Charles_McG
Ciderwright
After my less than successful Firefeather experience, I decided to try something a little easier (and hopefully slower) to rack up some successful XP.
I went looking for a little premade DLG - but the eFlite Whippit is no more.
That brought me back to J&H Aerospace for another try.
The Carbonette is a balsa R/C boost glider. Complete with pop-pod. I happen to have one of the integrated micro receivers, and Josh directly compares the Carbonette to the Whippet. So here it goes. I’m not going to be as thorough as last time.
The kit came nicely packed. The videos are straightforward. The kit comes with more drawings than the Firefeather- enough to duplicate it.
As received, the wing does not have to joined for shaping. Josh must have gotten a bigger laser cutter. So the first order of business is to lay down the basswood strip on the leading edge, just above the bottom. And taper in the ends.
Then shape the airfoil. Josh suggests the Stanfoil, which seemed easy enough to shape. Mostly plane work with sanding to smooth and feather. Not seen in these pics is that I felt that I had planed a bit of a scoop into the forward surface, so I filled it with thinned CWF and sanded it back to shape.
After shaping, cut the wing, bevel, and rejoin. Once cut, it’s easier to see the airfoil.
I went looking for a little premade DLG - but the eFlite Whippit is no more.
That brought me back to J&H Aerospace for another try.
The Carbonette is a balsa R/C boost glider. Complete with pop-pod. I happen to have one of the integrated micro receivers, and Josh directly compares the Carbonette to the Whippet. So here it goes. I’m not going to be as thorough as last time.
The kit came nicely packed. The videos are straightforward. The kit comes with more drawings than the Firefeather- enough to duplicate it.
As received, the wing does not have to joined for shaping. Josh must have gotten a bigger laser cutter. So the first order of business is to lay down the basswood strip on the leading edge, just above the bottom. And taper in the ends.
Then shape the airfoil. Josh suggests the Stanfoil, which seemed easy enough to shape. Mostly plane work with sanding to smooth and feather. Not seen in these pics is that I felt that I had planed a bit of a scoop into the forward surface, so I filled it with thinned CWF and sanded it back to shape.
After shaping, cut the wing, bevel, and rejoin. Once cut, it’s easier to see the airfoil.