Scale MattyMatt's Exclusiv Modellbau 50% Challenger II

[IMAC FANATIC]

sorry to take your thread off topic Matt! @IMAC FANATIC how about you start a new thread for the conversation about scale power for IMAC?

Will do, and pardon,

 

[Bartman]

no problem, i started the thread drift!

 

[MattyMatt]

No worries.... I actually started it, lol. I'll have more coming with the idea shortly.

Time for something new.

 

[MattyMatt]

This plane was already incredible before you added the custom engine mount. Very nice!

You may have already mentioned this, but what are your plans for covering material?

Thank you, it's been a really fun project. It will be Solartex, stitched and pinked. I'll show details on this as we go.

 

[Pistolera]

Thank you, it's been a really fun project. It will be Solartex, stitched and pinked. I'll show details on this as we go.

.....stitching, pinking.....YEEEHAAA!!!!

 

[lowdown]

Hey Matty not meaning to drift
again but is that epoxy coat on
your shop floor looks just like
mine.

 

[mikeh]

Very cool!

 

[MattyMatt]

Well, after playing with some fitting and talking with a couple guys over seas... Looks like I will skip the cannister and go with a Y pipe with no muffler. Should sound sick and be very simple to setup.

 

[MattyMatt]

I have been busy working on the challenger the last few weeks, but bad about posting!

I have the steel "scale like" mount finished up, and is a complete module; engine, ignition, exhaust system and mounts, throttle and choke servos and excess oil catch, are all mounted on the tubular mount. So, my plan is to glass bead and then etch prime and paint the mount. Then put everything together for final assembly. Finally, bolt the whole assembly to the test stand and run it. This way I can set everything up as a unit on the test stand.

 

[MattyMatt]

Here's some shots of it going together:
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