tim hooper
05-13-2006, 08:35 AM
Mornin' all!
I've just made up a new flight pack for my Super Scorpion which hasn't flown for a year or so. The old 2000 nicads have died away, so I've made up a 12-cell pack of 3500 NiMhs for this season.
Built from the BB plan, the model features laminted outlines for wings, tailplane and fin and is covered in cream Litespan with crimson Solarfilm trim.
Up front an Astro 15G turns an 11x7 prop. Even at 4½lb the big Scorp ROGs with ease and then flies on a whisper of power.
The wings were built on a piece of plywood which was pre-twisted in order to promote washout. There's no trace of a tip stall.
The tailplane is detachable for storage which means that the rudder is controlled by internal closed loops acting on a modified servo arm in the tail. A spigot on the bottom of the rudder locates in this arm when the fin is attached.
Just thought I'd share.......:)
tim
I've just made up a new flight pack for my Super Scorpion which hasn't flown for a year or so. The old 2000 nicads have died away, so I've made up a 12-cell pack of 3500 NiMhs for this season.
Built from the BB plan, the model features laminted outlines for wings, tailplane and fin and is covered in cream Litespan with crimson Solarfilm trim.
Up front an Astro 15G turns an 11x7 prop. Even at 4½lb the big Scorp ROGs with ease and then flies on a whisper of power.
The wings were built on a piece of plywood which was pre-twisted in order to promote washout. There's no trace of a tip stall.
The tailplane is detachable for storage which means that the rudder is controlled by internal closed loops acting on a modified servo arm in the tail. A spigot on the bottom of the rudder locates in this arm when the fin is attached.
Just thought I'd share.......:)
tim