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

[Xpress]

Rebuilt 7, 9380's last night with new cases. 400+ flights and still impressive that the gears are as tight as new. Off to a new owner today

 

[BalsaDust]

Had to do a little repair on my dlg after a dumbass moment yesterday. Buddy offered me to fly his brand new BAMF dlg. Third flight I was ending up a little short on landing and totally missed that my dlg was in the way. Caught the te of the aileron on mine with the bottom le of the vertical on his. Mine had to be repaired his will get a replacement part. Literally less than an hour flight time on his new bird and I go a F it up. Felt so horrible.

Basically just mixed up some finishing resin with some carbon fiber dust to tint it black. Will unclamp it here shortly to see how it turned out.

 

[pawnshopmike]

Had to do a little repair on my dlg after a dumbass moment yesterday. Buddy offered me to fly his brand new BAMF dlg. Third flight I was ending up a little short on landing and totally missed that my dlg was in the way. Caught the te of the aileron on mine with the bottom le of the vertical on his. Mine had to be repaired his will get a replacement part. Literally less than an hour flight time on his new bird and I go a F it up. Felt so horrible.

Basically just mixed up some finishing resin with some carbon fiber dust to tint it black. Will unclamp it here shortly to see how it turned out. View attachment 110038View attachment 110039View attachment 110040View attachment 110041View attachment 110042View attachment 110043View attachment 110044View attachment 110045View attachment 110046View attachment 110047

I hate it when I have a bonehead moment. I almost crashed Frank Noll’s DLG at an event once. I saved it just in time! A moment I’ll never forget. I doubt he will either.

 

[BalsaDust]

Repairs completed other than some light sanding with 400 then 600 grit papers and I can buff and wax and it will be almost not visible.

 

[49dimes]

Fine tuning the "dynamic balance" of the parts that go round and round meant yet another new spinner for the QQ300 .

The cone of the CF spinner is "out of round" and just wont balance good enough for my liking.
The 2" anodized black TruTurn did the trick! Spools all the way up smooth as silk now .

 

[Snoopy1]

Have any of you gentlemen used one of these if you have please let me know what you think of them.

 

[dhal22]

Have any of you gentlemen used one of these if you have please let me know what you think of them.
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Standoff plate?

 

[49dimes]

@Snoopy1 I used one on my EF 104 with the DA120. Very nice stand off. Make sure you know what depth you need. They come in varying depths.

 

[Snoopy1]

Standoff plate?

I get that but why would you use one if all you have to do is move the firewall 1 inch further out and not use it.

 

[Snoopy1]

@Snoopy1 I used one on my EF 104 with the DA120. Very nice stand off. Make sure you know what depth you need. They come in varying depths.

Ok thanks I thought that they only came in one size 1 inch deep.