Assembly: EF 110" Yak-54 V2

[Joe Hunt]

Not completely sure what I'm getting myself into here [emoji33] but this is my first attempt at a recover job. Working at stripping it down tonight. Any tips, hints, or suggestions on the subject are all greatly appreciated.

Nice!

I like to tape the covering on with blue tape pieces, then make pen marks where I want it cut, then put it on a plastic table top, or a glass top, and use a straight edge to cut pen mark to pen mark. Then test fit, taping it down again. If all looks good then iron that mofo on there! haha I have done some radius cuts with templates, but recently found out that the great Kenny Lauter does his freehand. So, on my Pilot RC 122" Extra 330SC I just free handed all the radius's and I get compliments on them all the time... it was quick and easy, too!

 

[Flyingjon]

Nice!

I like to tape the covering on with blue tape pieces, then make pen marks where I want it cut, then put it on a plastic table top, or a glass top, and use a straight edge to cut pen mark to pen mark. Then test fit, taping it down again. If all looks good then iron that mofo on there!

I like this! [emoji106][emoji106]

 

[Flyingjon]

Excuse me Joe! I clicked on the wrong thread in my list in Tapatalk! Just noticed I kinda contaminated your thread...

 

[Joe Hunt]

Excuse me Joe! I clicked on the wrong thread in my list in Tapatalk! Just noticed I kinda contaminated your thread...

Nah, I look at my threads as freeforalls. haha

 

[Joe Hunt]

I tell myself not to, but I always end soldering Dean's ends for my elevators and ailerons. It is nice to have them on there. I have my four extensions run through the factory extension tube. This plane is pretty quick and easy to put together... if I'd ever spend some time on it. haha

 

[Xpress]

I tell myself not to, but I always end soldering Dean's ends for my elevators and ailerons. It is nice to have them on there. I have my four extensions run through the factory extension tube. This plane is pretty quick and easy to put together... if I'd ever spend some time on it. haha

That's a great idea actually. How do you secure the connectors together though to keep them from coming apart?

 

[Joe Hunt]

That's a great idea actually. How do you secure the connectors together though to keep them from coming apart?

That's the beauty of it, more current than a standard RC connector, and no need for safety clips. They have a snug fit that won't come undone in flight.

 

[Xpress]

That's the beauty of it, more current than a standard RC connector, and no need for safety clips. They have a snug fit that won't come undone in flight.

Yeah but you know that one guy Murphy... He has this funny habit of making the impossible possible

I think it'd be fantastic if a receiver came with those instead of the usual servo connector.

 

[Joe Hunt]

Yeah but you know that one guy Murphy... He has this funny habit of making the impossible possible

I think it'd be fantastic if a receiver came with those instead of the usual servo connector.

I have done pull tests and the wires will pop out of a standard RC connector (actually break) with less effort than it takes to separate a dean's mini connector.

Yes, I want SmartFly to make the power expanders all dean's minis.

 

[Joe Hunt]

All my experiences so far with ARFs tell me that I do not want my hinges glued in. Thankfully here they are not. Just drilled and the off brand hinges put in dry. This allows me to do three things:

1) add a hinge to each end of each control surface
2) use Robart hinges (a friend just had his included off brand round hinges disintegrate in just a few flights on another brand ARF, and of course my Pilot RC hinges fell apart pretty quickly, also my H9 rudder hinges fell out)
3) glue them in myself with a quality glue, in my case that means ZAP 30-min epoxy (never had a hinge even remotely start to come loose using ZAP epoxy)