XP-4 Repair

by **kasra** » Wed Sep 22, 2004 12:18 am

Nice work Charlie and I guess Bob. I just finished my XP-4 wing. All I have left is to mount the tail, fuselage servos and pushrods and the peg of course. I am getting excited.

Kasra

by **cktasto** » Wed Sep 22, 2004 6:13 am

Kasra, I think your going to enjoy your XP-4. Mine has taken alot of abuse but it's also been flown more than any other plane I own...by far. Are you going to have yours ready for the contest on the 26th?

BTW, AUW for my XP-4 is now a "portly" 11.1oz (311g) :oops:

by **Don Cohn** » Wed Sep 22, 2004 7:35 am

I am always amazed at how well a repair can turn out. My initial thought after seeing the damage was "Just dig out the servos and buy a new set of wing panels." The repair job looks great. Have you flown it yet? Did you notice the extra few grams of weight?

Don

by **Bob.McGowan** » Wed Sep 22, 2004 8:02 am

So the total repair was 5.7 gram. I'm curious about the breakdown.

How much was phase one (glueing the halves together)?
How much was phase two (putting on the glass/carbon)?

by **kasra** » Wed Sep 22, 2004 8:53 am

Charlie, I plan to finish the XP4 for the contest and maybe the day before so I can get practice. I weighed mine at 9.3 Ounces a couple of nights ago but that was without the pushrods.

Kasra

by **SkyRider** » Wed Sep 22, 2004 1:03 pm

Kasra, Your the Man!........... If your AUW comes under 10 ounces.
My Encore AUW is 10.9 ounces and as low as 10.6 ounces. Depending on my nose weight.

Charlie 11.1 ounces WOW :shock:

That is excellent I would not worry about that weight. Excellent job on the repairs you guys.

MIKEM

by **cktasto** » Wed Sep 22, 2004 5:01 pm

Kasra, you cant just say yours came in at 9.3 and not elaborate

! Tell us about the battery, the tail group, and antennae placement at least!! Mine came out at 296g (10.5oz) ready to fly.

Bob, with regard to the wieght increase I think epoxying the centers together added 1.6g so that leaves 4.1g for the work we did last night.

Now if it'll just hold together :lol:

CT

by **kasra** » Wed Sep 22, 2004 11:03 pm

Well, The weight is gaining on me. It was 9.5 Ounces tonight and the bad news is that it looks tail heavy. Hopefully I can finish it right at 10 Ounces. I am using the D-60's for ailerons, an MX-30 for elevator, A Pico BB for rudder and a Berg 4 II RX. The battery is a 4-cell 370 pack. This has the delta vertical tail and the high aspect ratio stab.

XP-4 Repair

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