RE: NEW 30% BME EDGE II
I'm really sorry to hear of your loss. I had a Kit built Ultimate go in due to a bad power switch on the second flight. That was over 2 years ago & it still hurts. I would recommend writing a letter to Futaba & explain to them what happened. They may help you out with a new receiver or some servo's. When my ultimate went in they replaced all of the servo's, receiver, & gave me a new kit. I was extremely suprised and they secured my customer loyalties for many years to come. :) Like Joe, I had recently purchased a 9C when I got my Edge, so I put in PCM and have no intentions of moving over to Spectrum. Glad to see you have another one on the way. [8D] Tony
Posted on: 7/7/2008 3:21 PM by Author "tuwood" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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RE: Goldberg Ultimate 10-300 build
[quote]ORIGINAL: fallingleaf Tuwood, just started an ultimate build and taken alot of inspiration from this thread so thank you very much for that! Have made any further progress on your ultimate a.k.a "MKII"? [/quote] I'm glad to see you've gotten some good out of it all. I've unfortunately been slacking for quite a while on my building so I haven't made any
Posted on: 6/3/2008 5:36 PM by Author "tuwood" in the forum "Kit Building"
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RE: Carden 40% Edge 540 build ( first time)
I won't be able to offer much help, but I'll certainly be watching your progress. I'm hoping to get a 35% Carden for this winter. [;)]
Posted on: 8/21/2007 7:29 PM by Author "tuwood" in the forum "Carden Aircraft"
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RE: Goldberg Ultimate 10-300 build
[quote]ORIGINAL: JohnMcGowan Update: I did the maiden ( for me anyway) on the ultimate. I had the field to myself all day. I was really surprised that no one ever showed up , I guess due to the heat- It was 98° at noon. I went for it though. This was my first ever time to take-off and land a bipe of any kind. It has a YS 120 on it and Ive been repairing the covering on it because it was in such bad shape. Anywho, I taxied out and did a couple of slow speed run-ups on the runway to get a feel for it, and about the 3rd time I said to myself, I said "self, lets do this" and off I went. 3 clicks of up trim on the elevator was all it needed for hands off flight. It is pretty quick too I might ad witha 16x8 prop. I am going to experiment with a couple different size props,a 15x10 as well as a 17x10 just to see what they fly like. I will post pics when I get them. later, John [/quote] Excellent news!!! I'm glad everything went well & look forward to the pic's.
Posted on: 8/20/2007 8:19 AM by Author "tuwood" in the forum "Kit Building"
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RE: How do you fill your tank ?
jersey manual pump. I count the cranks on every fillup. plus it's good exercise. [;)]
Posted on: 8/19/2007 11:52 PM by Author "tuwood" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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RE: What plane will allow me to fly 3d in the wind?
to be honest, they all fly in the wind just fine. Obviously the lighter ones get tossed around more, but they still fly fine. I took my 40 size mojo (very light) & 6mm depron foamy (feather light) out in 35+ winds once. It was a fun fly for a bunch of boy scouts, so we pretty much had to fly & they both did great. I'd hover one at one end of the runway & it would be at the other end in a second. it was a blast. I pretty much had to land them in the weeds though to keep em from blowing away. hehe.
Posted on: 8/19/2007 11:17 PM by Author "tuwood" in the forum "3D Electric Flying!"
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RE: Fromeco LiIon Batteries
[quote]ORIGINAL: jvino Does everyone remove the batteries when charging? I noticed that the directions said to remove when charging but I never see batteries laying around at the field, just planes with chargers attached. What is the risk involved with leaving them in if any?? Secondly, what type of charge is everyone using?? I have the Triton 2 charger, will this work well?? Thanks so much for your help, Jeremiah [/quote] I personally think it's a liability thing, because there is always a chance that they could burn. I have fromeco's in two planes & I leave them in to charge & have been doing it for about a year. The triton should do just fine for the charger, I use an AccuCycle Elite on mine.
Posted on: 8/17/2007 9:02 AM by Author "tuwood" in the forum "3D Flying!"
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RE: Pull pull cross or not to cross?
It really doesn't matter weather you cross them or not as long as you get the geometry right. I typically look at where my servo mount is compared to the slits for the cable & go with what fits the plane. On my BME Edge I went with an offset box design (example C in the picture) because the hard point in my rudder was too far back for the normal box option (example A). Both wires are guitar string tight throughout the entire range of the servo. diagram taken from http://www.swbmfg.com/rudex.html which is a great read on this topic.
Posted on: 8/15/2007 2:24 PM by Author "tuwood" in the forum "3D Flying!"
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RE: Goldberg Ultimate 10-300 build
The kit comes with metal bolts, but you pretty much have to use loc tite on them if you don't want them to vibrate out. When I was running the engine in on mine (on the ground) both vibrated out & were laying on the ground after I was done. I just put some loc tite (the removable kind) on them and it held them in place. However over the long term that would get pretty messy so I'll switch to plastic on the next one. [;)]
Posted on: 8/5/2007 3:21 PM by Author "tuwood" in the forum "Kit Building"
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RE: Goldberg Ultimate 10-300 build
That looks really nice Ken, can't wait to see the flight report. [;)]
Posted on: 7/18/2007 12:05 AM by Author "tuwood" in the forum "Kit Building"
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RE: Goldberg Ultimate 10-300 build
[quote]ORIGINAL: iflyfisher Tuwood, did you ever finish your other Ultimate? [/quote] Not yet.. I finished the wings & all the tail feathers last summer, but got distracted on a couple other projects when I was waiting on some replacement aileron stock from Goldberg. We had a few people quit from my team at work, so things were crazy through the winter which kept me from doing much
Posted on: 7/15/2007 3:06 PM by Author "tuwood" in the forum "Kit Building"
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RE: SEALING HINGE GAPS
[quote]ORIGINAL: BBW Walt Question for you tape users, How do you get tape to lay down in the hinge bevel on both sides without getting a stuck up mess. I use covering with a trim iron and I'm able to get it to lay perfectly on both surface sides all the way down to the hinge line. I tried Blenderm once and made a mess of trying to get it down correctly without getting it stuck where I didn't want it stuck, gotta be a trick here.....Walt [/quote] I've always just layed it lightly across the whole hinge & then used the back side of my x-acto knife to push it down on one side & then the other. it's pretty stretchy so it doesn't have to be perfect. However, I do like your technique Rcpilet, i think i'll try that next time. [;)]
Posted on: 7/15/2007 2:40 PM by Author "tuwood" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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RE: NEW 30% BME EDGE II
[quote]ORIGINAL: jharkin [quote]ORIGINAL: Toolman-RCU The only time I broke my gear plate was on an off runway landing due to my carb coming loose. The gear plate is a pretty easy fix and a good time to beef it up. I have had other Edges that had much flimsier gear mounts, but this one is pretty good. [/quote] Yeah, I bounced it HARD. My fault. Its was probably a bit too windy for a maiden (gusting to 20 I'd guess) and I had way too much low rate elevator throw. [/quote] I had one of my wheel pants catch some grass on a not so nice landing last fall & popped the left side of my LG block loose. I just epoxied it back in place & FG'd outside & inside and it's as good as new. (probably better)
Posted on: 7/14/2007 3:12 PM by Author "tuwood" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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RE: SEALING HINGE GAPS
I use foamy hinge tape on all my planes. I seal all surfaces on the under side end to end (over hinges) for ail & ele & flip a coin for the rudder. [:D]
Posted on: 7/14/2007 12:47 PM by Author "tuwood" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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RE: Goldberg Ultimate 10-300 build
[quote]ORIGINAL: JohnMcGowan Tu, best I can tell from your picture, the spar is the rear limit for the cg, is that right? Thank you for that!! And Charles, mine is set up with two aileron servos-one in each wing. [/quote] Yep, that's how I read it
Posted on: 7/12/2007 4:55 PM by Author "tuwood" in the forum "Kit Building"
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RE: Goldberg Ultimate 10-300 build
I just dug through my old pictures & found one that has the CG point from the plans. If you notice on the bottom of the pic, it says "balancing range". So, if you invert it as stated before & stay ahead of the wing spar you should be fine. **edit** Found a pic of my CG prior to covering. I don't know the measurement, but you can see about where it's at.
Posted on: 7/12/2007 4:55 PM by Author "tuwood" in the forum "Kit Building"
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RE: Mojo 60, UCD 60, or Fusion??
[quote]ORIGINAL: scriptt I can’t wait to get this thing in the air!! So it looks like it will be set up like this: Saito 100 10oz Fuel Tank 4 Spectrum DS821 Digital Servos (88 oz/in @ 6.0v) Spectrum AR7000 Reciever No BS 6-cell 1500mah NiMH Battery (4.1oz) I have seen a few people say that there are a lot of build threads for this plane. Is that on this website? If so, does anyone have some search tips because im have real trouble finding them. Does anyone have any build tips? As far as the best glue to use for the lightest possible outcome? What size clasps I should use and all of that stuff? And how is the wire landing gear? DO you recommend replacing it or is it pretty sturdy? I was looking at the No BS website and the battery I listed above was the lightest 6-cell they have. Seems like it has a good mah rating, but I don’t know what the battery should weigh in at so I would like some opinions on that as well. As for the throttle servo, I think I may use a micro servo or something to shave the weight down as much as possible, do you think that’s an ok idea? [/quote] Well, an excellent build thread is the manual itself: [link=http://www.swanyshouse.com/mojo60/mojo60buildinstructions.pdf]mojo 60 manual[/link]. Another great thread and a place to ask any questions is [link=http://www.theprofilebrotherhood.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4578&sid=5a137c7198febca6721be9f90a24449b]Mojo for Dummies[/link]. The dummies thread is for a 40 size, but they build exactly the same. I lay the fuse & wings out with T pins on a ceiling tile and hit all the joints with thin CA. I've got about 15 or 20 good crashes on mine & it's still good as new. The wire landing gear is perfect on the 40. Once you plant it a few times & just bend the gear back you'll appreciate the fact that you don't have to go buy new fiberglass or plastic gear. [:D] I used a standard servo for my throttle but I know guys are using smaller stuff. One thing to be aware of is the vibrations of a 4 stroke can be unhealthy on a micro servo. **edit** looks like rcu doesn't like the dummies thread link (there's a long story there) [;)] if you replace the ****'s in the link with "the profile brotherhood dot com" (no spaces) it will work.
Posted on: 7/10/2007 8:55 PM by Author "tuwood" in the forum "3D Flying!"
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RE: Beginner 3D Advise
There's a ton of them out there, but for outdoor use I'd recommend 6mm depron ones. The 3mm ones break too easy outside. [:D] I've had a couple Hobby Lobby Yaks which fly pretty decent and more importantly they're cheap as can be. My personal favorite was the FoMoJo, but I think Swany stopped making those. [&o] Here's a vid with my FoMoJo in the back yard. [link=http://media.putfile.com/FoMoJo-Flying-15]FoMoJo Flying[/link] I just ordered a couple insane foamy yak's because I've read a lot of good things about them. http://www.insanefoamies.com/
Posted on: 7/10/2007 10:28 AM by Author "tuwood" in the forum "3D Flying!"
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RE: PAU/BME Edge III Pics and Maiden Report
[quote]ORIGINAL: ggroyal1 I received my new Edge540III last week. No damage to boxes(thanks UPS), everything looks real good, this is my second gasser. My first is the H9 cap232 with the evolution 45gx2 engine, it has been flawless for the last two months, so I decided to buy another gas. I ordered the DA50 engine and later after reading the forum, I ordered the Edge540II. Thanks to all the info from RCU and nobody at the field had an Edge540, almost everyone has a Yak. I am about half way thru. I am using the kevlar for the pull-pull and all JR servos and radio. Thanks for all the great pics, they have been real helpful. George G. Royal [/quote] Congrats, you're gonna love it. I too am the only one at my field with a BME Edge. It's nice to be a little different. I'm sure you've already found it, but there's a ton of great information in this thread: [link=http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_3081919/anchors_3081919/mpage_1/key_bme%252Cedge/anchor/tm.htm#]NEW 30% BME EDGE II[/link] Me, JoeAirPort, & several others put all our build pictures & setups in there.
Posted on: 7/9/2007 10:33 PM by Author "tuwood" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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RE: splicing balsa fuselage stringers
[quote]ORIGINAL: bigstick60 THANKS YOU GUYS, LOOKS LIKE IM GOING TO GO THIS ROUTE. ONE MORE QUESTION CA OR EPOXY,FOR THE GLUING OF THE JOINT [/quote] Probably a matter of personal preference, Whenever I splice two pieces together I always use thin CA because it penetrates the wood the best. Heck, you could always do a couple test runs with CA & epoxy & see which one seems stronger. [;)]
Posted on: 7/9/2007 5:50 PM by Author "tuwood" in the forum "Tips & Techniques"
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RE: which motor, YS63s or Saito 82 ?
I've got a Saito 1.25 & a YS 63 & they both run perfectly. I've got probably 150 flights (& 20 crashes [8|]) on the YS & have never had to touch anything after I broke it in. I also run a 13x4W on the YS which runs it up to around 12000 RPM which is pretty harsh treatment. I do believe you need to run 20% at a minimum on the YS so it will cost a little more on fuel, but being a power junkie I run 30% in my saito too. [:D]
Posted on: 7/9/2007 11:53 AM by Author "tuwood" in the forum "Profile and Fun Flying Planes"
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RE: which motor, YS63s or Saito 82 ?
I haven't flown the Saito 82, but I can't imagine a better motor than the YS 63. I have run it on a OMP katana & on a mojo. It's an absolute rocketship climbing out of a hover with 30% coolpower & a 13x4W
Posted on: 7/9/2007 12:25 AM by Author "tuwood" in the forum "Profile and Fun Flying Planes"
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RE: Beginner 3D Advise
[quote]ORIGINAL: scottsey Thank you Tuwood that is the kind of advise I am looking for. I will look into that plane. BTW I see that you are from the Omaha area. Do you ever fly at the field by the Ameristar casino? I travel there are business from time to time. Thanks [/quote] Yeah, I fly at two fields around Omaha. One is at Standing Bear Lake in Omaha www.omahawks.org the other is at buds field
Posted on: 7/8/2007 11:02 PM by Author "tuwood" in the forum "3D Flying!"
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RE: flyable 3D model for G3.5
[quote]ORIGINAL: Jerry_Hailey Tuwood- They improved the efect of gravity in G3.5 to make planes fly more realistic. I bought the add on 4 that has an Edge 540 and changed the color scheme to match my Goldberg 540. I reduced the mass to .9 to make it fly like my real plane. This flys much better than the Yak. The stock 540 has a 87 inch wing and weighs 23 lbs. Flys well with the 3w 70cc engine
Posted on: 7/8/2007 9:47 PM by Author "tuwood" in the forum "RC Flight Simulator Software"
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RE: Beginner 3D Advise
I'd recommend two things. 1. get a foamy. I fumbled around with 3D on my glow planes & did halfway ok, but I was always a mile high because I'd crash if I didn't. Once I got a foamy in the back yard I was torque rolling on the ground in a matter of a couple weeks & the experience carried over to my glow & gas planes very well. 2. For a glow plane Mojo is best, but if a kit isn't an option I personally would go with an OMP Katana http://www.ohiomodelplanes.com/48katanaarf/ They're $129 bucks & easy to fix or replace when (not if) you crash. I personally would stay clear of the U Can Do because it's heavier & much less durable. It's a decent flying plane, but nowhere near as good at 3D or as druable as any profile.
Posted on: 7/8/2007 9:45 PM by Author "tuwood" in the forum "3D Flying!"
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RE: PAU/BME Edge III Pics and Maiden Report
[quote]ORIGINAL: Jerry_Hailey Kevin- What engine? DA-50? Tuwood-- What engine? 16.8 lbs sounds heavy for what BME says it will be. I'll bet you are telling the truth, they may just fudge a bit. [/quote] OK, you got me thinking so I went out to the garage & threw the wings on & weighed it again. Bouncing between 16.8 & 16.85. I trust my scale pretty well, but I'd say at most
Posted on: 7/8/2007 9:38 PM by Author "tuwood" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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RE: Mojo 60, UCD 60, or Fusion??
[quote]ORIGINAL: scriptt Quick questions, why do I want 2.5 degrees thrust? It seems like that may make hovering more difficult. [/quote] I couldn't begin to tell you the physics behind it but pretty much every plane has some right thrust in it to counteract the way the air comes off the prop. If you put no right thrust in it it will pull to the left & you'll have to constantly compensate with right rudder when trying to hover. Also, I agree with YNOT, the stock mojo 60 is what you need.
Posted on: 7/8/2007 9:17 PM by Author "tuwood" in the forum "3D Flying!"
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RE: PAU/BME Edge III
Very nice, I absolutely love my BME Edge. I've had it for about a year & it's still going strong. BTW, if you don't like the rainbow power scheme they peel off and are replaced very easy. [;)] I weighed mine when I finished it and I think it was 16.8 lbs. Here's a pic of mine from last weekend.
Posted on: 7/8/2007 5:06 PM by Author "tuwood" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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RE: Mojo 60, UCD 60, or Fusion??
[quote]ORIGINAL: scriptt Thank you for all of the super fast replies. [:D] Wind Junkie, We have a Pickup truck with a camper shell that we use for the field. I have 48" in between the wheel hubs and im guessing probably 58� wall to wall in the bed so it should fit. We might not be able to take a whole lot out that day but it'll definitely fit. And your right, id probably rather not mess with detachable wings, I think it would be more rigid with stationary wings anyway. I think I read somewhere that the detachable option was kind of weak or something. Something im pondering: what exactly is the "Mojo 60 MoAss Modification kit"? And what exactly is the "2 1/2 deg thrust plate"? After looking at pictures of the Fusion kit, I think I can see how the Mojo is more robust. It seems like a great plane, I just wish it came in an ARF. What do you think the build time would be (in hours) for a total newb builder like myself? Sorry for so many questions. [/quote] The MoAss is plans for a modification to the original Mojo 60 design which makes it larger with bigger control surfaces. The thrust plate is a shim to go between your motor & the motor mount which will give you exactly 2.5 degrees of right thrust (recommended). If you don't get it you'll have to use washers or something else to shim the motor out. I haven't built the 60 yet, but I built the mojo 40 in about 24 hours of actual build time (including covering). Granted I built three planes before it, so it will probably take you a little longer. There's a ton of help & some great build threads over on the profile brotherhood site.
Posted on: 7/8/2007 4:58 PM by Author "tuwood" in the forum "3D Flying!"
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RE: Mojo 60, UCD 60, or Fusion??
I've got a mojo 40 & am currently building a 65, so of course my recommendation is the mojo. The reason you'll love it more than any other is becuase it's tough as nails and flys great. I had a OMP Katana profile & it flew great, but after a few weeks and a few doinks it was in 4 pieces and done. However I've had my mojo for a year & had some pretty violent crashes & it's still as good as new.
Posted on: 7/8/2007 9:58 AM by Author "tuwood" in the forum "3D Flying!"
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