I love this plane! Stock it was recommended that I use 8 cell kan batteries. Unfortunately no one told me that the motor runs the opposite of what it is designed to run and quickly burned out on the higher voltage. I had a blast but only got 13 flights on the original motor. After sitting idle for a few months while i researched razor brushless motors I was told to just put on a speed 400. It worked great! Yes, it flies a little faster than stock but i haven't burned out the motor. I have damaged a prop shaft, which was just replaced in November 2003. I have also smashed 10 or 11 12x6 props doing silly stuff like taxiing in the culdesac where I live and smashing into curbs and mailboxes. You'd think I would learn.
I have had many adventures building wings out of dow
bluecor foam insulation. The following are pictures of some of the
things I have built so far.
My first new wing for the slowstick I tried using a propane
torch to soften the foam with predictable results.
The beauty of the slowstick is that it flies with anything
resembling a wing. Based on the success of my new replacement wing I
decided to add ailerons.
I don't like the ailerons at all, probably because there is
too much dihedral and the plane doesn't just roll with the ailerons
but also yaws quite a bit.
Next i tried slicing the top of the wing with a razor blade
and using a business card to steer probond into the slices. In a few
short hours the polyurethane had foamed up quite nicely and filled in
the slices.
So far this wing is my favorite, even more so than the
stock wing. It is a little heavier but seems to fly much more
slowly.
A polyhedral 60+ inch wing intended to make finding
thermals easier.
I used a cf arrow shaft and a insulation hangar epoxied in
to make the dihedral breaks.
This wing was "cold-rolled" using a pvc pipe and then a
propane torch to set the curvature.
So far the cold rolling method is the easiest and probably
the lightest. I think the probond method produces the stiffest wing.
all of the bluecor wings tend to flutter a little bit when diving the
plane. It is noticeable by looking at the leading edge and noticing
the light shimmering off the wing.
Total weight for the stock wing is 3.6 ounces.
Total weight for the replacement probond wing is 4.8
ounces.
Total weight for the aileron wing is 5.6 ounces.
Total weight for the poly wing is 6 ounces.
The plane flies really well with all these wings.
Thanks for reading this far! If you have any questions about my flying experiences please look send me a private message as "fprintf" on rcgroups.com or send me an email to fprintf at fprintf.rchomepage.com.