The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

[Snoopy1]

Not me. Went to bed at my usual time and got up at my usual time. I quit partying around 40 years ago.

Gave that life up and it was the best thing that ever happened to me, besides it granted me less headaches and much more cash in my pocket for other things

We all know this RC Addiction will force you to give up a lot.

 

[rmyers]

Thanks for the heads up. I’m hoping there won’t be a ton of stress on the tiller arm. Thought about doing the Fuel tubing trick on it instead. The carbon is too stout, I agree. Not a whole lot of any give... we’ll see how it holds up!!


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Actually it was the carbon fiber spring that de-laminated causing the tiller to bend. Good luck with it.

 

[stangflyer]

Not me. Went to bed at my usual time and got up at my usual time. I quit partying around 40 years ago.

Gave that life up and it was the best thing that ever happened to me, besides it granted me less headaches and much more cash in my pocket for other things

Yup... I'm with ya. Besides, partying cuts into the rc budget. Lol

 

[stangflyer]

Looks like you are a little further up the learning curve than me I can hover pretty good if the plane is facing me and a good one mistaken high. Not so good when the bottom is facing me. Knife edge loops no problem left and right. By the way what plane are you flying to teach your self. Balsadust is a good guy he has often commented and has tried to help and has commented on planes to make learning easier.

Wait till you learn how to back a 40 center down and let your rudder go bump dancing... (Not the same as break dancing) on the runway two feet from your face. Now that is a rush of excitement.

 

[pawnshopmike]

My flying buddy is just beside him self he is in the process of building a large Beaver plane if I remember correctly it 125 inch wing span but anyway he has just built 2 left wing panels. And He is pissed to say the least. It happens to the best of us. The other one for him also did not work. And there is nothing I can do to help him out, a little while from now hopefully we will have a good laugh about.

Ouch. On the plus side, Now he has a reason to build two Beavers.

 

[49dimes]

Why does one work and the other not?

The first one put the batteries about 1/4" to high and the cowl would not go on. If the bats were two cells only they would have fit. The bats that I have are 2S but have 4 individual cells in them and are twice as thick as a 2cell pack. So back to the drawing board .

 

[rmyers]

Winner winner chicken dinner! It turns out that while EPO doesn't like heat, it doesn't care about acetone.

 

[stangflyer]

Winner winner chicken dinner! It turns out that while EPO doesn't like heat, it doesn't care about acetone.

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Sweet...such a deal!

 

[Luchnia]

Looks like you are a little further up the learning curve than me I can hover pretty good if the plane is facing me and a good one mistaken high. Not so good when the bottom is facing me. Knife edge loops no problem left and right. By the way what plane are you flying to teach your self. Balsadust is a good guy he has often commented and has tried to help and has commented on planes to make learning easier.

I use a Mojo65 for most of my learning. I can do pretty much everything on the larger planes, but the Mojo is the ticket for learning, at least from my way of thinking. Some would probably say otherwise.

 

[Luchnia]

Wait till you learn how to back a 40 center down and let your rudder go bump dancing... (Not the same as break dancing) on the runway two feet from your face. Now that is a rush of excitement.
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Cannot imagine what that is like!