Hi JMac, you and I are just starting out on the same project. Ill be interested to see how you get on, & if we run into the same issues. The first thing is the canopy mine was just the same, very thin and distorted on one side. Your motor the 2817 motor looks small to spin a 11x7 prop so I would like to know how you get on with it when you get there. I’ve have the kit & the extras separately from my local supplier, I will be using a 3547 - 800 kv with 12x7 on 4S. This my second DW kit I’m building for a review & except for the manual the first one went together and flew very nicely, so I’m hoping this one is the same.
Hello Roy, This is my second DW as well, though I haven't started it yet. My first was the Sunbird2 which has a very small motor as well. On that kit there weren't any instructions for mounting the motor and it didn't fit very well in the space they provided. I ended up replacing it with a different motor that mounted on the outside rather than inside the model. This motor does look small and running with a 3S Lipo off a hard surface might be ok, with trainer performance, I would expect that a grass field or better performance I'll be replacing this motor as well. I'm excited to start the model and I expect it to build quickly, the DW parts seem to fit together nicely but the instructions are pretty sparse, you have to think through and trial fit some of the parts before you glue them.
I took a more in-depth look at the kit and a couple of things stand out. 1. - there isn't any plan, the parts all fit together and there isn't any plan drawing or instruction text to built against, just the instruction pictures. 2. - it's very light, the wood used is very thin. I suspect the wing loading is going to be very light.
Thanks for the reply. This is my second DWH kit build, Ive done the Cloud Dancer for a mag review out early next year. That kit has many similarities to this one, the main one being the lack of build detail in the manual. The thing’s I don’t get are, why the small box? Like this one the spars & all span wise parts come in 2 parts. That save 100mm on the box! The other is the lack of setup for radio, motor or controls movements. This seems to be a theme across all their kits. The savings factor is it does fly very nicely once shorted, and has a very light wing loading, I’m hoping the same for T30.
@@RTatBstoke The two part spans are strange, I wonder if their production equipment or laser cutter has a limitation in the length of material it can handle? I know DW makes puzzles and other kits. I'm finding this kit is more like putting together a puzzle than building an airplane. Many of the parts like F20 can fit upside down, but one side tab is a little larger than the other so there is a "best fit" but no instruction to say so. Also as soon as I opened the sealed bag of wood most of it start to twist and warp. I'm sure there is a difference in humidity between where it was packaged and New Hampshire, USA. It's becoming a challenge to keep straight lines during the assembly. However, I'm enjoying putting it together and assembly is very quick.
Hello, did you try this model? I started the building but there are a lot of parts missing and no regular blueprints
Hi JMac, you and I are just starting out on the same project. Ill be interested to see how you get on, & if we run into the same issues. The first thing is the canopy mine was just the same, very thin and distorted on one side. Your motor the 2817 motor looks small to spin a 11x7 prop so I would like to know how you get on with it when you get there. I’ve have the kit & the extras separately from my local supplier, I will be using a 3547 - 800 kv with 12x7 on 4S. This my second DW kit I’m building for a review & except for the manual the first one went together and flew very nicely, so I’m hoping this one is the same.
Hello Roy, This is my second DW as well, though I haven't started it yet. My first was the Sunbird2 which has a very small motor as well. On that kit there weren't any instructions for mounting the motor and it didn't fit very well in the space they provided. I ended up replacing it with a different motor that mounted on the outside rather than inside the model. This motor does look small and running with a 3S Lipo off a hard surface might be ok, with trainer performance, I would expect that a grass field or better performance I'll be replacing this motor as well.
I'm excited to start the model and I expect it to build quickly, the DW parts seem to fit together nicely but the instructions are pretty sparse, you have to think through and trial fit some of the parts before you glue them.
Also I'm surprised there aren't very many videos about the T30, not much information about it at all.
I took a more in-depth look at the kit and a couple of things stand out.
1. - there isn't any plan, the parts all fit together and there isn't any plan drawing or instruction text to built against, just the instruction pictures.
2. - it's very light, the wood used is very thin. I suspect the wing loading is going to be very light.
Thanks for the reply. This is my second DWH kit build, Ive done the Cloud Dancer for a mag review out early next year. That kit has many similarities to this one, the main one being the lack of build detail in the manual. The thing’s I don’t get are, why the small box? Like this one the spars & all span wise parts come in 2 parts. That save 100mm on the box! The other is the lack of setup for radio, motor or controls movements. This seems to be a theme across all their kits. The savings factor is it does fly very nicely once shorted, and has a very light wing loading, I’m hoping the same for T30.
@@RTatBstoke The two part spans are strange, I wonder if their production equipment or laser cutter has a limitation in the length of material it can handle? I know DW makes puzzles and other kits. I'm finding this kit is more like putting together a puzzle than building an airplane. Many of the parts like F20 can fit upside down, but one side tab is a little larger than the other so there is a "best fit" but no instruction to say so.
Also as soon as I opened the sealed bag of wood most of it start to twist and warp. I'm sure there is a difference in humidity between where it was packaged and New Hampshire, USA. It's becoming a challenge to keep straight lines during the assembly. However, I'm enjoying putting it together and assembly is very quick.