FUNTER PUSHER LANDING GEAR MODS HOW TO
FUNTER PUSHER LANDING GEAR MODS MODS
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The BBQ skewers are tight, and the pod survives my inevitable oops moments without the holes becoming ovals and things begin falling out. No pictures of it, but I also added 4 individual card squares inside the pod. They were installed between the fuse and nose doublers. I just didn’t want the 'motors' hanging out this time and they usually cover the cards. This is how I hid the reinforcement to make the exterior fuse look cleaner for this paint design. Gift cards are strong, thin, light and add great strenght to reinforce the holes the BBQ skewers go through.

FUNTER PUSHER LANDING GEAR MODS MODS

This is one of the more common mods in some variation or another. Easy enough and likely good enough just like that, but I also added a second card on the exterior. The card transfers the shock to the supports. The added supports inside the fuse transfer shock to the wing.

FUNTER PUSHER LANDING GEAR MODS HOW TO

For me however, I hope it beefs it up enough to survive while I learn how to return to earth more gently, or aviod the earth before I'm ready. If you fly well or don’t wish to add the weight, this isn’t for you. Do it fast and rub it off and it doesn’t burn (much) at all. Then put a drop of hot glue in the hole and pressed it in with my finger and wiped off excess at same time. I cut the paper, pressed in the magnet to size the hole. These happened to be out of a dead motor, but they are available online. but I wanted a canopy, and that covers the pin. In the plans, the top deck is attached with a paper hinge and bamboo pin. The bevel isnt cut yet, but the wire needs to be right up next to it or even into it a bit to clear the rudder. 32 wire, and looking at it, it's problebly 1/4' or so longer than it needs on each end. One of my first builds was an FT Simple Storch, and it was great, but the elevator warped on me because the connection between the sides is thin relative to the surfaces. I used a gift card and 1/16” ply, with CA and Hot Glue. So I searched and found this by hursto75. After only a few flights the rudder begins to delaminate and while it didn’t fail completely it was only a matter of time. The steerable tail wheel ‘solution’ I used didn’t work well. Not quite sure what I was thinking as I bent this one. The rudder has a high strength to weight and on other Mini builds has held up well for me. No, not the best solution or implementation of a not the best solution, but on a Mini it isn’t so bad. Be aware poster board rounded 'turtle' decks distort the pattern if you use one. Nearly all of these can be used on other FT planes besides the Mini Sportster in these examples. They aren't really anything special or new, but I thought if they were here in one place for others to see maybe someone could use them. So for this FT Mighty Mini Sportster here are some modifications to do as you put it together. I also like planes that can not only take off from the ground, but are steerable also. It’s no fun fixing the damaged pod for the fourth time, or adding support after the fact. Over the last year I’ve learned a few things about the FT planes. Looking around the internet results in plenty of very nice designs, but many have long or complicated build times in comparison (Maybe someday, when I don’t crash so much).

Maintaining the 4 Horizon planes in my hanger is fun too, in spite of my apparent learning curve disability where it comes to flying them!Īll I can say is I really like the FT concepts.

FUNTER PUSHER LANDING GEAR MODS PLUS

About a dozen or so FT designs so far both scratch and speed build kits, plus a few modified planes based on FT design and one or two started with a piece of DTFB and ending up with delta wing using no plans at all. I’m relatively new to RC airplanes compared to many here, Flying just over a year and building about as long.

Funter pusher landing gear mods