New build Thread SV 11

[wwwarbird]

 Stick with the ST.

[Crist Rigotti]

Bob,
How about some details on how you built the stab/elevators?  Did you sand a taper into them?  What # wood did you use?  Same thing for the flaps.  We want some details!  

[RC Storick]

Bob,
How about some details on how you built the stab/elevators?  Did you sand a taper into them?  What # wood did you use?  Same thing for the flaps.  We want some details!  

Stab and ele are sheeted foam. Flaps are tapered 3/8. Lightest wood I had.

[Crist Rigotti]

Stab and ele are sheeted foam. Flaps are tapered 3/8. Lightest wood I had.

Great Bob.  What type of glue did you use to attach the wood to the stab and elevators?

[RC Storick]

First I sprayed the wood with cheap hairspray. Then applied Z Poxy and squeegeed it all off. Placed in wing cradles and weighted them down and let dry over night. Final weight of Stab and ELE was 2.7 -final weight of wing was 14.3. These are finished weights less finish. The fuse is 7 OZ.

24 OZ in wood 3 oz LG engine is 13.OZ and lets say all other hardware is 6 OZ and you ad them up thats 46 OZ I am sure it will be 50. So there is 10 OZ left for finish.

[Crist Rigotti]

First I sprayed the wood with cheap hairspray. Then applied Z Poxy and squeegeed it all off. Placed in wing cradles and weighted them down and let dry over night. Final weight of Stab and ELE was 2.7 -final weight of wing was 14.3. These are finished weights less finish. The fuse is 7 OZ.

24 OZ in wood 3 oz LG engine is 13.OZ and lets say all other hardware is 6 OZ and you ad them up thats 46 OZ I am sure it will be 50. So there is 10 OZ left for finish.

Thanks for the details Bob.  Glad to see you are using epoxy for the sheeting.

[RC Storick]

Well its all in 1 piece. Wing and flaps came in at 15.9 OZ. finished with 4 coats of dope and paper on them. I will post photos later. I guess my target weight of under 60 is out of the question. Looking for around 64 now. All the wood work (total airframe is 28 OZ now. At least this one wont have a pipe and header as added weight (or a pilot).