Raptor Maiden

[BlueFlyer]

maybe it's my own repair skills I don't trust lol

personally I'd just buy another one, keep the broken one for spares.

[Granpaw Jonah]

..All this talk of tape, glue and carbon rods in channels with filler is getting me a bit excited... I'm off to break something and get the crash kit out!!
  G.J.

[Worthawiggles]

Granpaw Jonah, that comment made me laugh and brought a wry smile to my face. lol.

Coyote: Yes had preempted this suggestion and 2mm dia carbon has been ordered. I am also going to insert some rods (cocktail sticks) into the break ends to act like a biscuit joint and then as Coyote suggested 2xCarbon rods above the break and 2 x below. The other issue is that the aileron also was snapped in two. Will do the same as the wing.

I have also contacted Voltanex to see if I can purchase the new motor mount and the revised main wing. they have given me the web address of a distributor in spain (the web site is all in Spansih with no English conversion; thank heavens for Google translate), but it appears that they do not have any stock. Anyone know where there are Raptor V2 planes with no electronics, I already have purchased upgrad servos, motor and ESC?

Gorilla glue I am intending to purchase today from Inwoods and then get to it. Plan is to have it back and ready for the weekend, wife and child permitting of course. Use the repaired wing as a test bed to Iron out all the idiosyncrasies and once the plane is sorted add the FPV gear and maybe change the wing and the motor mount for the new ones.

W

[BlueFlyer]

you see, that's the annoying thing about some planes... the necessity of modifying it to make it how you need it.

Only "mods" I've ever done to the skywalker aren't technically mods, they're just a few CF strips in the wings for extra strengthening.

the motor mount, the wings, the wing mounting solution, the fpv canopy area, the battery bay, the ESC bay, the T-Tail, the side door... all perfectly designed and implemented from the start.

all this talk about skywalkers is making me want to buy another one lol

[Granpaw Jonah]

...You don't want to listen to Coyote.. he's never broken anything.... he never flies, he just sits at the computer .... upgrading....

  G.J.






.... Soz Ian....joking....... ^-^

[Rowgerwulff]

I had the larger span one (2m?) and installed flaps on it and a bigger motor with an 8 x 6 prop. With a decent amount of flap for take-off it climbed away no problem - but did have a bit of a lumbering feel to it. Once in the air and at speed with the flaps retracted it was ok. Stick with it, it flies nice enough and on a calm day you'll get good footage from a GoPro stuck on it.