Take a look at the attached PDF. We received this invitation from the Suburban RC Barnstormers in Wheaton, IL. Thought I would pass it along to everyone.

Barn Stormer’s Swap Meet

The build has been completed. I figure with the great December weather we have been having I probably will be able to fly it this year yet! The last building notes I can give is that I wrapped the ESC and RX in tape before CA’ing them to the wing. You also need to put the ESC in high timing mode for the motor I choose. My Turnigy programing card did not work so it was a pain in the butt. The aileron throws are about 1/4″ in each direction. The elevator is supposedly more sensitive going down, so I have 3/16″ of up elevator and about the width of the elevator going down. I am also running 20% expo on each control surface. One thing I did run into using the HXT5G servos are that the bottoms are not glued on, they pull off very easily. Either tape or glue them down. When I removed the battery the Velcro actually ripped the bottom of the servos off.  I glued a small 1/16″ piece of ply over the servo bottoms to prevent this from happening again. It will be a little heavier but I am not to concerned. Given the size of the airplane a little bit slower will not matter. I hope you have enjoyed the progress of this build as much as I did building it. If you spent sometime to build the plane you could easily do it in a full day.

 

Servos have been connected! I used 1/32 music wire with no easy connectors. It should make for a lighter build and is not that difficult if you take your time. The hardest part was bending the one aileron wire around the elevator servo. It looks a little strange but I think it should work. Now to mount the motor, solder my connections, batteries and mount some velcro. Could a maiden be happening soon? I think so!

 

The wing has been mounted. I finally purchased a cutting mat with grid lines. It really helped me line up the tail with the wing to make sure they are parallel. One hint that I can give is to use a spot of hot glue at the leading edge of the wing to the carbon spar. When that sets you can make minor changes to the rear and set it again with a small dab of hot glue at the trailing edge. When you are happy with everything CA the wing in place. I installed HXT 5 gram servos and attached the ailerons and elevator. The instructions said to use scotch tape for hinging,  I did but only had matte finish available. I am not to concerned about the looks but am a bit concerned with the strength. It does not seem to be adhering really well to the painted balsa. Time will tell! The leading edge of the wing is 3.25″ back from the end bell of the motor. This suggestion comes form Hance on rcgroups.com and his suggested power system. The CG can be adjusted by moving the battery back and forth. I think this plane will be ready to fly with a few more nights of work!

I was able to work on the plane a little bit more tonight. I painted the wing and tail feathers. The pictures really does not show how bright it is. I painted the underside white but it was a really light coat so it is mainly white wash balsa. All of my parts arrived from Hobbyking. Only took 10 days to get here from Hong Kong. Not bad at all! I epoxied the motor mount to the CF tube. I had to use a little electrical tape to make the CF tube larger. After the epoxy was set I added a little thin CA for extra strength. I then used thin CA to glue the tail on. Tomorrow I will will probably glue the wing on and start installing the electronics. This should be a pretty fast build for the experienced builder. I am having a good time with it so far. With the weather we are having who knows maybe I can still maiden it this year? 🙂