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

[BalsaDust]

I feel the need for a chippy in my life. Not really any options out there though.

 

[BalsaDust]

Some assembly required.

 

[49dimes]

Ok....Giving it a shot......I see an LCD display, Strain gauge sensors, micro toggle switch, micro push button switch, resistors, diode,
mos-fet transistor, gate switch boards, micro cpu board, frequency counters, pin connectors and a 9 volt power connection.

Oh! and a bunch of plastic housing parts of which one says CG. So is it a CG calculator???

 

[BalsaDust]

Yup. Designed for gliders but once calibrated you just set your glider on it and it will tell you it’s all up weight and how far back from the le of the wing the cg is. No balancing on your fingers or on pencils. Doing it the geek way.

 

[acerc]

When I was Googling Sig Clipped Wing Cub......along the trail of photos this popped up. I think it's Robert and the plane!

Yep! That is me.

 

[Snoopy1]

Still have a ton of stuff to do mainly on the interior but some paint work (wind screen retainers red color) and small button head hex screws for the wind screen retainers ( instead of the small servo screws) and matching the yellow square on the exterior. Also need to make the engine air scoops out of brass or aluminum sheeting. I decided to go ahead and assemble and check CG. Think I will go ahead and Maiden tomorrow just to see how it's going to fly .


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That is one nice cub anyone would like to add that to his collection. Have a good maiden and enjoy the results of your labor

 

[Snoopy1]

I know. I’m a happy person. I used to have everything copied, but i wiped it clean and forgot to copy the models again. I messed up good. My flying season is now, I know it’s not the end of the world, but my ship just capsized lol


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It capsized with no life boats and you are swimming to shore on your own.

 

[Snoopy1]

I can only imagine what my wife would say if i fired up one of my gassers in the house.

You and me both would be in big trouble. I think I would only get away with that once. Even when I run the engines in a garage you can still smell it in the house.

 

[Snoopy1]

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Some assembly required.

That is a nice tool to have would you be kind enough to keep us informed and let us know how easy it is to build and all stuff and work required to get to a functioning CG scale.
How much weight is tha unit good for.

 

[BalsaDust]

That is a nice tool to have would you be kind enough to keep us informed and let us know how easy it is to build and all stuff and work required to get to a functioning CG scale.
How much weight is tha unit good for.

The load cells I have are a pair of 5kg and a pair of 2kg. One guy on the original thread for it was using his for models up to 2000 grams