Joe Nall...

Not much to report other than I had a chance to go to Joe Nall yesterday!  All I can say is WOW!  Some of the most incredible pilots I've had the pleasure to watch.  I also was able to witness some actual turbines in the flesh.  I would love to (eventually) make a large 1/8th or 1/7th scale F-23A with twin turbines. One step at a time though!  What I find kinda cute is that the AMA and by extension the FAA requires a turbine waiver. Since I have full size turbine time approaching 5 figures I find it kind of amusing!  True enough, they aren't quite the same...

Anyway, still haven't had any time to work on the project this week but I'm really close to PAV-1 first flight, I promise!  I did manage to order some more supplies of the AV-1, the big jet so at least some things are happening!

Stay tuned!

Slow Steady Progress (I guess)

Even though I had 5 days off I didn't get much done although I'm close to first flight on PAV -1.  What was able to do was install the V-stabs and pushrods as well as hinge the ailerons. I was going to just tap the ailerons but I was not confident that  wouldn't fluster or even rip off.  Here's a pic:

What's left is install aileron clevises and pushrods, bullet connectors for the ESC/motor and then install the servos and receiver.  I need one good day to finish this thing up.  Next up will be to copy the large model plans so I can start work on the beast!

Big Plans!

A good friend of mine was kind enough to rescale and then print out my general arrangement plans for me.  They arrived today and they're really nice. I'm very glad I choose 1:13.5th scale as the jet is just a perfect size.  I still haven't had much time to work on the other jet but I was able to cut out new V-stabs and get them shaped.  Here are a could pics of some of the sheets. A 60" ruler in at the top for reference:

Stay tuned!

Quick update

 I had to help my brother make a 600 mile move so my time off was consumed by that this past week. I was, however, able to work on the profile model for about an hour and managed to secure maple blocks to the dat fuselage for the spindle mounts. I'm hopeful that I'll be able to finish up this week but I do have another fairly busy week ahead.  I should be getting my plans in soon and I'll be sure to post a couple pics when they do.