New Ride for 23

[Joseph Daly]

Steven’s new ride for 2023, our first attempt at a composite plane. He liked the Axioma that he flew at the Worlds, so we decided to build one. It came out a few oz more then we wanted. I took it for a test session on Monday, as he was at school (Ha Ha). It has a lot of promise. Here are a few shots of it.

[C.T. Schaefer]

Pretty cool!  Look forward to seeing that one on the field.

[jose modesto]

Very nice. Can’t wait to finish mine
Jose modesto

[jfv]

Very nice!

[Doug Moon]

Did yall make the molds from an Axioma?

Planes looks great!  Did you paint it in the mold or afterwards?

[Joseph Daly]

Doug,
Made the wing molds from the Axioma. We borrowed a shark fuse mold from Orestes. Yes painted white in the molds. 

[Doug Moon]

Doug,
Made the wing molds from the Axioma. We borrowed a shark fuse mold from Orestes. Yes painted white in the molds.

Very COOL!

[Doug Moon]

I am curious, do you find that you run a way aft LO position and more forward CG as well???

[Joseph Daly]

Hey Doug,
On this design it seems to like a forward LO position. The CG is at about 18%.
Now I find with my High Voltage the LO position is pretty far back and the CG is 12 to 15%. So go figure???

[Mike Alimov]

I'm curious, what all-up weight did you guys arrive at? Also, did you use balsa or foam as your core material?
I noticed that the choice of paint affects the weight a lot- Klasskote lays down much lighter than the Rustoleum primer. We need to compare notes at the Nats -- this will be the first time in history when all Seniors are sporting all composite planes.

[Joseph Daly]

Mike,
All up weight is 66oz. we used both balsa and foam!!! The fuse is wood as a core material. The wings and tail at foam skins. So a hybrid!

[Doug Moisuk]

My new ride.