got the wing built and rough sanded. no hatches yet. weight right now only 6.6 oz.! most of the time my wings run 8-9 oz. really good wood in this one.
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flew the prototype in nashville. what surprised me was not the hovering qualities, which were excellent and expected from paul's stuff, but the fact that it tracked well and point rolled crisply in "normal" flight!
So, am building mine now. Notes so far:
as usual, wood quality is EXCELLENT, as is the cnc routing- paul, do you do it, or dickeybird, or what? regardless, the parts fit perfect.
The engineering is also great- or maybe paul just builds like I do?
I noticed the instructions specify 4 shear webs, while the plans show 3. so I put 4 which webbed it to the tip; none in the center bay as the burrito had none.
On cutting the webs; I butted a sheet on the table and drew the spar angle along the bottom spar and cut. then butted the sheet on the bottom spar and using the top spar as a guide drew a line about 3/16" above the spar. it fit right in, just short enough not to interfere with spar capstrips, and leaving an angle on the main sheet for the next cut.
When putting l.e. and stringers in, I shoved the mount in between root ribs vertically to set width so I wouldn't push them in causing the mount/tube to be hard to install later
on the l.e. sheeting; I preferred to sand t.e. and sheet t.e. first, then unpin and sand high spots off l.e. and stringers. then glued sheeting to bottom spar and wet well. pin back down to plans and pull sheeting up and around l.e. and glue to top spar, then leave it a couple hours for sheeting to dry; with wing pinned down like that I can't warp it while sheeting l.e.
That's all I got done so far, hope there are some useful tips here! will post more as build progresses, and thanks, paul! your stuff can't be beat!!
So, am building mine now. Notes so far:
as usual, wood quality is EXCELLENT, as is the cnc routing- paul, do you do it, or dickeybird, or what? regardless, the parts fit perfect.
The engineering is also great- or maybe paul just builds like I do?
I noticed the instructions specify 4 shear webs, while the plans show 3. so I put 4 which webbed it to the tip; none in the center bay as the burrito had none.
On cutting the webs; I butted a sheet on the table and drew the spar angle along the bottom spar and cut. then butted the sheet on the bottom spar and using the top spar as a guide drew a line about 3/16" above the spar. it fit right in, just short enough not to interfere with spar capstrips, and leaving an angle on the main sheet for the next cut.
When putting l.e. and stringers in, I shoved the mount in between root ribs vertically to set width so I wouldn't push them in causing the mount/tube to be hard to install later
on the l.e. sheeting; I preferred to sand t.e. and sheet t.e. first, then unpin and sand high spots off l.e. and stringers. then glued sheeting to bottom spar and wet well. pin back down to plans and pull sheeting up and around l.e. and glue to top spar, then leave it a couple hours for sheeting to dry; with wing pinned down like that I can't warp it while sheeting l.e.
That's all I got done so far, hope there are some useful tips here! will post more as build progresses, and thanks, paul! your stuff can't be beat!!
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thanks, and your way acheives the same results; as long as it's held down it won't warp! am going back out to build more of it in a few minutes. got the color scheme picked out, too; like the shaguar, a british flag with austin powers for a pilot! Gonna print this, invert for other side, cut out and clear over it. yeah, baby!
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Yup, I had to do a double-take on the rudder post too. It looks like the motor mount is going to be a teeny bit wider than the rest of the surrounding balsa sticks on the front end, but no big deal. I added a little piece of balsa on the top of the fuse above the wing for handlauching. Also added a bit of hardwood on the bottom/rear of the fuse for a tailwire like my sledge has.
I enjoyed the minimal sanding on the mojo. Minimal sanding = Minimal sniffles and sneezing for me. This was a quick and straight forward framing profile for me. Such a far cry from the old Sig kits where we had to cut the printed ribs out of a solid sheet of wood.
JW
I enjoyed the minimal sanding on the mojo. Minimal sanding = Minimal sniffles and sneezing for me.
This was a quick and straight forward framing profile for me. Such a far cry from the old Sig kits where we had to cut the printed ribs out of a solid sheet of wood.JW
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Paul no MOJO 60 yet :lol:
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about got it covered... what you guys think, it gonna look o.k.?
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that is the top, just haven't cut the covering around the hatch holes yet! bottom is white, but I think I'm gonna use more of the pearl blue and some pearl light blue to do a chapman type scheme on the bottom; dunno yet, will decide tomorrow. bob is printing out the austin powers pix for the pilot... that kind of thing is my bag, baybee!! 8)
bottom is white, but I think I'm gonna use more of the pearl blue and some pearl light blue to do a chapman type scheme on the bottom; dunno yet, will decide tomorrow. bob is printing out the austin powers pix for the pilot... that kind of thing is my bag, baybee!! 8)
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