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Xpress builds a 115 AJ Laser - PICTURE HEAVY!
Got to work on setting the cowl up with baffling and a low pressure lip. I went with the "D" shaped cutout in the bottom and fitted a creative foam low pressure lip. Creative foam was also used to make the baffles for the engine. If you'll notice I also opened up case vents on the inside of...- Xpress
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Discussion The I’m going out flying thread 2018
Yes, there's probably several thousand people who make this their one vacation of the year and it got cut short big time.- Xpress
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Xpress builds a 115 AJ Laser - PICTURE HEAVY!
Yes only the last inch is the active portion of the antenna. Multiplex opted to make these leads long in order to allow users to better place the antennas as far away from obstructions as possible. For me, in the rear area of the fuselage below the turtle deck has seemed to work the best.- Xpress
- Post #82
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Xpress builds a 115 AJ Laser - PICTURE HEAVY!
Inching closer to completion!! Last nights work consisted of swapping the plastic throttle arm with an aluminum one- I did this for 2 reasons, the top of the arm is flat which means the linkage could sit right over the arm and not bind, and 2 I could get the linkage closer to the servo hub and...- Xpress
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Discussion The I’m going out flying thread 2018
Man I feel for everyone at Joe Nall. Mr. Pat and the TTA volunteers have moved forward with the decision to cancel the 2018 Joe Nall event due to impending weather. The forecast is for a very slow moving storm cell to roll up into camp and park itself right ontop of the grounds for the next 5+...- Xpress
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Xpress builds a 115 AJ Laser - PICTURE HEAVY!
We will see at Tri Cities!!! For reference, it turns a 3 blade Mej 29x12x3EVO at 6000rpm, the Falcon 32x12x2 I have on it will spin at 6500rpm- Mine is not fully broken in yet and it's turning the 32x12 at nearly 6300rpm. It rips in a hover if I punch it wide open, and it smokes the DLE222...- Xpress
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Xpress builds a 115 AJ Laser - PICTURE HEAVY!
More work over the weekend. All servos are installed and matched, McFueler in, tank fully plumbed, vents installed, just a few more things to button up and it'll be ready for a maiden THIS WEEKEND :omg::confused::D A video showing how I match servos too. I actually have to warn people...- Xpress
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Xpress builds a 115 AJ Laser - PICTURE HEAVY!
Fresh new hotness right off the truck!!!!!!!!- Xpress
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Xpress builds a 115 AJ Laser - PICTURE HEAVY!
Got the 180 fired up last night, it purrs like a kitten but roars like a lion.- Xpress
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Xpress builds a 115 AJ Laser - PICTURE HEAVY!
Last night I worked on getting the throttle and choke servos installed. I just so happened to have a pair of 6" SWB titanium turnbuckles that did the job perfectly, and using one of the supplied servo boxes, plus a servo box from the 105 Laser, I was able to glue them to the sides of the...- Xpress
- Post #71
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Xpress builds a 115 AJ Laser - PICTURE HEAVY!
There's no noise restrictions where we fly. I'm not heavy on the throttle anyways.- Xpress
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Xpress builds a 115 AJ Laser - PICTURE HEAVY!
After evaluating the time I have left to get this bird flying the weekend before June 9-10 (1st huckfest of the year), it was decided that I had to cut and clearance the cowl for the JMB keg mufflers I have for the ZDZ180. Originally I was going to go with canisters but I'm just out of time now...- Xpress
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Xpress builds a 115 AJ Laser - PICTURE HEAVY!
Made my own custom linkages for the rudder servos last night, and programmed the rudder servos to be in sync with each other. These servos are incredibly linear, looking forward to hammering these real hard!!- Xpress
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Xpress builds a 115 AJ Laser - PICTURE HEAVY!
That's the 105 Laser that needs a 120CC. The 115 Laser is a 40% airplane and needs a 150CC minimum. The 115 shares the exact same fuselage as the 123" Laser which requires a 200CC 4 cylinder, so anything between 150-222cc aught to work real well. The ZDZ180 is the most powerful engine in all of...- Xpress
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Xpress builds a 115 AJ Laser - PICTURE HEAVY!
Well I'm stuffing in an engine that's more powerful than a DA200 so I'd say likely so!- Xpress
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Discussion The I’m going out flying thread 2018
Not to brag but this weekend had weather in the 90's and nothing but sunshine!! :D I brought out the Multiplex Easy Glider 4 too and was able to chase a few thermals, one of them speck'd the airplane out!- Xpress
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Pilot 40% 330 Recover and Build
Oh them stars I like!!!- Xpress
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Xpress builds a 115 AJ Laser - PICTURE HEAVY!
Installed the Multiplex Wingstabi 16ch gyro/rx last night and installed the aileron harnesses into the fuselage. I might end up moving these elsewhere, just depends on how I'm feeling. The Wingstabi has all gyro functions disabled, I played with them in the past and still prefer a pure...- Xpress
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The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread
Yep I hate setting new computers up but it'll pass. The updates your PC has to install are all the updates that have been rolled out since it was boxed up at the factory, and that includes hardware updates. If it's a W10 lappy it has updates every week. Thankfully W10 is probably the fastest PC...- Xpress
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Xpress builds a 115 AJ Laser - PICTURE HEAVY!
Did a little time lapse on how I glue control horns into the surfaces.- Xpress
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