Art
Tony Mathews was interested in A6 a couple of years ago and did a
spreadsheet to use for estimating the weight of all parts of the model.
I have a copy but I'd rather you ask him about getting it if you want
it. I'm also not sure if he ever completely finished it.
This is a much better approach than just gluing stuff together and
hoping for the best. I ignored this piece of advice last weekend and
wasted half a day on an F1M wing that was too heavy.
Re: the tailboom in your later message
The first couple of years I flew my A6 the tailboom was so floppy it
wouldn't hold the stab at the right amount of tilt to turn the model.
The solution (before I made a slightly stiffer boom) was to use a little
washin on the left side of the stab.
On 5/14/2012 1:47 PM, art wrote:
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> I think the glue is thoroughly dry now and the weight settled in at
> .28 (I was hoping for .24 or .25). The dimensions are exactly as Bill
> quoted.
>
> My wing BONES are .300 and Aki's complete wing is .303! I'll run
> another wing from the punkiest balsa in the stash rather than waste
> more paper on this one. I'd like to get it finished to fly at Lakeland
> Saturday. Trouble is, I'm so hamfisted that it's unlikely to leave the
> bench intact.
>
> The paper is left over from A2Z's A-6 kit, so I expect it's the
> heavier of the two grades of condenser paper. I'll finish it up and
> see if it comes out lighter than the one from the kit.
>
> That finished at 1.7, or 1.8 with the Gowan wing.
>
> Like Finn says, they fly nice but not for very long.
>
> Art.
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Received on Wed May 16 2012 - 08:29:34 CEST
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