My new Stork has arrived safe and sound from Sal at Northeast Sailplane Products via FedEx.
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| September 1, 1999 Heinrich Stork |
My new Stork has arrived safe and sound from Sal at Northeast Sailplane Products via FedEx.
The Stork is molded for Volz MicroMaxx servos throughout. I am about ready to mount the flap servo in this picture.
The biggest change for the USA version Stork is bottom hinged flaps. I am testing the flap deflection in this picture, you should see the smile on my face at this point!
This Stork is painted in the mold yellow over blue with blue "horns". The official color from Heinrich is melon yellow over night blue. My OFB Steve Meyer calls it "mellow mellon yellow". Yes, my work bench is messy, it has been a busy contest season, I'll clean it up with the winter projects.
I have just finished mounting a aileron servo in this picture. Instead of using the soft black rubber grommets that come for mounting the servos I used some nylon washers which provides a firmer mount with no slop.
The radio installation in the fuselage. Everything is very straightforward, the hollow stainless steel pushrods are pre-installed, servo holes are already cut out for the Volz MicroMaxx, I custom made a Sanyo 1200AEmah pack up front with some lead, a JR NER-649s "credit card" rx and a switch behind the battery pack.
My new 1999 USA version of the Heinrich Stork, finished, setup and flown. This model is similar to the 1998 European Stork I also own, but the USA version sports bottom hinged flaps for a full 90 degree deflection and several other smaller modifications that make this Stork, even better! I'll be adding a full review of this model on my Stork web page as well in the near future.
| January 1, 1999 Frank Cavazos EPP Boomerang |
My new EPP Boomerang, custom built by Steve Meyer for me with all our combined knowledge of strengthening and lightening tricks. Modifications include thinned and glassed elevons, radio gear is completely burried, tiplets are made up of black 3/16" coroplast with a shape that looks like the tiplets off of the Aurora. The radio gear used is a Sanyo 600AE battery mounted way forward, a JR R600 rx, and two JR 321 servos using the round control arms. There is no switch used, I just have a short extension from the rx that I plug the lead from the battery into and tuck the connector into a little opening on the wing. Color scheme is Flourescent Yellow over Black, Black tiplets and control rods. All up this model weighs 15.9oz. with no extra weight needed to balance the model. The EPP Boomerang is made out of all EPP foam, with an internal carbon spar, very tough construction intended for serious slope combat. It's on the work bench here getting the final touches, clear tape on the LE and the clevises have been soldered to the pushrods.
| December 13, 1997 Trick R/C Zagi-LE |
My new Zagi-LE, just out of the box (pictured above), to ready to fly (pictured below) in a couple of evenings. I used a 800mah JR 'Extra' battery, JR R600 rx, and two standard JR 507 servos. Color scheme is Red and Yellow stripes on top, black wing tips and bottom. The C.G. location is 8" from the leading edge and all up flying weight is 17.7 oz. No extra weight was needed to balance the model.
| November 7, 1997 DJ Aerotech Wizard |
I've just finished assembling my latest HLG, a DJ Aerotech Wizard. It didn't take long to complete, just a week of evenings. I installed a JR 'credit card' receiver, 4 HS-60's that have the mounting lugs trimmed, and a 110mah battery pack in the nose. I made some slight modifications to the original design, one that you might notice is that I removed a little more than half of the dihederal in the wing. Since I tend to fly the slopes occasionally, Joe Hahn suggested I might try this to make the rolls more axial, even though the existing design performs well. Other modifications will be described below. Nothing that exotic with the radio installation, I left the cover on the rx, but I use a short extension plug as a substitute for the switch harness. All up flying weight is 12.2 oz. with no added ballast, not too bad!
I wanted to extend my flying time at the slope, so I have made a variety of battery packs that I can stick in the belly of the fuse mounted with velcro at the CG point for a 'working' ballast. There is a 600mah that weighs 2.9 oz., a 270mah that weighs 1.8 oz., and a 110mah that comes in at 1 oz.
Here is a shot of the belly of my Wizard. You may notice my custom shaped finger peg, and that I have Wizard number 1228. 8-)
Another modification I made was to route the control rods directly out the back of the fuse instead of bringing them out on the sides of the fuse. This should hopefully offer more protection when landing in tall grass and weeds.
| October 25, 1997 The Hobie Hawk restoration is complete |
The Hobie Hawk restoration is complete, this sailplane is balanced and ready for its first test flight. Over twenty years ago I saw one of these models for the first time, and I wanted one more than any other. Today, I finally have restored the sailplane I always wanted twentysome years ago, but couldn't afford back then. The above pictures show the tail with a Hobie Hawk logo on the rudder and a close up of the cockpit.
| October 16, 1997 Hobie Hawk restoration, Part II |
The Hobie Hawk is now covered. The wings were slow going, but the results were worth it. The fuselage still needs to be refinished and the flight pack installed.
| October 3, 1997 Hobie Hawk restoration, Part I |
A Hobie Hawk ready to be painted and covered. The planned color scheme is going to be an orange fuselage with transparent orange covering.
| September 30, 1997 Hobie Hawk restoration underway |
Various pieces of a Hobie Hawk during a restoration project I have been working on lately. I've been carefully removing the old monokote covering, so I can recover with transparent orange, my favorite color for open bay construction. I was lucky enough to score two Hobie Hawks in one day from two different modelers on RCSE. This is a model that I wanted a long time ago, but was never able to purchase at the time. Both Hawks will be restored to like new condition, and I plan to fly at least one of them.
| September 15, 1997 HLG's in for a tune-up |
Two HLG's, a Chrysalis and a FVK 'Simply the Best' are perched for a once over after the weekend flying sessions. Also on the work bench are three tail pieces from a Hobie Hawk that I am restoring.
| August 20, 1997 A framed up DJ Aerotech Chrysalis |
A framed up Chrysalis ready to be covered. This kit really was a joy to build, there are many clever construction techniques incorporated into the design. I have two other Chrysalii kits waiting waiting to be built this winter. I intend to build one identical to my first one, except lighter where possible. The next one will be my Chrysalis X project, a highly modified Chrysalis with some experimental changes.
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