turboplanner Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Motors running sweet and now im waint for still conditions to begin testing for phugiods ect , Mike Take the shotgun and if any phugiods stick their fingers up at you just take care of them, they don't vote. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexrbetter Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Great news Mike, good luck with it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Maybe you phugoid variant has thrown them. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planedriver Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Ive been flying around home strip ,Yhe new fin and winglets combined geta rid off the fish tail yaw in turbulence, feels " normal " ( about time . Theres an opening day on the first Nov.at Clare airport in SA . I might fly it down there 1.5hr flight. Theres a dinner night 80$ head . Motors running sweet and now im waint for still conditions to begin testing for phugiods ect , Mike That's great new Mike, so happy for you. You deserve every bit of the improvements you have achieved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaz3g Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Hi mate Congratulations on this great achievement. You have stuck with it and sorted it in near isolation and you should be very proud right now. Kaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozbear Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Congrats Mike well earned:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightyknots Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVOCET Posted October 21, 2014 Author Share Posted October 21, 2014 Had another fly this morning, smooth air at 400o agl . Did the the first of the phugoids , trimmed at straight & level the pushed forward on the stick and let go , The Osolation took 35seconds to come back to level the same for pulling up on the stick and letting go. Ive also lost the fear factor since the last couple of flights , got the bug back , i feel great , and like to thank the good folk on this site . I realy have benifited from all your support these last couple of years . Cheers Mike. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightyknots Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Had another fly this morning, smooth air at 400o agl .Did the the first of the phugoids , trimmed at straight & level the pushed forward on the stick and let go , The Osolation took 35seconds to come back to level the same for pulling up on the stick and letting go. Ive also lost the fear factor since the last couple of flights , got the bug back , i feel great , and like to thank the good folk on this site . I realy have benifited from all your support these last couple of years . Cheers Mike. Great to hear Mike. ENJOY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexrbetter Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Try a bit further Mike, Goolwa maybe ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVOCET Posted October 21, 2014 Author Share Posted October 21, 2014 Try a bit further Mike, Goolwa maybe ... Ive got to head down soon to have SDS injectin re mapped. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVOCET Posted November 1, 2014 Author Share Posted November 1, 2014 Was going to fly down to the opening of the Clare valley strip YCVA TODAY , 110 nm from our place ,but awoke to a blustery 30knt wind and low cloud . Just wondering how it went ? Last night : Big storm with huge gust front ! A tree fell in the back yard and took out the above ground gutter pipes to our water tanks , looks like a buisy Sunday. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Bit of bad luck. Got your 3d printer working yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVOCET Posted November 1, 2014 Author Share Posted November 1, 2014 Bit of bad luck.Got your 3d printer working yet? The one Nic bought in USA should be here soon , its a tri set up , not a cube . Nics also building one thats One metre cubed . The plan is to build the prototype and get crowed sourcing to fund first batch of orders . No photos yet , he wont even let the dog into his new office ! Cheers mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Communications Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Haven't had a chance to get back to the one we are making at work....looks like we are changing from the belt drive to ball screws on X & Y. The belts work ok but the tensioning is a pain over the distance of each axis. This one is 750mm cubed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaz3g Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Last night : Big storm with huge gust front ! A tree fell in the back yard and took out the above ground gutter pipes to our water tanks , looks like a buisy Sunday. Mike But did you get any rain, Mike? It looks like we are heading into a real dry spell here. Kaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVOCET Posted November 1, 2014 Author Share Posted November 1, 2014 Loo Haven't had a chance to get back to the one we are making at work....looks like we are changing from the belt drive to ball screws on X & Y. The belts work ok but the tensioning is a pain over the distance of each axis. This one is 750mm cubed [ATTACH=full]32686[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]32687[/ATTACH] Looks great , Nics also using top qual ball screws as we figured the belts might be problematic . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVOCET Posted November 1, 2014 Author Share Posted November 1, 2014 But did you get any rain, Mike?It looks like we are heading into a real dry spell here. Kaz We got 7 mm in 10 min , However most of ran down my arm ( cold ) while trying , to reattach the pipes , Its dry here to , big fire risk with dry lightning strikes . Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Communications Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Loo Looks great , Nics also using top qual ball screws as we figured the belts might be problematic . We have ball screws on the Z axis. There are 2 for it one at the front and one at the rear they are driven with 2 steppers in parallel. This test frame is MDF but the real one will be plasma cut from steel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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