro inside the fuselage for the batteries. I've been tacking a thin layer of welders glue down first. I never trust the sticky 3M velcro by itself. Creates an awesome bond this way. If you dont have the sticky back velcro, just smear some welders glue on the back. I go even one step...
  9. AKNick

    Discussion Nothing

    I cannot even imagine nothingness. If I think of nothing, I think of a dark black space...or and empty white void... which is something. Just like this thread, There is nothing here... but wait...is there??? After all, there must be something to this "Nothing"... Just look! or is what I just...
  10. AKNick

    3DHS 75" EDGE 540 V2 Assembly Thread

    Main Landing Gear. This gear is STOUT. Mine has a few imperfections, but very thick and robust- only cosmetic. The gear is bolted through the fuselage onto some aluminum angle, no blind nuts here! To my surprise the landing gear cuff rubber grommets are U shaped and pre-installed. I've...
  11. AKNick

    3DHS 75" EDGE 540 V2 Assembly Thread

    Tail Wheel Assembly. Three wood screws, and a ball link tiller system with nothing pre-drilled for you. What I mean is this is practically a kit :lol2: Sanded the plastic part of the ball end and made some notched grooves with my dremel for the epoxy to grab onto later. Find a drill bit the...
  12. AKNick

    3DHS 75" EDGE 540 V2 Assembly Thread

    Adding the control horn to the rudder. The key here is to make sure your control horns are symmetric and the ball link holes are close to the hinge line. It helps to dry fit them and mark with a pencil first. Add the epoxy, insert, and then look from the top of the rudder for symmetry with...
  13. AKNick

    3DHS 75" EDGE 540 V2 Assembly Thread

    Rudder Assembly If I took the time to read the tip from @HRRC Flyer of using a hole punch into blue painters tape, it would have lessened my hinging mess! That is why I love doing this, we can ALWAYS learn from someone else!
  14. AKNick

    3DHS 75" EDGE 540 V2 Assembly Thread

    I am with you here as well. The scheme is killer! This plane will help me determine whether to get its bigger 92" brother or the tried and true 91/93" laser. After owning an AJ 73" laser, Its been possibly the most relaxing airframe for me to fly.
  15. AKNick

    3DHS 75" EDGE 540 V2 Assembly Thread

    Thanks for the Tip!!! I like it!
  16. AKNick

    3DHS 75" EDGE 540 V2 Assembly Thread

    I truly love the way the horizontal gets added. They've incorporated a puzzle piece so you can basically epoxy and go! Well done guys. I dry fit the horiz, trimmed, and marked it evenly so I can epoxy and set into place. Like the traditional method, I always measure for squareness from the...
  17. AKNick

    3DHS 75" EDGE 540 V2 Assembly Thread

    More Hinging. Added The control horns in this manner. laquer thinner does a little better job cleaning than Isopropyl but still works. I also used the alcohol to wipe the control horns clean and let dry before moving on to the epoxy. Sometimes the release compound can still interfere...
  18. AKNick

    3DHS 75" EDGE 540 V2 Assembly Thread

    35cc, it's not just built for electric.
  19. AKNick

    Tapatalk

    One step closer... I can open and view the message, but when I go to reply it gives me: System Message You don't have permission to reply I logged out and logged back in with the same result
  20. AKNick

    3DHS 75" EDGE 540 V2 Assembly Thread

    Go for it @pawnshopmike
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