3D Fibertech Hyperlite Slick 540 Build Thread

[Terryscustom]

Gear area should be very strong with those changes. Adding limited weight as well. What engine are you going with??? Mine has tons of power with a DLE120 on stock muffs.

 

[Elwin Bushue]

I like the idea of using angle aluminum to reinforce the landing gear, great idea.

 

[Decal Dennis]

Cool...another build thread to watch

 

[Bipenut]

Gear area should be very strong with those changes. Adding limited weight as well. What engine are you going with??? Mine has tons of power with a DLE120 on stock muffs.

Thanks for some of your suggestions. I will either go with a DA100 or the DLE120 and it would be with stock mufflers. I haven't made my mind up yet but I'm leaning towards the 120.

 

[Bipenut]

I'm late to the party LOL

But I will be watching

Brad, I went through and read the build you did on this plane and all I can say is WOW what an incredible
build you did. Thanks for watching mine, and thanks to everyone else that has subscribed to this thread.

 

[Terryscustom]

Brads a great builder....definitely next level stuff.

 

[Fibertech]

Okay I didn't do a whole lot tonight other than look at the landing gear plate and trying to decide if I should use oak or aluminum angle. Well I decided I'm going to deviate from the manual and this came down to two reasons why. The first one is I didn't have any oak, but I did have aluminum angle. The second one is I don't always have the softest landings and I really don't want to knock out the gear if I dumb thumb the plane when trying to land.

Here is the plan that I'm going with. I have 3/4" X 1/16" aluminum angle that I will run under the the landing gear mount up to F2 I will scuff the aluminum with 80 grit sand paper and epoxy it in place instead of using 4-40 bolts and bolting it to the side of the box. I got this suggestion from Terry and that is the way he did it on the Viper. Then I plan on running 3/8" square balsa at an angle and then a piece vertical to reinforce that area. I will do a very thin coat of epoxy on the balsa and then harden with CA.

As you can see in the picture, using the aluminum angle will be about 1.6 ounces for the two pieces, I don't know if oak would make much difference in weight.

I got the wing and stab tubes ordered today from TNT and they were going to try and ship them today so I should have them but the end of the week. I also got a notification that my Vacuum pump shipped today so hopefully I get to do some sheeting and bagging some foam this weekend.

This is a good way to beef up the gear area a little. We have just done a upgraded design to this area for a little more beef. Thanks for showing this way of doing it

 

[Bipenut]

I like the idea of using angle aluminum to reinforce the landing gear, great idea.

Thanks Elwin

 

[Bdegan]

Brad, I went through and read the build you did on this plane and all I can say is WOW what an incredible
build you did. Thanks for watching mine, and thanks to everyone else that has subscribed to this thread.

Thank you for the kind words.
I'm in the process of removing some excess baggage from mine. Targeting a pound removal
I can update with new weight later on

 

[Bipenut]

Thank you for the kind words.
I'm in the process of removing some excess baggage from mine. Targeting a pound removal
I can update with new weight later on

Please keep me updated on the weight removal.