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by **thymekiller** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 7:50 am

Gonna try a Javelin. Its the first plane of this type that I have done. I think its a p 30 type?
I just bought the plans and decals. Hope nobody gets mad if I improvise abit here and there.
I tryied to cut the sides out of 1/16 sheet. Traced onto tissue , then gluesticked that to two sheets. [on top of each other] Worked out decent but I broke it by accident.

So, while watching the tube, I stripped 4 hard sticks and a soft one.

Gonna stick to the plan with the wings. I guy sure could pack alot of rubber into one of these.

thymekiller

by **thymekiller** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 7:53 am

Antbody got any advise on this model? Will it fly decent straight off the board?

thymekiller

by **flash52** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 4:16 pm

I built a Javelin back in the 80's. It flew really well right off the building board. I only had to add a little down thrust to get a good cllimb under power. Just keep it light. This endurance model is capable of high performance if properly tweaked. Experiment .

by **thymekiller** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 9:14 pm

Thanks. Prop thrust is another thing I need to pratice.

thymekiller

by **thymekiller** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 7:55 am

Alot of firsts for me. I made my first propshaft/bearing combo. Worked out nicely.
Used single edge razors. They cut better but I need to pratice using them because theres no handle. They do a better job and they are cheaper, so I will have to learn how to use them. Pratice.
For testing, I am useing 1/4 super sport. 1 loop. My turns chart says I can safely go 1500 turns but my electric winder/counter will only twist 800.
Thats enough for now. It tryies to pull itself out of my hand. 7 inch prop.
Made my first nose block from scratch.

thymekiller

by **flash52** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 6:43 pm

Looks like you are about ready to go. Since I hand launched mine I omitted the landing gear. Trimmed right its a real floater. You can pack alot of rubber in that fuselage. If your going to go for max turns on your rubber I would suggest using a blast tube during the winding process to protect your plane. Rubber lube helps also. Flash

by **kittyfritters** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 4:49 pm

Great choice of tissue! Is this going to be an entry in the "G" Challenge? (Shameless plug)

by **thymekiller** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 6:51 pm

I cant enter. Sorry. The fuse is not true to plan and I used my own wood.
Bens plane qualifyies. I will speak with him about it. He might just give ya'll a run for the money.

Got the lube. Thinking real hard about a blast tube. May very well go for max. :twisted:

thymekiller

by **thymekiller** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:02 am

I really like the way Guillows provides for setting wing angles on this model.

thymekiller

by **kittyfritters** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 8:56 pm

thymekiller wrote:I cant enter. Sorry. The fuse is not true to plan and I used my own wood.
Bens plane qualifyies. I will speak with him about it. He might just give ya'll a run for the money.

Got the lube. Thinking real hard about a blast tube. May very well go for max.

thymekiller

So build another one with the kit wood and enter it. It's all 1/20" sheet and unless it's rock hard, can't be that much heavier. You can do anything you want to the nose block under the rules.

by **thymekiller** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:55 pm

Gotta wait a few days to try it, but I have high hopes.

thymekiller

by **thymekiller** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:35 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ8h1-yD ... re=channel
Its hard to see. Will get a better vid later. All morning it flew kinda north. I had my wife stand to the north to vid and it flew to the east. Go figure.
I put 1000 turns on it and it hit a tree.
FLYIES FANTASTIC !!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmRN5PZD ... re=channel
Thank goodness for friends. I never would have got it down in one piece.

thymekiller.

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