Slow Stick mods

[Niklas]

Skulle gjerne ha modifisert et par ting på slow sticken min, så jeg lurer på om noen her vet om noe jeg kan gjøre for å få den til å bli litt bedre å fly.

Niklas

PS. har laget propsaveren.

[Vingemutteren]

Noen tips på engelsk følger.

GWS Slow Stick Mods.

"What modifications do *you* recommend?"
Here's my list of modification MUSTS, that I chose and that I think are necessary for a "perfect" plane. It'll be too good stock, but it'll blind you with all these mods!
MUST mods!!:
1. screw on the motor, *don't* use glue. The best way I've found is to have a long M-3 metric screw or something similar in standard go all the way through from one side to the other, and a nut at the end. that way, you don't have to worry about wood screws coming loose, and there is only one to worry about.
2. on the dihedral joint/aluminum bent tube into which the fiberglass rods slip into, replace it with a much heavier material. Everybody who I've ever talked to used brass, which is approx. twice the strength, but, while I was at it, I might as well use stainless steal, so I did. Also, which you're at it, you might as well make it a little longer than the stock aluminum part.
3. use epoxy, thoroughly, to glue the fiberglass and brass/aluminum/stainless) stiffeners onto the LE and TE of the wings. That tape isn't good enough.
3. substitute ALL tape provided with your own, ultra strength packaging tape. The GWS stuff is really bad!!
4. on the tail feathers, it tells you to either double-sided-tape them on, or screw them on. Do both, but instead of double sided tape, use epoxy. Well worth it, and one of the most important mods.
5. use Velcro - not some junk, but look for "industrial strength" Velcro. This stuff is better. Use it to secure things in place, such as the reciever, ESC, etc. Since I placed my reciever on the bottoms of the servos, I needed more velcro to both hold it on, and for a strap that goes around it for reinforcement.
6. use a prop saver - http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...=&postid=153984. 1206, whatever If your plane weighs more than around 16oz, then I highly recommend the upgrade prop. Warning: you'll get spolied. Bought some more 11x4.7 props, and couldn't fly, but did before I had ever tried the prop upgrade

Still-very-worth-it mods:
7. Fill in the holes in your gearbox that are right under the motor with epoxy. This will save you a box or two!!! Also, on the propeller, add epoxy where the blades meet the hub – this is the weakest spot, where they usually break.
8. add about 3-4* right and down thrust differential. That means that from straight and level, the motor should point 3* or 4* down, and 3 or 4* to the right. This might sound ridiculous, as it did to me, but a lot of planes have this to correct out the motor torque spinning it to the left.
8. Use the 12x6 prop! 1206, whatever If your plane weighs more than around 16oz, then I highly recommend the upgrade prop. Warning: you'll get spolied. Bought some more 11x4.7 props, and couldn't fly, but did before I had ever tried the prop upgrade

9. place a steal wire or thick string in between the main wheels from keeping them from sliding apart on landings, and replace the tailwheel wire with some stronger material. I see some very heavily upgraded planes that weigh about 40oz or so, and their entire weight in the back area is nesting on the poor elevator, because that little wire cannot hold anything!
10. replace the wheels with something sturdier or prettier (or both ). The most popular ones for the SS are the "parkflier wheels" sold at www.aircraft-world.com .
>AND<, there you have it! My top ten mods list!!! If I were you I would not even consider thinking about not thinking about not doing these ten awesome mods!!!

I have just found a way to make a cheap and easy prop saver. All you need is a small four arn servo arm (with two of them cut off), two small elastic bands, and a prop! (oh...and of course that beloved GWS gearbox).

But I would like to suggest to let servo-horn to be more deep inside to shaft. So you still can put GWS soft rubber spinner to protect someone be hitted.

I also hacked about 3/8" off the end of the shaft with my dremel. I left enough to get a GWS prop on there, but not an APC -- Bet that make Mr Lin Happy

Also, I leave the spinner off, in case I hit a little kid in the head, I want it to stick, so He won't trip over it when running to his mommy crying! I am after all concerned with his safety. Wouldn't want him to twist an ankle or anything!

f you use a oversize washer on the outside of the shaft
you give the prop more surface area to rest on making it
spin a little truer.

If you use a large enough control horn you can mount
even the APC E props

Litt rotete men fult forståligt håper jeg.

[ahope]

Fikk min slow-stick her for noen dager siden og bygget den *nesten* helt standard. Mange gode tips i foregående innlegg, men legg til ett:

Sett i en AXI 2808/34 brushless og bruk 2S 700mAh Li-Po batterier.
Veier ingenting, flyr som en drøm, flytid ca. 20 minutter!!!
Alt fra gangfart til high-speed. Loops like a dream!

Jeg hadde aldri! trodd at noe så lite og billig (400,- på bærum hobby) skulle gi så mye moro!

-Andreas

[Niklas]

Hvis du ikke har brushless og lipo celler fra før så blir moroa på 2-3000 kr komplett uten radio

[Flue]

Kanskje du finner noe her: (har ikke lest gjennom det selv) http://www.radiocontrolzone.com/foru...d.php?t=159713
( http://www.radiocontrolzone.com/foru...sprune=-1&f=59 )

[Stall]

Vell vi linker i veg:

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2114785#post2114785

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-220871

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-221363

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-223657

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-225531

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-223961

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/Slow...1646193/tm.htm
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_1399086/tm.htm
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_15...tm.htm#1649353
Håper du finner noe nyttig

[tahustvedt]

Slow Stick er det mest populære flyfoto-flyet på rcgroups. Heng et Nikon 3700 kamera under så kan du ta lange videoklipp.

Eksempel: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=227471

Det var det jeg gjorde da jeg gikk lei av bare å fly før da jeg var yngre. Jeg monterte et kodak fotoapparat i en Short Skyvan som jeg hadde bygd.

[erlend]

Aluminiumspinne ser jo genialt ut. Jeg har knekt den stakkars trepinnen to ganger nå.