Tuesday was a productive session though it appears not much was done as it was about getting the throttle working properly (with the transmitter) through a lot of adjusting and installing the extension for adjusting one of the speed settings, see below: In order to accomplish these two tasks a bigger hole had to be …
Building 4 Star 60 Day 46: Throttle control adjustments Read More »
After yesterdays session you can really get a sense of what my aircraft will look like (without the wing anyways). I started my day with covering the hatch cover. I wanted to break up all the white on the fuselage and since Peter and I had the same idea for what color should be used …
Building 4 Star 60 Day 45: Canopy Installed, Servo Test & Landing Gear Read More »
Tuesday was on the shorter side (1.5hrs) but accomplished the two goals that were set out for the evening, cutting the canopy and securing the pilot in place. The first task was to cut the canopy. This may sound like a simple task, but the thing to remember is that I only have one and …
Building 4 Star 60 Day 44: Canopy Cut & Pilot Installed Read More »
Seeing everything coming together and how far I have come since day 1 when this project began has been really rewarding. I believe I have learned a lot throughout the process and still have so much to learn! It has been a lot of fun seeing the aircraft take shape. I started the day by continuing where …
Building 4 Star 60 Day 43: Fuselage Covered, Engine & Battery Installed Read More »
It was great to get back working on my plane again. The time flew by as I think this was the longest I have worked in one session in a long time at about 2.5hrs. During this time I finished covering one side of the fuselage. From the pilots perspective this was the front left …
Building 4 Star 60 Day 42: Fuselage Front Sides Covering Read More »
Today, after quite a hiatus do to not feeling well and timing, it was great to get back to working on my plane this afternoon. The theme of the day was covering, lol. I started by continuing where I left off and covering the fuselage bottom front, seen below. For this piece I made sure …
Building 4 Star 60 Day 41: Fuse Bottom Front & Top Deck Covered Read More »
Today I tinkered on my website to verify that I have finally completed some outstanding items on my website that I have been planning to do for ages. The only one that I really should have investigated sooner was Google Analytics as now I don’t have any data prior to the end of this week …
Tuesday’s building session involved finishing up covering the turtle deck, top view in the image above, side view below. With the convex curves and having to extend back around the tail makes for one of the trickier pieces of covering I had to do.m Last session I had already cut out the piece, ironed it …
Building 4 Star 60 Day 40: Turtle Deck & Landing Gear Plate Covered Read More »
