Thomas Morse Scout

dbcisco · Post by **dbcisco** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 11:46 pm

Just opened this and started putting it together. I looooove the laser cut parts. This is the first laser cut kit I ever had. Using super glue and it is going well except I forgot my mask and now I have a migraine. Many people are very sensitive to CA and I am one of them. Will post picks soon.

dbcisco · Post by **dbcisco** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 4:19 am

Once again, I can't seem to make heads nor tails of the plans for the fuselage. It seems I'll have to wing it again. It doesn't matter as I have to mod it to take electric power anyway. Lightening the tail, making room in the nose,strengthening the cabane strut reinforcements and redesigning the landing gear supports. At least the wing drawings seem readable.

dbcisco · Post by **dbcisco** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:18 pm

Fuselage framed out. Servos and brushless motor installed.

flash52 · Post by **flash52** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 9:39 am

Nice looking plane. Are you going to have the rotary spin with the prop?

dbcisco · Post by **dbcisco** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 1:41 pm

flash52 wrote:Nice looking plane. Are you going to have the rotary spin with the prop?

I was going to but the cowl will cover it up so I decided the airflow is more important.

dbcisco · Post by **dbcisco** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 9:09 pm

I beefed up the tail feather with a single wide piece of balsa instead of thin stringers. Elevators connected by CF rod. Floppy disk hinges installed. These should withstand the monocote (opaque OD) and it wont need much shrinking.

dbcisco · Post by **dbcisco** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 11:46 am

It's coming along nicely now. Coverlite worked better than Monocote, I got the wings built and covered (no foam on this one ). Here are pics of the tail feathers with floppy-disk hinges and one pic of the entire plane so far. Landing gear is next.

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dbcisco · Post by **dbcisco** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 10:29 pm

All done. 9 Oz. with battery!!! CG is at leading edge of bottom wing, a little nose heavy (for a change).