1. Motor mount moved 1 inch forward to decrease the polar moment of inertia
2. Trailing edge of wing straightened at root to look more like the Mig-35
3. Side plate shortened 1 inch to bring horizontal stabilizer closer to wing trailing edge
4. Fuselage nose cone shortened to make appearance less "pointy"
5. Inboard vertical rudders in my quest for straight line knife edge flight
6. Downsized elevons to decrease TVAWT and EPPE
7. Shortened ailerons to decrease wing tip stalls
What is that paint scheme? Well that's what I end up with when I have a bunch of half empty spray paint cans. Next build will be a base coat of spray paint with a camouflage scheme topcoat. Acrylic paint is water based like the glue I use for glassing, so the spray paint makes for a nice barrier and doesn't dissolve the glue.
Build & Setup:
1. Carbon 4mm wing main and 3mm leading edges
2. Glassed hinges, vert stabs, side plates, tail plate, elevons and all leading edges
3. TowerPro carbon 9g servos on rudders and ailerons
4. Hitech 82MG servos for the elevons (I have a stock pile of these from when I thought these were necessary, Scott has shown plastic gear servos are fine)
5. Dealmax 2700 motor with Turnigy Plush 40 amp ESC
6. Spoilerons, Flaperons, Rudder brakes, and my favorite mix-ailerons off for high alpha, take off and landing, and high speed grass mowing flybys
7. 16 5/8 oz/471 gms dry and 23 1/4/662 with 2200 battery
Here she is:
Here is a nose to nose comparison:
Here is top view to see the differences in lengths overall and side plate, and motor mount. The plane on the right is stock build Mig-29v4:
The camo Mig-35 NAMCv2 has downsized LERX and wing leading edges which are more scale:
Maiden and flight report to follow as soon as wind and weather breaks.
Stephan
Looking awesome, Stephan! I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for you that you get a weather window to get out and get some flying time with it.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the maiden flight and thanks for summarizing all the mods... :)
Cheers,
Scott