Aeroworks QB 150cc YAK 55M

[Joe Hunt]

[Joe Hunt]

The covers are very nice and they lightened them up with some holes:

When you bolt on the landing gear, don't tighten it up all the way until you dry fit the covers. The covers fit snugly around the gear so you have to line the gear up for the covers or the covers won't fit on right. I found it easier to flip the plane over to put the covers back on.

[Joe Hunt]

So, so far...

MANUAL ADDENDUM 1 & 2

1)
Glue the control surfaces first and let them setup before installing them in the plane
1) Lube the hinge with a thick coating of lube
2) Glue the hinge in to the control surface
3) Twist the hinges to align them until they move freely full travel in the slots
4) Use a straight edge to line up all the ends of the hinges (if you shaped some upholstery foam to keep the hinges all straight out, but on plane with each other, while doing this... all the better)
5) Square up all the hinges to the leading edge of the control surface
6) Let that setup
7) After the glue has setup on the elevators, clip an 1/8" off the end of the three inboard hinges
8) Make sure hinges go stop to stop without any binding. Clean out glue and/or wood until there is no binding.
9) Put glue in the wing (or stabilizer) holes
10) Take a paper towel and denatured alcohol and wipe off any glue around the holes
11) Put glue on the hinges and push the hinges into the wing
12) Put the card stock in loosely or use two pieces of card stock

2)
When you bolt on the landing gear, don't tighten it up all the way until you dry fit the covers. The covers fit snugly around the gear so you have to line the gear up for the covers or the covers won't fit on right. I found it easier to flip the plane over to put the covers back on.

[Joe Hunt]

I bolted on the stock axles, wheels and spats:

I did change the set screw to a socket head style. Much easier to deal with and not have strip out.

Oh, and also the screws for mounting the spats... I changed them to stainless steel with stainless steel sealing washers:

[Joe Hunt]

I bolted on the stock tailwheel... they are very light, less than an oz:

I changed out the stock phillips head screws (they would work, but I prefer not to push on the plane when putting them in and/or removing them, and that is what you have to do with phillips screws) to a socket head screw. You could even go to a 6-32 socket head, I believe. But, I ran these in, then took them out, put some thin CA down the holes, let it dry, then put these 3mm servo screws in there and it felt solid.

[Joe Hunt]

The cowl is crazy custom cool with its interlocking stout tabs with only four screws visible on the bottom of the plane. The fit on mine was perfect:

[Joe Hunt]

I just love the squaty turtle deck and the bulbous canopy! I'm repeating myself, but you have to see it in person!

[Naughty Monkey]

I guess a manufacturer must of had a close out deal on their profile landing gear, huh? Anxious to see how it holds up. Trying to think through how the loads are going to work on things, (kinda makes my head hurt) seems like it might be a winner.

[Naughty Monkey]

Oh, and triple word score for using squatty and bulbous in the same post!

[Joe Hunt]