TangoJuliet
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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Safe travels.
Thanks Tango!
Coincidentally, I'll be speeding through Dallas to stop at my sister's in Ft Worth later this week.
I may just take my motor box home with me and scout out a field to test Goldfinger II and BroncBuster II.
Thanks Caber! I looked for Leviathan's and only found them for $56+ and usually ~$70. And I didn't think to post in he [Wanted] section, nor did I know that a club member has two of them still bagged in his storage.
Very likely. When I get out of work, I'll run a model with simple rounded edges and we shall see!
Ever since I was a kid I've been asking "but why does it work?", so the investigation will likely never end.
10 more Pro Series II fins to sand into shape, so I will need to get SOMEthing. I had Secret Santa, holiday travel, and a Chute release to buy, so I figured giving manual sanding a try once wouldn't hurt (much). With the dremel, my only worry is uniformity, or accidentally carving round divots in a thinned trailing edge. I'm still really attached to the idea of a belt sander though. It's coverage allows the whole edge (or at least large portions of a really long edge) to be in contact at a time. Plus, I'm used to shaping with them (back when I had a university machine shop full of fun things to use).
Nyt,
Give this a try. If you'd like I'll bring this attachment to the next meeting in Jan 2017...
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You'll need a variable speed dremel (with the flex attachment as a plus for control) so you can slow it down for balsa and bass, plus I'd recommend a fixture designed to hold either the attachment or the wood to keep it consistent and safe. I'd been looking for a solution for years and years 'cause I too have been tortured by the block and 60 grit chlorophyll based fiber grinder!
fm
no fair you having fun and such...
Nyt,
Give this a try. If you'd like I'll bring this attachment to the next meeting in Jan 2017...
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I'd been looking for a solution for years and years 'cause I too have been tortured by the block and 60 grit chlorophyll based fiber grinder!
fm
Just saw that its going to be mid-high 70s Christmas week in the Rio Grande Valley (old home). Beach time!
I'll gladly take a look at it if you bring it. The pictures alone aren't making the connection for me yet.
Chlorophyll based fiber grinder?
Thanks Dhbarr!
Any luck finding a CFD or modeling program to try out on your system? I recall you were interested in such things awhile ago.
(PS, how do you pronounce your handle? Its probably D.H. Barr, but in my mind it always comes out Da'barr)
why wait, send it up!
fm
Nice repair. Good luck with the H90 flight.
That sucks! Sorry for your loss.
Well, all good things must come to an end.
Now I'm really glad I didn't spend a lot of time repainting that patched zipper.
Our sod farm launch site owner preassigns our location based on his crop. Unfortunately, today the wind was not cooperating.
Chute released perfectly, but the NNW wind carried it probably a few hundred yards into ~60' trees. An hour of searching along the direction proved fruitless. (I had no idea small patches of red leaves could look so much like a PSII parachute)
In hindsight, I really should have angled the rail directly away from the woods. And waited for the wind to die down for a second. Or asked to go to the far pads lol.
Since the Scion parts package only cost ~30$, I'm really miffed about the Chute Release.
Shout out to Forever_Metal who can be clearly heard pointing out the flight deviation in the video.
[video]https://youtu.be/YoelmdAZ90Q[/video]
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