IMAC new to me dalton 260/300, just want to fly it!!!

[BalsaDust]

Exhaust and tank look great.

 

[orthobird]

cbarnes0061;13091 wrote: Exhaust and tank look great.

thank you!!

i am going to install the Rx and the throttle servo. i do not like the control horns on this airplane. some of them are loose. i know that the post type horns, on this airframe, are thru a hard point on the surface. if this is wide enough, i will try to install the aeroworks aluminum horns that would allow me to use 6 screws to fix them, and then i can use 2 ball links per turnbuckle. it will be a more solid construct.

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[pawnshopmike]

It is great seeing this old bird getting a new lease on life after all those years wasting away in a storage shed. Great job Doc!

 

[orthobird]

pawnshopmike;13161 wrote: It is great seeing this old bird getting a new lease on life after all those years wasting away in a storage shed. Great job Doc!

i just hope it does not disintegrate once it gets airborne!!!



i think i can find a picture of the last time this airplane flew.....

give me a minute.

 

[orthobird]

wow, i found this airplane's build thread. it was started 2005 and it was completed in January 2006. so that makes the airplane about 8 years old. last time this airplane was in the air was in 2008. that makes it 6 years in Storage!!! Ouch!!! pray for me!!!



these pictures are from back in 2008

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[bigblueswope]

That is awesome. Finding the original build thread!

 

[orthobird]

i have removed the post horns from the stabs/elevators and installed these Aeroworks control horns, which are just awesome!! except the screws that come with it, which plain old suck and are poor quality. i ended up using the screws from the RTL fasteners sets. these screws have incredible purchase, and probably the reason why the aeroworks screws stripped in the heads. i also like how these will be more to the center of the hinge line compared to the post horns that were on there before.

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[orthobird]

canister is installed. i opened up the bottom of the fuselage some more. i will install one air dam as well to help extract the hot air out. the throttle servo is installed as well.

getting close now. all i have to do now is install the radio system and install the servos to the surfaces!!!



i also have over wrapped the headers with the mcmaster carr teflon tape, and then covered it more with the standard teflon tape from Lowes.

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[Capt.Roll]

Cam,



What is the purpose of wrapping the headers with teflon tape? Does it provide some support?



Rex

 

[Bunky.F.Knuckle]

Keeps the leaks inside the header.



My flexy headers leaked from the first start up, so I found some high temp tape and installed 3 wraps around the flex section. So far so good.