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Extreme Composite Edge 540T 50CC Dietrich Performance75CC Extra260
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The Ladies Justina and Dietrich 42% Extra 260
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Extreme Composite Edge 540T 2 x 2 m
Build Review by "Shaky" Svein Part 5
When building the
cockpit, I like to start with the fasteners for the cockpit. These are
pre-made and it's easy to just glue them in place, I mark off and cut out
were the wooden T`s are to set in and drill holes in the fuselage for the
screws.
When this is done I place small wooden
plates to glue inside of the fuselage where the screws go through. See
picture.
I now will build the canopy. I
first start by cutting out the plastic for the cockpit glass and there are
small markings were to cut. So it's just some fine adjustments
afterwards. Then I lay the plastic glass inside the cockpit and it fits
perfect, so I tape it to the cockpit so i can mark with tape on the
outside of the plastic so I can see were to smooth down with sandpaper.
This is shown on a picture. When its smoothed down I put on 12 minutes
epoxy inside of the cockpit and gently lay the plastic inside and gently
pressure it into the glue. It's actually so perfect made so i don't need
to do anything else but use a few tape to hold it in place.
I now remove the tape from the outside
of the glass so that excessive glue will follow the tape away.
As you can see on a picture I also
have mounted the DA fuel dot. It's just to mark off with a pen were to cut
and cut out the part were to install it. It fits with 6 small screws quite
easy.
We're almost ready to Fly!
Elevators. I started with putting in
the aluminum tube in one of the elevators and drilled straight through
the wing and into the steel tube with a 3 mm drill. I'm
gonna use a 4.5 mm screw to fasten the elevators and that's why I now
use a 4mm drill to make a new hole in the tube. Its now easy just to
screw in the screw and make threads as you go in. I then make a 4,5mm
opening in the elevator wing so the screw can go in.
The next step is to put the stabs on
the plane. I then make a mark in the other horizontal stab where to
drill in the next hole. When this is done I just do the same on
this elevator as the last one.
Since I am not going to remove
the horizontal stabs and want them to sit tight, I'll install the screws
using blue locktite,
The last thing
now is the fuel tank and receiver. As you can se from the
picture the tank mount is designed to lay on top of the wing tube and
glue on with epoxy. I like this technique because the consumption of
fuel will not affect the CG while the plane is in flight. I also
make an extra support on the back bottom, and the one vertical plywood
pin is for mounting the bart antenna for the Spektrum AR-7000
receiver. As you can see on the picture the antenna is now
mounted in place. The reason for mounting it this high is that the
signal has problems going through the fuselage since this is Composite
with carbon walled in it. I have earlier talked to Spektrum and
they assure me that the signal goes around the plane in any direction,
so now the antenna is in the plastic glass for the cockpit. I
have actually tested their theory earlier and it works well.
The plane is now programmed on my
Spektrum DX-7 transmitter and are ready to go. The only
thing left now is the CG and start her up and fly on.
When setting the initial CG, I
always have the planes a bit nose heavy for the first flights.
And after I get to know the plane a bit better, I start to move the CG
aft
Well, that just
about wraps it up for this build. I hope that it has been
helpful and informative.
I will come back with the story of
the first flights and how she flies, hopefully very soon . But in
Norway the weather is getting cold and windy and very wet so it can
take a few weeks before I can be able for my maiden flight. Not to
worry though, I'll get a good day in soon. See you then!
"Shaky Svein"
P.S. I'm going to be starting the Dietrich Extra 260 next. Watch for that one soon!
more coming soon!
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