Morris Dancer build

Today I have covered all the tail parts in orange except for the fin and rudder.  I ran out of orange so I decided to cover the rudder in bright yellow like the fuselage.

Another motor arrived today too as per Chris's post earlier.  Bolts straight  on. Gave it a quick test with a 12x8 APC.  Ran it on 4 cells. WOT for a few seconds. 52 amps.  That exceeds the motor spec.  The box it came in says 3 - 4 cells, 43 amps 770 watts.  The sellers website says otherwise.  On 5 cells, 11x7 maybe around 900 watts.

Will play around with cells and props to see what I get.  Although I think anything in 200 watts per lb is adequate to muck about with at Cashmoor.

I will start hinging the bits this week (waiting on 2mm screws to secure horns). 

11x5.5 for 4s
12x6 for 3s
Or 13x6 3s watch the amps
I believe some have run 5s with 10x5.

My trial run-up was pushing it a bit at 12x8 on 4 cells.  The latest motor being heavier I think has helped as on first impressions of a complete dry assembly it was a little tail heavy. Although I thought that 11x 7 or 11x5.5 would be more in the "ball park". (the latter - Americanism)

Yesterday, Tuesday I had fun slotting all the surfaces. Most were easy with a scalpel except slotting the trailing edge of the wing. Hard balsa?  Anyway once all dry fitted time for the CA thin for the wing. All went well sort off. One aileron is slightly further away from the trailing edge than it was when dry fitted.  I think it was eagerly flexing the aileron too much went glueing.

Today, is gluing the tail and setting up the aileron pull pull wires.

And Yes, the guest bedroom is a unofficial store of model aircraft.

Control wires fitting.  I have discovered that "large" horns are too big for the upper elevator.  Rudder gets in the way.  Glad I found this out before gluing in the rudder and tail fin.  After a few measurements I found that the horn cut down so only the first hole is left (18mm from base) will do the job. That will also match the outermost  hole of the servo arm.  Effectively close to 1 to 1 pull.   The horn on the underside not a problem, I just moved the wire down to the first hole.  See images

Job has come to halt.  Cannot find my bag of 2mm clevises that I put somewhere safe.  I bet that when I go and get some more the originals will turn up.  Grrrr...

Today has gone fairly well.  Pull wires all complete on the elevator and rudder.  Ailerons have been connected with 2mm rods, clevises and nylon snap locks.  Replaced the wheels with 2 1/2 inch foamies. ESC is now a Mantis 65amp. Prop is APC 11x7.  A slight mod for the tail. Made up a tail wheel instead of the skid. It'll work or it won't!  Found a new yellow spinner in my stock drawers.

Out in the drive for power up test.  Fully charged 3 and 4 cells

3 cell gave me 500 watts. 32 amps.   The 4 cell was 300 watts at half throttle.  Full throttle was above 630 watts, I think I saw on the amp meter like 49 amps, but I only held it for a second or two as I was trying to hang on to it and the TX in the other hand.

Now with the wing fitted I could set up the ailerons and take some photos.  I have left the firewall clear of covering as I have a suspicion I may have to add some sticky weights. The CG is 100mm to 140mm. Fly it and see the preferential position.