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

    Woohoo! The DA120 showed up today!! All shiny new and ready to roll again. Desert Aircraft once again proving why their customer support is the best on the planet, they really came through this time. I'll have a hard time justifying a different brand of engine, call me a fanboy or what you...
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    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    Straight stock mufflers.
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    Sport The Behemoth Yak gets a Behemoth Brother/129" Pilot Yak (2)

    It's pretty simple, more servos means more current draw. And bigger servos means bigger capacity useage. Bigger packs provide longer run time and can handle heavier loads more easily. On my 126" Extra I was flying it with 2, 2S 3200 packs, ignition and all. I used roughly 500mah per flight with...
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    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    2 new Falcon 28x9.5 propellers and a 4" carbon spinner. Just waiting on my 120 to get back from DA and parts to arrive from Pilot before I can have 2 complete 120cc airplanes again :epic:
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    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    At least the good news is when it's back it'll be ready for another hard round of 1000 flights :D
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    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    Well I got some not so fantastic news from Desert Aircraft about my poor DA120. It needs an entire overhaul, no way around it :eek::rolleyes::oblong::confused::(
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    SOLD! HS-M-7990TH (2) and HS-7980TH (6) servos

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

    Decided I was tired of having to run an extension cord to my van just to charge 2 receiver packs in an airplane, so I installed a DC port. What's nice is these Chevy cargo vans come setup with 2 accessory ports on the fuse block which allows you to do this kind of stuff without having to have...
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    Cool The I'm going out flying thread 2017

    Decided to go fly at the Hemet Model Masters club yesterday, about an hour north of me. Flew with some buddies, nothing but shenanigans and good times were had. SUPA Tim Hanstine came through and let me borrow a prop while waiting for my new one to come in so I wasn't grounded- seriously, one of...
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    GSN GIVE-A-WAY Hangar 9 35% Extra 300X Assembly

    Someone was telling me one time that red loctite needs to be used on like materials (so steel bolts to steel threads, aluminum to aluminum, etc.) otherwise it can turn acidic and freeze the 2 different materials right to each other. I don't know how true that is but the information was passed to...
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    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    Maxima SL uses S.Bus protocol.
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    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    The old faithful 9X, why what else would I use? :oblong::way_to_go:
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    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    It's a neat little device, super easy to use, makes SmartFly, PowerBox, etc. look like ancient technology. You literally don't have to touch any setting in your transmitter (sans dual rate and expo), this device does everything for you including matching your servos on a 1536 point curve.
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    Share your great building tips

    If you can't get your velcro to stick to the wood, that's because the wood isn't a sticky enough surface for it. I put a few drops of medium CA down where I will be sticking my velcro, then I use the wax paper backing from the velcro to spread the CA around. The smooth surface of the paper...
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    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    I got this fancy little device in the mail yesterday.... This thing is amazingly high quality, the board inside is perfectly clean, evident that the thing is made here in the USA and not sourced overseas. And, a little foam pad came with it too! Looking forward to using it more :)
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    Sport The Behemoth Yak gets a Behemoth Brother/129" Pilot Yak (2)

    I think I wound up with about 2.5 degrees of right thrust and 0 degrees of down thrust on my Edge, if that's any helping hand.
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    The I'm going out flying thread 2016

    Nope, the top section doesn't do anything, the cowl has it's own support ring and the front of the hatch will still key into the remainder of the first former. All components have their own structural support.
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    Sport The Behemoth Yak gets a Behemoth Brother/129" Pilot Yak (2)

    If you don't maiden it before Tri-Cities I'd be happy to do it for you :epic:
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    The I'm going out flying thread 2016

    This engine has been lacking on power for as long as I've had it. It's very evident when compared to my new DA120, this is an old V1 engine. It's possible that it's just worn out, it's got probably more than 1000 flights on it (some 3-400 of those are by my own hand). Since I didn't have an...
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    The I'm going out flying thread 2016

    Well I threatened to send the DA120 from my Yak into DA last weekend, guess it decided it wanted to be sent in all its own :rolleyes:o_O Looks like the gasket on one of the cylinders was leaking slightly, I don't know for how long but it's possible that's causing some power loss. Didn't...
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