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The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

stangflyer

I like 'em "BIG"!
You lucky I did that at least 6 to7 weeks ago. When you do that you really know the season is over. Do you do anything to the engines for storage. Normally what I do is buy a gallon of that stupidly expensive gasoline run it through the engine and then blow some of that Mercury standing oil into the engine.
I really don't do anything except cover the planes and wait for a much more hospitable climate to return. Course, I really don't have to worry much about them suffering the down time. My Sukhoi and Baby take their places next to each other under a huge king sized sheet. A few feet away from them, the Behemoth Yak (2), Pilot Edge and Baby Yak-ster all reside on their noses in the living room where they can watch plenty of reruns of "The Big Valley" and "Gunsmoke" all winter long. The Jtec Pitts, Cessna and the Gaserized trainer all stay in the plane room with all the other rc goodies. I try to keep my house around 62-65 degrees so no harsh environments for them to hinder their slumber. In the Spring, I will remove all the spark plugs and check them for proper fuel burn, replace as needed depending on the usage from the previous season. This is why I like keeping a record of all flights, repairs, battery cycles and adjustments. It is much easier to know just how much usage each setup has had on it. I will double check all fuel lines and clunks. Anything questionable will be addressed. Course this next spring will be a very easy "pre-inpection" to do. The Sukhoi and Baby will be the only two that will get new plugs. The Sukhoi will probably be the only one to get fresh fuel line from the tank clunk to the carb. As all the others have either just been completed or have very few flights on them since being assembled or inspected. Baby had all her fuel lines replaced earlier this year and so she is good to go. (Love non-ethanol fuel). Usually in the spring I will find something that needs attention, but that is why we do our pre-season inspection. From there, it will be a simple fill and flip for each plane. I like to start each plane and run the engine for five minutes. The only engine I have ever had that gave me a close to sore arm in the spring was my DLE 55's. It seems they take a bit more coaxing to get going, but once they are reacquainted with the 40:1 Redline mix, they have all run great. All others usually take about 4-6 choked flips and two non choked and humming right along. In about 12 days, the new 330 will venture in to visit the living room where she will promptly start losing her original Pilot RC garb for a newer and updated more appropriate (for me) flashy outfit before her debut on the flight line. Sometime over the next couple of weeks, I am going to replace the canopy on the Behemoth Yak.
 

49dimes

Damn I'm hungry
My new plane has some rather unconventional attributes to it o_O. One is that the bottom cowl bolts are very hard to get to with a standard hex driver and the other is the choke lever is hard to put a finger on because of where the ballast weight is. Tonight in the shop I fabricated some specialty wrenches to relieve such attributes :big-grin:.

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Snoopy1

640cc Uber Pimp
I really don't do anything except cover the planes and wait for a much more hospitable climate to return. Course, I really don't have to worry much about them suffering the down time. My Sukhoi and Baby take their places next to each other under a huge king sized sheet. A few feet away from them, the Behemoth Yak (2), Pilot Edge and Baby Yak-ster all reside on their noses in the living room where they can watch plenty of reruns of "The Big Valley" and "Gunsmoke" all winter long. The Jtec Pitts, Cessna and the Gaserized trainer all stay in the plane room with all the other rc goodies. I try to keep my house around 62-65 degrees so no harsh environments for them to hinder their slumber. In the Spring, I will remove all the spark plugs and check them for proper fuel burn, replace as needed depending on the usage from the previous season. This is why I like keeping a record of all flights, repairs, battery cycles and adjustments. It is much easier to know just how much usage each setup has had on it. I will double check all fuel lines and clunks. Anything questionable will be addressed. Course this next spring will be a very easy "pre-inpection" to do. The Sukhoi and Baby will be the only two that will get new plugs. The Sukhoi will probably be the only one to get fresh fuel line from the tank clunk to the carb. As all the others have either just been completed or have very few flights on them since being assembled or inspected. Baby had all her fuel lines replaced earlier this year and so she is good to go. (Love non-ethanol fuel). Usually in the spring I will find something that needs attention, but that is why we do our pre-season inspection. From there, it will be a simple fill and flip for each plane. I like to start each plane and run the engine for five minutes. The only engine I have ever had that gave me a close to sore arm in the spring was my DLE 55's. It seems they take a bit more coaxing to get going, but once they are reacquainted with the 40:1 Redline mix, they have all run great. All others usually take about 4-6 choked flips and two non choked and humming right along. In about 12 days, the new 330 will venture in to visit the living room where she will promptly start losing her original Pilot RC garb for a newer and updated more appropriate (for me) flashy outfit before her debut on the flight line. Sometime over the next couple of weeks, I am going to replace the canopy on the Behemoth Yak.
Yes you do take good care of those red heads. And they even get to stay inside for the winter. Sorry but mine have to stay in the garage until spring, Have to agree with you on gas tanks they are one continuous maintenance problem, usually check them in the spring and replace as required.
 

stangflyer

I like 'em "BIG"!
Mojo 25 fuse mostly done. Added a couple more servo bays further forward to allow for some flexibility in the cg. Also cut out the bottom of the root.ribs and the motor mount to make room for the battery as I plan to mount it in the bottom of the wing.

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Very nice. I need to have you design a light weight replacement airframe for my foamy electronics. Me no like foamy. Wood is good. Lol
 

stangflyer

I like 'em "BIG"!
What electronics do you have?
Can't tell you exactly the motor or esc. However the motor spins a 12x6 and I am using 3s 2200 lipos. Miniature servos... 2 aileron, 1 elevator, 1 rudder. The DW Foamies 330 weighs in at a whopping 27 ounces. Does that help?
 

Snoopy1

640cc Uber Pimp
Very nice. I need to have you design a light weight replacement airframe for my foamy electronics. Me no like foamy. Wood is good. Lol
Have to agree with you owned one foam plane and do not believe I will have one again, did not enjoy working on it. Just did not feel real. Although I must say there are a few at my club that do fly exceptionally well.
 

Snoopy1

640cc Uber Pimp
Mojo 25 fuse mostly done. Added a couple more servo bays further forward to allow for some flexibility in the cg. Also cut out the bottom of the root.ribs and the motor mount to make room for the battery as I plan to mount it in the bottom of the wing.

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Keep us informed please with pictures and explanations at this time I am very interested in profiles. So all the info is a help, to the best of my knowledge that the plane you are build is no longer available.
 

Alky6

150cc
Keep us informed please with pictures and explanations at this time I am very interested in profiles. So all the info is a help, to the best of my knowledge that the plane you are build is no longer available.
You bet. No longer available as kits. All the plans have been posted on the probro site and are available for folks to scratch one out. I plan on building a few more. Hope to put some LED’s on the next one. Having fun with it. I can see why @BalsaDust enjoys them so much. Easy to build and they fly great!
 
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