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

[Snoopy1]

Jus finishing making the motor mounts made the firewall bushings that will be inserted and epoxied into the firewall.
I like to use the bushing method instead of T nuts not a fan of them and they are just a stamp thread, and difficult to replace when they come out.

 

[BalsaDust]

Been working on this little flying wing called the micro DammitE from AngelWing Designs. I’ve seen some people rattle can glider frames and cover with clear covering. I decided this little frame would be a good test subject. It’s a rustoleum fluorescent pink and yellow that when sprayed wet makes a cool orange gradient. I’m quite pleased. Just waiting on some electronics. I’ve got quite a gaggle of little gliders and I’m thinking about getting a separate transmitter for them that’s more spur of the moment portable like a radiomaster zorro…

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Keep us posted on the radio. I've been looking at getting the radiomaster Pocket to be my daughters primary radio as she learns to fly.

 

[AKNick]

Keep us posted on the radio. I've been looking at getting the radiomaster Pocket to be my daughters primary radio as she learns to fly.

I've been eyeing it for a while. A lot of places I travel are near coastal slopes, being able to pack a glider or two with a small radio would be easier than my wooden crate my wife says looks like a coffin. . . I like the pocket radio idea too and might have to give that another look. ELRS protocol is pretty sweet. I got the MT12 for some surface stuff that I have yet to use.

 

[AKNick]

@BalsaDust I’m leaning towards the pocket radio! Same functionality as the zorro, only draw backs with the zorro is it’s slightly bigger with smaller batteries. The pocket radio has a tiny screen and no slider on the other side as well as some odd trim switches. I’ve seen a guy have his vario graph displayed on the zorro which seemed pretty neat for gliders. The pocket radio seems to be a great option for backpacking and tossing in a suitcase for some coastal sloping missions… hard to beat $65 for a radio. Thanks for giving me the idea of looking into it. I’ve gotta say, the price of their receivers for all the cheaper little gliders I have now sure makes sense.

 

[AKNick]

The Micro DammitE is almost done!

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[Snoopy1]

Well I have an ARF it is build so to speak. Just have to install the radio and the motor. The rest is pretty straight forward.

 

[Snoopy1]

Like building small planes a lot less cost but trying to install radio equipment into a small plane is painful. And difficult to make look clean. I think my favourite size is 35cc plane easy to get equipment in and can carry it around and fits a smaller SUV.

 

[AKNick]

Keep us posted on the radio. I've been looking at getting the radiomaster Pocket to be my daughters primary radio as she learns to fly.

Ended up ordering a blue Radiomaster Pocket crush M2 ELRS with the AG01 nano CNC gimbles with some ER4 and ER6GV receivers. Ill let you know what I think of it when it shows up

 

[Snoopy1]

The engine is installed on the plane, just have to setup the radio, now wait for spring to maiden the plane.

 

[dhal22]

Oh man. A Jett………. Just raw power and instant acceleration.