Eric's build blog

I did put - wing skins, etc, - so that's just a little hint that the wing will be skinned - with balsa sheet, before covering! [badass]

I need to sand Dara's nose down, before I fit the motor, so it doesn't get full of dust -
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I need to put the motor in before I can fit the triangular fillets, so I can sand it to shape - - - :S

Completely wrap the motor in cling film?

Something about trees and woods! - :oops:

The latest 'thingy' my Watt Izit.

It flies - after a few fraught moments while I got the trims sorted, in a rather blustery wind, it proved to be one of those models that puts a silly smile onto your face! :woohoo:

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It's a little bit tricky trying to build that on a three-foot board!

What a splendid model, I wouldn't mind building one myself.

Eric wrote: ..........It's a little bit tricky trying to build that on a three-foot board!

As a teenager on very limited funds, I build a Radio Queen Fus on a board that was too short. I built the front end first, then when dry, moved it along and built the back. The fus and empennage are still extant some 50 odd years later, but the ex killed the wings...... :lol: :lol:

Eirc, you prob know the problems the Elmira has, it just dont turn, it even struggled with the bigger rudder i made for it, it needs ailerons, but, it does look superb in the air, got anywhere to get that HUGE cockpit from?

Thanks, Alan, I was aware of that, and said, in the chat-room, I think, that I was intending to fit up-only ailerons, using a clever three-way external mixer I've had for years, made by Robbe.
It has one input (ie rudder), but three outputs, the central one being for the rudder servo, and the two outers for the ailerons, BUT they only deflect up, not down, thus putting the drag on the same side as the down-going wing. (ie 100% differential!)
I've also got electric spoilers I was thinking of fitting, too.
Yes, I have a canopy!

Were/are they good 'floaty' models, or do they glide like a concrete parachute?

Here's a very short youtube video of the construction stages of the Elmira ... It looks a really attractive model, look forward to seeing it in the air...
Let me know when you maiden it Eric, you know how close I live to you, I may just tag along for the day if that's Ok with you? [badass]

It float ok, and drops a wing like a bitch, put some washout in those outer panels, Nice Vid Pol, Its worth having you as night watchman

Pol - no prob's with that, but it'll be a while yet - I don't build as fast as Tony!

After procrastinating for long enough - I've made a start on the Elmira.
Naturally, as soon as my back was turned, Missy was in the box! (Genuine rather tatty KK box I was given, years ago, with a few odd bits in it).








Fuz sides, formers, and the first two stringers cut and joined.
Waiting for the pva to dry, now!