Jump to content

Search the Community

Showing results for tags 'build log'.

  • Search By Tags

    Type tags separated by commas.
  • Search By Author

Content Type


Categories

  • News & Information
    • Articles
    • BARCS
    • BMFA Nationals
    • Radioglide
    • Interglide
    • F5J
    • F3J
    • F3K
    • F3F
    • General News

Categories

  • Contest Reports
  • Articles
  • Radioglide
  • Interglide
  • BMFA Nationals
  • News and Information

Categories

  • Contest Reports
  • Articles
  • News and Information
  • BARCS Interglide F5J

Categories

  • Articles
  • Contest Reports
  • News and Information

Categories

  • Articles
  • Radioglide
  • Contest Reports
  • News and Information

Categories

  • Articles
  • Contest Reports
    • Radioglide
  • News and Information

Categories

  • Articles
  • Contest Reports
  • News and Information

Categories

  • Articles
  • Contest Reports
  • News and Information

Blogs

There are no results to display.

Forums

  • BARCS
    • News and Information
    • BARCS Matters
    • Radioglide
    • Interglide
    • Covid and eScoring
  • Aircraft
    • Electric Soaring and F5J
    • Slope & Dynamic Soaring
    • F3K and Handlaunch
    • F5K
    • F3F/F3B
    • FxRES
    • Thermal and F3J
    • Virtual Soaring
    • GPS Triangle Racing
    • Kent Interclub
    • F5B
    • Free Flight
    • Multi-Launch
    • Other Soaring
    • RC Equipment
    • Builders Workshop
    • Flyers Workshop
  • Other Subjects
    • General Discussion
    • For Sale / Wanted
    • New Members
    • Forum Guides, How-to's and Updates
    • Ask a Question about using the forum and website
    • Test Posting Messages
  • Vendors
    • Information for Vendors
    • Flightech
    • PracticalRC
    • T9 Hobby Sport

Product Groups

  • BARCS Membership
  • Vendor Packages
  • Radioglide 2024
  • BMFA Silent Flight Nationals

Calendars

  • Event Calendar

Find results in...

Find results that contain...


Date Created

  • Start

    End


Last Updated

  • Start

    End


Filter by number of...

Found 1 result

  1. Tilman Baumann

    flyingwings.co.uk Hawk

    I was looking for a little foamie to throw in the slope to have some fun and not worry about breaking anything in crashes. I was flying a flyingwings.co.uk Slipstream 1m delta-wing so far, but motorized. The wing was mostly indestructible, but was getting a bit floppy after lots of battering. I learned flying with this thing, 'landed' it hard on a regular basis. The wing took it well, but the motor not, the motor mount kept bending over at every crash and therefore I almost never had a straight angle of thrust. And I placed the battery so that it needed a big pack to have the right CG. It became a bit of a pain to fly, and after all - who needs a motor? Anyway. I knew that the SAS Wildthing is really nice looking and robust. But the website had some issues lately and I liked the fact that I can get all the building material at flyingwings.co.uk so that is where I went in the end. I like the looks of the hawk. It's a real bird of prey with those forward swept wings. It's probably not quite as indestructible as the Wild Thing, especially the tail feather. But I feel pretty good about it so far. I have not finished the build yet, but a few things so far. I used the laminating film they sell ant flyingwings. And I'm so glad I did. It is so incredibly robust and smooth. Way way better than strapping tape. Irons on like a dream and becomes really stiff. I put three layers on the leading edge, you barely see the layers but it's bomb proof. Unfortunately the colored tapes flyingwings sells is still crap. Covering is really bad, especially on black foam. Really a shame that they always use white foam on the pictures but send you black, where no color really works on. The foam is not very dense and has pretty big pores. Not the greatest stuff really. But perhaps normal for hot wire cut foam. The cutting is not very precise, especially the foam around the fuselage has warped quite a bit and has huge gaps. And the corners are a bit crusty and need sanding down. I soaked the whole fusilage in hot glue. I like treating the surface of EPP with a film of hot glue, that makes it ultra tough. (Also adds some weight) I will probaby find that this was overkill, but it will certainly increase longevity. The laminating foil is probably way strong enough. The elevons are light balsa. Way too flexible for the job. I would prefer dense balsa or ply. Or even just good old correx with a carbon spar glued in. I can't tell you how it flies yet. I will finish the build tomorrow or so and keep you updated. But i don't think I get a chance to actually fly anytime soon... I really did not want to tape the whole wing. But this black is really not working. I might end up having no choice. Klingon bird of prey
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.