The plane is getting much closer to being finished. Over the weekend I mounted my 3 line gas tank, both receiver and ignition switches, fueling cap, ignition, ignition cutoff and ignition battery. Things are really starting to progress nicely. I now need to mount my muffler, receiver, receiver batteries and cut the cowl. A few more weeks and I think the plane will finally be airworthy!
Thanks to Bill, Larry and Aaron for bringing in show in tell! Cannot wait to see the airplanes fly!!
The power plant is mounted! I am using a DX7 and it does not allow for throttle curves. Based on experiences from my DLE-30 I know the throttle geometry needs a little tweaking. I need to manually build in a throttle curve because if setup in a linear fashion you use up all the throttle in pretty much the first half of the throttle stick. I found a diagram on RCgroups.com and will give it a shot with this plane.
Even though the weather has been extremely nice for the last 2 weeks I have not had a chance to fly a plane. I finally flew my Superfly in the back yard. It sure felt great to get in the air again. I do not think I lost a whole lot during the off season.
Not sure the specs on this plane but enjoy! Bob or Jim, you should leave a comment on the power system and plane specs.
Tulip City Air Force 