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91" SkyWing ARS 300 Assembly Thread

AKNick

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AKNick

640cc Uber Pimp
The spinner back plate comes with a template for drilling. And yes it’s perfect for the GP76 and is aligned so the prop is indexed correctly with the backplate. Pretty neat.
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Been working on mounting the engine. The alignment came in close. But just a tiny bit off. It bugged me. So I epoxied the holes to drill it again tomorrow.
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I also spent a great deal of time making G10 spacers for the engine mount. I’ll talk about that later. Basically you’ll need a little more than an inch for spacers.
 

AKNick

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I’m happier with the mount adjustment. But still a little bit off. Calling it good enough! To my delight, the 110” Timber ARF included some engine mount standoffs that were 1” in which I never used, I added a carbon G10 spacer and it gave the me the clearance I needed. OAL is 1.037” or 26.35mm. The DA60 Blazing star mount (1”) would work as it also includes some delrin spacers.
Used M6-1.0mm x 50mm bolts
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Snoopy1

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Was the cowl pre drilled and fitted.
Well the final install looks good to me. Like the blue really a nice colour and the metallic looks nice.
 

AKNick

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Was the cowl pre drilled and fitted.
Well the final install looks good to me. Like the blue really a nice colour and the metallic looks nice.

Cowl is ready to rock when you get it. Pretty nice actually. The mount holes I think were 1/8” off. Not a big deal, mostly cosmetics. The spinner is slightly smaller than the cowl front face, so it doesn’t look too out of place.
 

AKNick

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Fuel tank. It’s round fellas! It’s heavy duty plastic, aluminum cap with an o-ring, poly fuel line, and a heavy clunk. But there is more! Depron foam fuel bottle keepers. They have interlocking tabs that link into the airframe to glue in place. Add Velcro to the bottom and top of the bottle, and to the airframe... this keeps it from rotating and the straps hold it down tight. Genius and light.
I’ve never come across a full metal clunk that didn’t have some sort of debris in it. I chased it with a drill bit.
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