petefly58
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Post by petefly58 on Mar 15, 2009 8:44:08 GMT -5
Conditions were great yesterday until about 3 PM or so. There was some lift and winds were light. This was the first opportunity I had to fly my Bubble Dancer in light winds. Also, I got the radio programmed so that I can fly it on both sticks same as my other gliders. Good results with that. John Hauff flew it and was coming in to land when he hit a small bump at about 30 feet. Well, being the master he is, he specked it out. John was also very happy with his recently acquired black and yellow competition Supra which features a beefed up center section. Mike Lavelle got a 45 minute flight with his Thermal Dancer and several other people specked out. And Dimitri and Hedwig were back for the first time since September. What a great day !!! ;D
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Post by petefly58 on Mar 15, 2009 8:28:18 GMT -5
In the Super Gee pod the servos are first wrapped in masking ( blue ) tape. You take a piece of balsa which has been sanded on the bottom to conform to the shape of the pod and epoxy it in where the servos will be located. That piece of balsa is your servo tray. Tape wrapped servos are epoxied or c'ad onto it in the proper location. It's not too difficult to remove them if necessary. In the RC Builder site, Aradhana has an assembly guide for the Light Hawk DLG, essentially a Super Gee II. This has within it a description and diagram of servo installation into a DLG pod. You'll find it helpful. rcbuilder.com/lh_guide/welcome.htm Also, the following PDF gives a good drawing of the installation of the servo tray and servo arrangement for a DLG: rcbuilder.com/lh_guide/pod-gear-installation.pdfPete
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Post by petefly58 on Mar 15, 2009 8:13:04 GMT -5
Rob,
Those kevlar leading edges look very neat. I remember that step as being tricky with the 3M 77 method when Frank and I built the Super Gee.
Pete
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