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  1. Xpress

    Xpress builds a 115 AJ Laser - PICTURE HEAVY!

    Little more work on the Laser tonight. Chad Wilson at TDRC coming through with the goods as always! Cut out the holes in the fuselage for everything, and ran the extensions to the tail. Tucked the excess wire into the servo tray. Epoxied control horns into the rudder. And got the...
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    Xpress builds a 115 AJ Laser - PICTURE HEAVY!

    That price sound grossly inflated, even for Canada. As much as I hate pushing people away from their local hobby shop, you may find it less expensive at another retailer.
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    Xpress builds a 115 AJ Laser - PICTURE HEAVY!

    I will have to cut a hole beneath the carb to let fuel drip out into the open. Carburetors will always spit some fuel after choking, regardless of engine brand, or tune. Nothing major last night, just glued control horns to the stabs and cut out the servo pockets. Using my iron set to 600F I...
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    Xpress builds a 115 AJ Laser - PICTURE HEAVY!

    Only a little bit of work on the 115 this weekend, I fitted blind nuts to the back of the firewall (makes removing the engine SO easy when building the airplane (since the engine goes on and comes off 10 times during the whole assembly)) and bolted the cuffs and wheel pants on. I like to use...
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    Discussion The I’m going out flying thread 2018

    I'm loving this airplane more and more every time I fly it :D
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    Xpress builds a 115 AJ Laser - PICTURE HEAVY!

    It'll exceed all of your highest expectations :)
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    Xpress builds a 115 AJ Laser - PICTURE HEAVY!

    I tried searching high and low for this tool and it looks like it's discontinued, along with the only dremel motor it works with. Back to square one I guess :(
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    Peak Models 32% Extra 330 SC

    The closer to the ground you are the less distance the airplane has to fall :oblong::banana-dance:
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    Xpress builds a 115 AJ Laser - PICTURE HEAVY!

    You still can't see where the fuel inlet is, those tricks only work if you know where the hole needs to be beforehand ;)
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    Xpress builds a 115 AJ Laser - PICTURE HEAVY!

    The theory is sound, however the laser pointer trick works because you can actually see the needle locations beforehand, and point the laser right on them. With finding the hole for the fuel inlet, it's a complete guess as you can't really see exactly where it's at prior to drilling a hole. Now...
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    Xpress builds a 115 AJ Laser - PICTURE HEAVY!

    Back to it last night. Wind was blowing and the air temps were plummeting so I didn't get much done. The carb hole is all cleaned up. The miracle dremel drums make quick work of polishing the imperfections. Since the carb is inside of the motor box, the only way to access the fuel line is...
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    Xpress builds a 115 AJ Laser - PICTURE HEAVY!

    All of our brushless servos are 4096 resolution. I can already tell you that there is no servo on the market today that can hold a candle to the HSB-9380TH. It is the smoothest, most powerful, most efficient, and most precise servo money can buy. Been using them for a while now in my other...
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    Xpress builds a 115 AJ Laser - PICTURE HEAVY!

    You might want to sit down... :oblong::eek: Full retail on the HSB-9381TH is $189.99... The HS-5565MH is not exactly cheap, but it's not overly expensive at $69.99. The good news is they are both 25% off at ServoCity all week: https://www.servocity.com/hsb-9381th-servo#258=24&259...
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    Rave Stripping paint

    You mean you don't just throw it in the fire? :laughing:
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    Xpress builds a 115 AJ Laser - PICTURE HEAVY!

    I did basically nothing last night to the airplane, the girlfriend decided we should go out to dinner instead :oblong::confused: But before that happened I did manage to rearrange my van so that both the 115 and the 105 Lasers fit inside. Tonight I'm hoping to get to work on cleaning up the...
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    Xpress builds a 115 AJ Laser - PICTURE HEAVY!

    Fancy attachment but it doesn't fit my Dremel :confused: I don't care to deal with the extra weight, the extra plumbing, the extra work to install a smoke system, the extra cleanup required, the extra care to ensure the smoke oil doesn't begin to eat the covering, the extra cost involved with...
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    Xpress builds a 115 AJ Laser - PICTURE HEAVY!

    Last night I worked on mounting the MONSTER ZDZ-180. This is probably 1.5x the engine this airplane really needs, but it'll make it that much more fun. The one thing with the ZDZ180 is that it is a rear carb design so a hole will need to be cut into the firewall. Joe Mitchell provided a...
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    Xpress builds a 115 AJ Laser - PICTURE HEAVY!

    The PAD is a device used to soak up the regenerative current function of the brushless servos. Some switches or receivers won't let the current pass back into the battery so it bounces back to the servo- the backflow of current is 100% harmless and causes no harm to your equipment, but you will...
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    Xpress builds a 115 AJ Laser - PICTURE HEAVY!

    For this airplane I will be using the Hitec HSB-9381TH servos. These servos are the most powerful servos that you can buy in a standard size case due to their no-fade power output- unlike coreless digitals, whos torque can easily drop 200-300 oz/in when the load is applied to them. The only...
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    Xpress builds a 115 AJ Laser - PICTURE HEAVY!

    Nonsense, I could pile a lot more in there!!
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