Falke T-61A Cliff Charlesworth Plans.**

[Max Wright]

Hi Brian

Love your work.

Here is the glue that I used in the end. It welds the pieces together so well, that the parent plastic will break before the joint lets go.

Can't ask for more than that. I'm betting that the cowl is polystyrene.

I called in at our RC gliding club on the way home this afternoon and created a lively discussion among the members.

The consensus was the same as yours, so I'm going for the position that gives me the right 'look' and adjusting the motor afterwards.

Everyone's efforts are most appreciated.

Cheers

[Max Wright]

No? Oh well.

A bit more work again. Two full days over the weekend.

Cheers

[Trevor]

NIce to see it coming along Max. Have you sorted out your battery stowage and access arrangements?

[Max Wright]

Thanks, Trevor.

I'm working on it.

[Max Wright]

Hi guys. I'm not ignoring you - just don't get any emails from this forum.


Not to worry; here is some activity . . .


Took my ¼ scale ASW 28 to Bordertown a couple of weekends ago, for Aero-tow.

Here she is with her big sister in half scale

Moving right along with the Motor Falke and working on the underside, wheels and other hardware.

The photos keep disappearing. I'll keep playing with it until I get them all in.

I can't get them to go into the thread in the right order, so you'll just have to work them out.


I'll try submitting them and see if I can edit them that way.


The photo of the tail is supposed to be second to last.

Cheers

[Trevor]

Coming along nicely Max. It's going to look great in that colour scheme.

[Max Wright]

Thanks, Trevor.

I quite like the grey cowling.

[Max Wright]

Still moving forward, the tail feathers have now been fettled.

The elevator has been connected to the servo, but the supports for the push rod are still to be installed and the cables for the rudder still have to be connected to the servo.

As the elevator can be dismantled, the push rod will be able to be withdrawn after it is disconnected from its servo.

The fin and rudder also can be dismantled by disconnecting the bolts holding the swivel clevises. The tail wheel will remain connected to the rudder.

Cheers

[Max Wright]

What with Covid exploding, Christmas, et al . . . Not much progress.

The brains of the beast.

Exciters installed.

I'll leave setting up the sound system until I've proved up the radio control.

Cheers

[Max Wright]

So. We reach the end of the build.

I doubt that it will fly successfully as the wing loading is very high and the rear stabiliser incidence is nothing like the plan - according to my incidence meter.

The empennage must be heavy as I needed 1.5 kg to get it to balance on its marks.

Total weight = 8.475 kg. I'm not confident calculating wing loading. 1710 square inches of wing area looks like 25 oz/square foot, but I could be wrong.

Anyway, the sound system was a success. 107db

I might just try some high speed taxi trials to see if it will lift off.

I don't really want to crash it, as it looks quite good.

Here's a walk around . . .

Cheers