Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

[TonyHallo]

Just thinking out loud the acrylic enamel paint I used was cheap but possibly heavier than aircraft paint. I may use Aerothane or Ranthane on the next one. For the white I used a white sealer and the plane was covered in one coat, I left a bunch of orange peel that could been flowed out on a second coat, the orange peel was color sanded and compound polished. I have a note on the wings stating painted 16.5 ounces but I'm sure just what I said!
The starter adds weight, probably 8 ounces considering the battery and controller.
The redundancy bus adds weight guessing 4 ounces but It allowed the receivers to be moved outside the carbon fuselage.
The full interior and dash adds weight.
At the end of the day just build as lite as you can and hope for the best!

 

[Snoopy1]

Thanks for doing all that weight and WQL stuff it really helps when I am doing stuff and building . Nice to compare notes to see what everyone is doing.
I agree just build as light as you can and you end up with what ever it ends up being. My big Taylor Craft also was a big struggle to keep the weight down. Some time in the future a may try to take some weight out but for now it flys good and it is what it is.

 

[dhal22]

Goodness gracious……….

 

[Snoopy1]

A WQL of 10.5 in your opinion is that high for a scale built plane. My older planes from the eighties and early nineties were in that range they flew great but you had to keep the speed up and they were all 60 to 90 size planes like Ultrasport planes of the era.

 

[TonyHallo]

I'll find out soon! Right now I had to take the engine out of the Super Cub to replace the front bearings, had a dead stick and hit the nose after landing, the engine seemed stiffer and rather than rub it again, decided to take it apart and inspect. I'll post some photos over in the engine forum of the internals.