3DHS New Products and General Plane Info/Help for Fanatics

[joshgluck]

Does anyone know where I can find a canopy for a orange 59" Slick? Mine got damaged last night and I haven't been able to find a replacement today anywhere.

My search came up empty too.. Didn't look at rc groups or rc universe yet. Maybe they have a for sale posting?

Any pics of the damage. What broke? Repairable?

Good luck

 

[Planecraz3d]

I sent an email to 3dhs today, so I'll be waiting on a reply from them while still looking. I don't have any pics right now but I'll get them up here shortly.

 

[Planecraz3d]

Here is the damage to the canopy. I have the pieces and am thinking about glueing them back in place with ca and painting the inside of the canopy black, until I can get a replacement. Some damage will still be visible but not as bad as now.

 

[wedoitall]

I was gonna say CA andclear packing tape until you get another

 

[joshgluck]

I've heard of people replacing canopies with soda bottles, do you think you could do that? Glue and paint sound good as a hold over until you can get a real replacement too.

 

[Planecraz3d]

I hadn't thought about a soda bottle. If it works, it is probably a better solution as I could clean up the opening and cut one piece to fit instead of trying to scab the busted pieces back in place.

Thanks Josh, I'll give that a try.

 

[hosam]

Guys some FYI, if you are in need of a gasket for your gas or glow engine check out http://icbimproducts.com/. Larry makes all kinds of gaskets and just had him make me a set for my Mintor 38 as the O-rings that came with the motor were not cutting it...

Besides being an avid RC flyer, Larry is a super nice guy, highly recommended by me and you can tell him I sent ya...

 

[-DJO]

Just build it and set it up right. Use the recommended components and don't skimp on anything. It will fly great!

Yeah well setting it up right requires one heck of a lot of spare $$$ that I don't have at the moment

yea what z said. dont skimp. tell you another thing, the buck 50 is a pretty tough bird. ask me how i know I think it was Bivens that said he has actually land his inverted in a grassy field with no damage. just kept the wings level and slowly brought her in upside down.

I'll consider it but right now I've got other things to focus on that will be taking up most of my time. Trust me, if I had a LOT of money lying around then yeah I'd set it up. But I'm still a fan of simplicity and disassembling and assembling a plane for transport doesn't appeal to me either, at all.



Dan

 

[-DJO]

On another note, I did some 3D with my Blade 300X w/Tarot ZYX-S FBL controller and MAN 3D helis are a lot of fun can't wait to upgrade to CF blades (on order), for 100% throttle idle up settings...

ENJOY! (and subscribe )

[video=youtube;ZjVuIx44va0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjVuIx44va0[/video]



Dan

 

[joshgluck]

Looking good Dan! I got out of helis before the FBL craze.. How do you like it?