I used GE Silicone II. This stuff is almost imposable to sand, so you need to get everything right before it dries.

I have seen where others said they used contact cement, but I can't comment if that is any easier or not.

Today I covered the main fins in monokote trim and glued them to the wings.
I also trimmed the elevons so taht they would move freely, and beveled the leading edge to prep for covering them and making the hinges.

Tommorrow I'm going to get another sheet of trim monokote and plan to cover and attach the elevons, and the sub fins.

kj

I've been bad at taking photos, but I've been slightly busy on the RCCM.

I decided to move the servos forward and centered on the balsa so that the pushrods stay inside the sheel and pass on either side of the BT-55 tube that holds the motor mount. I created some torque rods to connect the elevons to the push rods. I attached the elevons and glued in the fins. I promise to take a photo of all that bfore I attach the body shell.

I'm going to cut a hatch in order to have access to the rx and battery. Was toying with the idea of going in through the weight compartment, but things looked a little tight for that.

Will most likely start painting this weekend.

kj

After being frustrated byt he control linkages, I had a breakthrough today with a suggestion by Rokitflite and now the glider is almost ready to go. Final balancing and maybe a quick trimming throw or two and we may have a flight tomorrow. Either way photos have been taken, and I'll post them "real soon now."

kj

Kevin's Mariner turned in some impressive flights today. The radio lost signal during it's last flight which spelled bad news, but Kevin had it trimmed very nicely.

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Great photos Foose. I'll try and get the video up tonight.

kj

Great pictures

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It was a great model, that flew great and was flown great... It met an untimely demise and if it is not rebuilt I will not be talking to Kevin again .

What happened? It is/was a great looking model.

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Here is the video of the 1st flight on a D11, with some footage of the controls at the end.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKyEl6pQ2Ds

I made 2 D11-P flights and then stepped up to E9-P's. The controls were responsive, and the model wanted to pull up in boost, so for the 1st 3 flights I let it do that.

For the 2nd E9 flight I held in right stick to make it boost like the regular version (spiral rolls) and that worked out ok. Got a lot of altitude and made a couple of circuits of the launch area.

For the 3rd E9 flight (and the last) I did the same thing, held the stick over for boost. The glider transitioned, and I was able to start controlling it. The model then stopped responding to control input and started a spiral dive into the ground. It wasn't pretty.

Best guess is that as the model was heading away I may have been pointing the transmitter antenna directly at the model (my antenna doesn't bend due to it having been dropped the day before and breaking the pivot). which might have caused a loss of signal.


kj