Scale 18% De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver by MR Aerodesign

[WMcNabb]

Dec. ‘23 thru Feb. ‘24…Fuselage progress through mounting the motor and landing gear.

 

[WMcNabb]

Mar. ‘24…framing the horizontal stab and playing with locations for the speed control and batteries.

 

[WMcNabb]

Mar. ‘24…Wing framing and tiling the wings. Needed a genius solution for holding the sheeting until the glue dried, and had tiles lying around. Worked well!

 

[WMcNabb]

Progress slowed after March and work got super busy. Also had a few jobs around the house.

Bought something to play with at the field in August, which is a ton of fun! Programmed it to have full span ailerons or flaps with ailerons. Can’t add crow without upgrading the receiver to more channels, but that’s ok.

 

[TonyHallo]

What are the weights in photo 3136?

 

[WMcNabb]

What are the weights in photo 3136?

Those would be sheets of tile like you would use on a shower floor. Because the smaller tiles are retained on a net backing, they easily flow around an airfoil shape.

This was pure coincidence. I was looking around the shop, spied them in the corner and thought why not give them a try. A sheets of thin foam and bubble wrap protect the balsa.

 

[dhal22]

Welcome back WMcNabb, it's been a while since you posted.

Damn right!

 

[TonyHallo]

That a good tip!