lppa2006
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Okay guys I am planning on doing a upscale Estes Guardian and was wondering if anyone else has attempted to upscale this and make it dual deploy...
I know if i went with a much bigger diameter it wouldnt be a problem but im trying to stay with-in a 3" mailing tube (yazoo mills) as the main body tube.
So has anyone succesfully upscaled a Guardian to a 3" airframe and made it dual deploy.
Also I want to be able to fit a J350 in it which will be my motor size limit, so 12" MMT is planned there will be space beyond motor tube to allow for a J350... (i hope anyway)...
Ive simmed it up in rocsim and I think it looks like guardian, but it will be much taller (scale wise) for teh upscale if i go with dual deploy.. Im not so sure how thios will make it look with a 3" main section and a 2.56" tube for the upper section... although i must say the simmed outlines end up looking like the finished project... so i am probablly being paranoid... I just reallyw ant this to look liek guadian since i think its one of the cooler looking estes kits out right now, not to mention its a really great flyer...
Anyway here are images from rocsim, this is all rough draft, and is missing alot of stuff liek bulkheads and miscellaneous.
Ill post more as the build progresses
I know if i went with a much bigger diameter it wouldnt be a problem but im trying to stay with-in a 3" mailing tube (yazoo mills) as the main body tube.
So has anyone succesfully upscaled a Guardian to a 3" airframe and made it dual deploy.
Also I want to be able to fit a J350 in it which will be my motor size limit, so 12" MMT is planned there will be space beyond motor tube to allow for a J350... (i hope anyway)...
Ive simmed it up in rocsim and I think it looks like guardian, but it will be much taller (scale wise) for teh upscale if i go with dual deploy.. Im not so sure how thios will make it look with a 3" main section and a 2.56" tube for the upper section... although i must say the simmed outlines end up looking like the finished project... so i am probablly being paranoid... I just reallyw ant this to look liek guadian since i think its one of the cooler looking estes kits out right now, not to mention its a really great flyer...
Anyway here are images from rocsim, this is all rough draft, and is missing alot of stuff liek bulkheads and miscellaneous.
Ill post more as the build progresses