IMAC FANATIC
40% happier than most folks.
Sanding... sanding... sanding....
IMAC JTEC/ Radiowave 3.1m competition series
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IMAC FANATIC
40% happier than most folks.
And... this is what happens when you grab the wrong grit sanding bar and got a little aggressive hurrying, sanded right down to the dyed resin used to bag the wing, thank goodness I used rit dye or i might of sanded right to the foam core, stupid error,
Repaired w/ acp 1/2oz cloth and west systems resin. Only sets me back oh, say 3-5 hours now to sand and fill and sand and balance the halves... again. Ay me.
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Repaired w/ acp 1/2oz cloth and west systems resin. Only sets me back oh, say 3-5 hours now to sand and fill and sand and balance the halves... again. Ay me.
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IMAC FANATIC
40% happier than most folks.
Sanding ...sanding ...sanding... boring but satisfying. Everything down to 400 grit. So smooth with the aqua net treatment im passing on 600.
IMAC FANATIC
40% happier than most folks.
Here's a pic you dont expect to see in a build log, lol actually laying on an ice pack today from sanding late into the night for the last oh, 8 days. Dedication , insanity or just plain out of shape ? ... a little of all three im afraid.
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Jetpainter
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Brian, I cant wait to see it covered.
As someone that sands on a daily basis for a living, I feel your pain.
My knees are killing me right now, can I borrow that Icy Hot? I spent all afternoon at the field putting my first flights on a helicopter in 29 years. I think my thumbs are still shaking.
As someone that sands on a daily basis for a living, I feel your pain.
My knees are killing me right now, can I borrow that Icy Hot? I spent all afternoon at the field putting my first flights on a helicopter in 29 years. I think my thumbs are still shaking.
IMAC FANATIC
40% happier than most folks.
Sure thing.. icy hot enroute.. quite a life saver.
Put up a pic of the heli.. scale model or 3d ? I dig em , especially scale but cant quite understand the controls well enough to fly more than a trainer.
Bad shoulder also great excuse to lay around n watch college football all day!
Put up a pic of the heli.. scale model or 3d ? I dig em , especially scale but cant quite understand the controls well enough to fly more than a trainer.
Bad shoulder also great excuse to lay around n watch college football all day!
Jetpainter
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It's an Align T-Rex 550 V1 I bought used. It was supposed to be a budget project, but being my first big electric the charger setup and batteries blew the budget way out of the water!
Her it is in my crowded messy workshop.
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IMAC FANATIC
40% happier than most folks.
Wow, that's a big one' I dig it. Way too skeered to fly one, even in a sim im all thumbs. Nice project!
Hows it compare to helis from 29 yrs ago.. thats quite a break from flying one.
Hows it compare to helis from 29 yrs ago.. thats quite a break from flying one.
Jetpainter
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My 550 has a longer than stock rotor blade and is about 49" in rotor span. So it's plenty big enough to scare the crap out of me! I put in an absolutely ludicrous amount of sim time in to get ready for flying it.
29 years ago I had a Schluter Mini Boy with an OS .45, mechanical collective and no gyro. The T-Rex 550e with a Spektrum AR7200bx flybarless controller is light years ahead of that. It's incredibly stable. Honestly I was shocked by how stable it is.
It's like comparing your Carf Extra to a trainer with a warped wing.:joyous: