Re: Re: Solid Wood F1D Motorstick

From: Jake Palmer <82.jake_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2015 12:06:51 -0700

Check out the October 1970 INAV if you want to see motor tubes made without
webs. Jim Richmond wrote an article that details motor stick construction,
and he used strips of.025" square balsa glued to the inside bottom of the
tube instead of webs.

On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 11:22 AM, 'William D. gowen' wdgowen_at_gmail.com
[Indoor_Construction] <Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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> I don't normally have a problem with Ray's bearings staying attached but
> at USIC 2015 my F1M bearing came loose 3 times. At USIC 2013 the bearing
> came off at the point where everything was going really well. The delay
> while I fixed it allowed the air to change and my next (last) flight was a
> dud that dropped me out of first place.
>
> This also isn't a knock on Ray's bearings. It just takes some thought and
> some care to keep them attached - especially with the ridiculous torque
> that F1M's need.
>
> On 7/10/2015 2:15 PM, joshuawfinn_at_gmail.com [Indoor_Construction] wrote:
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> I guess I just don't understand the consternation at webbing. I will say
> that I've not been satisfied by much of the literature out there on the
> subject, which probably means I need to write an article on the subject.
> Probably not one to be well received since the operative phrase is "git 'er
> done!", and I stopped using boron on motorsticks with my third F1D and
> never looked back. I also had a short, explosive relationship with aluminum
> bearings and found that my own wire bearings provided an almost bullet
> proof attachment as opposed to the never ending saga of aluminum ones
> breaking their joints. This is not to knock Ray's products, just that for
> the life of me I couldn't ever get them to stay put. I've always been up
> front about my lack of building skills and patience. ;)
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> I never did build a boron attaching jig...my boron is less than
> straight. The parts are stiff enough to do the job... I did make a boron
> glue-coating funnel to pre coat the boron with duco before attachment.
> Makes life a lot easier.
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> One of the other things that really made a difference in bearing and
> hook attachments for me was to use medium CA to attach those parts to their
> wood elements. In the case of webbing, I attach the bearing to a piece of
> webbing, then coat that surface with duco, and attach another piece of
> webbing over it so that the bearing or hook is sandwiched in place. Then
> the whole assembly is mounted into the motorstick with duco, trimmed to
> shape, and a cap put in place (in the case of the bearing, not the hook).
> Takes almost as long to write as it does to execute.
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> Ok...this has turned into a book. Time to stop. ;)
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Received on Fri Jul 10 2015 - 12:06:52 CEST