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

    Worked on the Aerobeez Extra for a bit before changing gears and trying to get a new engine into my old XTM Mammoth. Pretty excited to get this thing going again :)
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    Aerobeez 45% Extra 300 assembly

    Got the Tygon in and put my servo boxes together tonight, will be doing more work tomorrow. Didn't get to doing the rudder linkages just yet, need to get batteries soldered up first and I didn't feel like breaking out the iron.
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    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    Yeah I don't think heat will help it, they are usually made from a heat activated type of thermoplastic and will shrink with heat (which is why it is warped).
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    Aerobeez 45% Extra 300 assembly

    The inlet on the ZDZ180 is 1/4", not the 1/8" we're used to, so the tubing has to be expanded which this tubing does not do well at all, even when heated to the point of nearly melting- it was advised to me by @Terryscustom to not use it between the clunk/tank and carb. I'll be picking up some...
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    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    It's the plastic itself, I can push the whole canopy down and get it to bolt to the frame flush but I have a bad feeling that I'll start to wear things out in short order if I continue to do that.
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    Aerobeez 45% Extra 300 assembly

    Its just cheep stuff, not good quality like real genuine Tygon. Very difficult to get it to slide onto any of the fittings without it putting up a huge fight. I have also been told it's too thin walled for feeding the engine.
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    Aerobeez 45% Extra 300 assembly

    Got the tank in and all of the bolts in place for the cowl tonight. Did some plumbing also buy I don't like this tubing between the tank and the carb, gping to replace it with tygon both in the tank and between the tank and carb. Tomorrow night I want to get the rudder linkages setup, I...
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    Aerobeez 45% Extra 300 assembly

    Tank and tubing is here, just waiting on velcro straps and I can slap it in tonight :) I'm going to try and get batteries in tonight as well. Just waiting on servo boxes and wheels now....
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    Woah

    Is it just me or is there a lot more spam getting in now?
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    Aerobeez 45% Extra 300 assembly

    9Tonight I worked with the cowl and got a new hole made for the port muffler and cleaned up the rest of the holes so they wouldn't crack, also had to cut clearance holes for the front of the mufflers. I worked with the darice foam and sealed up the excess holes from the DA200 mufflers, I think...
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    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    Have a question for you guys about a warped canopy, is there any way to un-warp one? The rear of the canopy on the prototype Aerobeez Extra 300 is listing off of the fuselage canopy deck about 1/2" and doesn't seat flush on the turtle deck anymore. Since this is the protoype there isn't a...
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    Joe Hunt RC 3D fly in!! November 4-6

    Updated flier in the first post. I'll be there Friday and Saturday.
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    Aerobeez 45% Extra 300 assembly

    More hotness :yesss: Last night I spent a little bit of time and made a plywood plate to mount my ignition module to, and then mounted the ignition to it using velcro and zip ties. She's not going anywhere. I also mounted the TechAero IBEC inside with a zip tie and double sided foam tape...
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    Aerobeez 45% Extra 300 assembly

    Life has been busy as of late!!! Looks like I should have everything I'll need to finish this thing this week, just waiting for it all to come in the mail. Last night I bolted up the main gear (waiting on wheels and axles), tailgear, and slapped the cowl on to appreciate my hard work.
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    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    That's the very reason I went with a van. Don't have room to put a trailer plus I don't want to have to worry about one on road trips.
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    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    Thanks. Creepy I can deal with, people trying to look at my airplanes I can't :eek: As per Joe Mitchell's recommendation (I fly at sea level). I'll play with a 32x11W as well.
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    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    Performance mod to the van!! Before After Should keep the peering eyes from seeing what's within.
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    Sport JTEC RADIOWAVE 26% Pitts Model 12

    Oh man how did I miss this one??? I love me a good build!! :yesss:
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    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    Falcon 32x12 and JMB mufflers mounted to the 180 tonight. Need to slap my ignition in, get a tank, an IBEC, and just wait for the landing gear to get in. Not long until we can fire it up :)
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    The I'm going out flying thread 2016

    Fun weekend, 3 days of flying! Saturday I got voluntold to fly at a local picnic for Hitec, brought out my old reliable Aerobeez 70" Slick Pro and knocked the socks off of everyone there (they don't see much of anyone doing 3D at that club). Sunday and Monday I had the 107" Yak out to learn...
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