89" SkyWing Laser 260 V2 Assembly Thread

[Jetpainter]

I've become very interested in Skywing lately. One of our club members Ryan has the 120cc version of this in the same scheme. Very cool airplane. Ryan, as @pawnshopmike can tell you could 3D an anvil, so it's hard to judge how good it is, but it looks like the airframe is great.
Yesterday a member maidened a 60" electric Skywing Edge. Very cool airplane with some very neat features. He said it was one of the easiest assembling ones he had done. It was a raffle prize at our recent 3D bash that came from Tim at Northwest. Awesome guy!

 

[pawnshopmike]

I've become very interested in Skywing lately. One of our club members Ryan has the 120cc version of this in the same scheme. Very cool airplane. Ryan, as @pawnshopmike can tell you could 3D an anvil, so it's hard to judge how good it is, but it looks like the airframe is great.
Yesterday a member maidened a 60" electric Skywing Edge. Very cool airplane with some very neat features. He said it was one of the easiest assembling ones he had done. It was a raffle prize at our recent 3D bash that came from Tim at Northwest. Awesome guy!

Ryan is liking his more each time he flys it.

 

[AKNick]

If I wasn't scared in buying a 120cc airframe the 101" SW Laser 260 is getting glowing reviews. I've seen people say it flies better than the 89"

 

[AKNick]

Here are some pipe tunnel goodies supplied with the ARF.


Check out the pipe/air exit tunnel.
They opened up the front two openings. My ARS they just did the one in front of the gear. That’s also where they made the foam baffle. So this is different.

 

[AKNick]

Here is what’s in the wheel bag.

some hard foam tires with aluminum hubs, some neat plywood fixtures to keep your tires off the ground in storage, and of course the AMAZING stepped axles.



also provided are some wheel pants. These are white with a blue stripe. Other versions I’ve seen are just metallic blue.


I’m opting to use the 4” spot on RC tires. I’ll have to add a bushing as they are narrower at the axel. They are slightly taller too. I’m probably going to not use the wheel pants.

 

[Snoopy1]

Man that plane looks good. Also what is nice it looks like they do not cut corners. And while you are building the plane you find nice little extras that you were not expecting, that is hard to find nowadays. Enjoying the build.

 

[AKNick]

As I’m writing this I’m printing a new version of my GP Ignition Mount. It has bigger vibration dampeners on it, with more robust towers, and a refitted tray to accept some of the irregularities found in the ignition module itself. Took a lot of trial and error and sourcing of parts. Took 5 hours to print one... ooffff


Printing some more along with spacers for the steppes axels to a come date my spot on rc tires.


here is a better picture of the axel:

 

[Snoopy1]

As I’m writing this I’m printing a new version of my GP Ignition Mount. It has bigger vibration dampeners on it, with more robust towers, and a refitted tray to accept some of the irregularities found in the ignition module itself. Took a lot of trial and error and sourcing of parts. Took 5 hours to print one... ooffff

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Printing some more along with spacers for the steppes axels to a come date my spot on rc tires.
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here is a better picture of the axel:

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Are you going to put it on that special site the GP ignition holder, so that a can try and find someone around me to print one or would you be so kind to send a copy to me.

 

[AKNick]

Are you going to put it on that special site the GP ignition holder, so that a can try and find someone around me to print one or would you be so kind to send a copy to me.

Sending you a PM.

 

[AKNick]

First off, I got my 3DP spacers all sized correctly. Now with the axels nuts bottomed out, the tires spin with a tiny bit of friction that will wear in nicely for a zero tolerance fit. Pretty happy.


next is the gear leg fairings. One tip I taught myself was to slide the fairings on, and what ever the gap is, I cut the circumference off the excess fairing material. Then fine tune sand with 150 grit until I’m satisfied with the fit.

The fairing edging is a cool rubber c-channel... it’s nice not to have to Attempt to cut a tube to do this. It also glues on superbly with CA. I’ve used medium and thin with success.

I cut the rubber channel to length and tack on one open end on the middle inboard section of the fairing. Then I’ll tack the other end to close the loop.
Slide the fairing on the gear leg, and while pinching the daring against the gear leg, I’ll gently push down the rubber channel up against the fuselage to get a perfect fit.
Slide it off and put a bead around both sides and set aside to cure fully.

marking with a pencil


cutting with scissors


150 grit