Hi chaps, Thought I would start a thread on my new project. After seeing a couple of vids on here I decided to take the plunge and bought a skyfun from HobbyKing, It comes ARTF just need to add receiver and battery and cost $100 delivered. The motor is a basic 1800kv and the esc is 25A so not really up to the job but will do until I feel confident flying it and then I will be upgrading both motor and esc to something a bit tastier.
Kit arrived fairly well boxed and there was no damage to the airframe. The canopy had come unglued and one of the clips to hold the canopy on was rattling about the box but was a 2 minute hot glue fix.
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A 2 part 5 minute epoxy is provided with the kit but unfortunately one of the bottles had leaked but as the glue comes in a sealed bag and there was enough left it wasnt really an issue. The instructions are pretty good to be honest but lets face it, It wasnt that difficult to figure out what went where anyway.
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Ive placed it next to my AXN Floater to give an idea of size, Its bigger than I thought it was lol.
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I then began adding some carbon for strength, The airframe comes with two slots moulded in to the body which are designed for this which I thought was a nice touch, I also used some carbon strips on the edges of the wings etc to hopefully provide some protection in a crash(I expect to have a few lol)
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Also as you can see Ive spray painted the bottom a nice luminous orange so that I have half a chance of seeing this thing once its airbourne.
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Through the centre of the airframe Ive put reinforced tape to give some protection during landings and also to strengthen the motor mount area.
Once Ive flown it a few times and Ive upgraded the motor/esc I will FPV it. Im planning on a simple light system with probably just a basic hobbyking osd to monitor voltage and a fixed camera for some low level, Fast and furious fun.
Thanks for reading and any tips or advice you can suggest will be gratefully received.
Sean.
Looks great sheep, really like the spray paint.
Looking forward to the first vid :) I think one of these might be a good step up for me in a month or so too.
looks cool... but why on earth would they put the servos under the wing?! with the servo arms right in the path of the ground!
Didnt post it Pasty, Ive got two plastic cover things which I assume go over the servos, I will post some pics up later
Very very nice looking forward to seeing it take to the air ..
Yes looks sweet, much bigger than i thought it was after seeing it next to the Axn. I like the spray colour too, not as bright as i first though. Looks excellent :)
Mine (Jamara Roo) came with plastic covers for the servos to protect them
Just going to take a photo t post, back shortly.......
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These are the servo protectors that came with my kit.
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I like your paint stripes, need to do something similar on mine so I can see it !
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Yup thats the plastic protectors Ive got just havent fitted them yet...Ok truth is I put them down and forgot I had them lol, Will fit them before flight
Hi,
I agree nice paint job. On EPP I assume so what paint, how many coats, If you air brushed how much water did you use in proportion the the acrylic? once again I am assuming its water based acrylic. As you can guess from the questions I have never had any success with paint on Depron, XPS or EPP and similar foams and so I tend to use coloured tape which I admit is not so good.
Regards
John
Hi John, I used this http://www.spraystore.com/products.asp?partno=ROHGMT01 (http://www.spraystore.com/products.asp?partno=ROHGMT01) . Applied three coats, First a very light coat almost a dusting, Waited 5 mins then applied a heavier second coat, Waited 15 mins and applied the 3rd coat . Also painted my Radian with no ill effects.
Regards
Sean.
Hi Sean,
Thanks for detailed info and link, will for sure get the Pay Pal account on the job then see what I can do with the stuff supplied. if I make a reasonable job I will post if not well I will practice some more.
Regards
John
Right fitted the sevo protectors today and finished installing receiver etc, Also extended antenna and mounted it on the wing to try and avoid the motor, Will be doing a maiden as soon as the weather improves
https://picasaweb.google.com/102040828799007645396/RcStuff#5611849104546078578
Been flying the skfun for a bit now, I really like this plane but my god the stock motor is so under powered so upgrade time I think ;D
Ive got it ready for FPV now, Just a basic setup for now to see how I get on.
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/y9nyTzAIpSPoPW21IjIP-Q?feat=directlink
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ZO5kZ-CLzu8Vqz9wNf94OQ?feat=directlink
Great, very neat Sheep! I like!
Lets see how it goes!
Though Id do a bit of an update, The skyfun has been flawless, I can honestly say this is one of the best planes Ive bought, The only thing I found was power was a bit low for me so I bought a Keda 2700kv motor from Giantcod and now it sings, I need to get a larger battery as the 2200 3 cell I have doesn't last very long lol. My mate came with me today as spotter and his missus took some pics while I flew so thought I'd post them up.
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And as I ripped the p**s out of Simon the other night I thought it only sporting to give him the chance for revenge
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Oh and finally couldnt put pics of exmoor up without these
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Cool place to fly, good to put a face to a name too. You can get surgery for those growths on your head on the Nhs you know ? :)
Funjet looks good too mate, love the pics
Great Pics!
Thanks for posting.
Tox