Stuart those are some great mods. The heat shrink on the axle is brilliant. All the years I've been doing this I never thought of that! I've used a number of fixes for that same thing, but heat shrink is the easiest by far. Love learning something new.
The tail wheel has a wooden mount inside the fuselage that cannot be accessed after assembly, mine came loose. I unscrewed the wheel strut, then wiggled the internal parts out by the control rod. Mine now has a metal skid instead of the tail wheel. I have also reinforced the glue on the remaining control rod tubing, to eliminate flexing of the control rods. Smaller main wheels made a big improvement to the stability, and a battery tray keeps the CG from changing mid flight. The control horns dig into the foam and/or rattle loose, so I extended their base. There is probably a few other small modifications on my SlowPoke that I have forgotten. It can be a good model, once you have solved the issues.
& as ur putting the circlip/e-clip on the tail wheel, hold ur hand over it. So u don't hear the ZZZZZING of the clip breaking the sound barrier AS it's vaporizing thru the universe!🤪🤯
As I recall, HobbyKing use to carry the lower cost " Dancing Poke " foam & plywood kit aircraft from the Chinese manufacturer Dancing Wings. I wonder if Dancing Wings discontinued it ?
I loved the beautiful visitor to your workshop.
Thank you very much!
Stuart those are some great mods. The heat shrink on the axle is brilliant. All the years I've been doing this I never thought of that! I've used a number of fixes for that same thing, but heat shrink is the easiest by far. Love learning something new.
Thanks Adam, happy to be of service ;)
Workshop, & bench definitely not cluttered enough!🤪🤯 (& yes I can find everything, & know exactly where my everything is!)
Great job Stuart!! Love some mods and customization, thanks for sharing 👊🏼
The tail wheel has a wooden mount inside the fuselage that cannot be accessed after assembly, mine came loose. I unscrewed the wheel strut, then wiggled the internal parts out by the control rod. Mine now has a metal skid instead of the tail wheel. I have also reinforced the glue on the remaining control rod tubing, to eliminate flexing of the control rods. Smaller main wheels made a big improvement to the stability, and a battery tray keeps the CG from changing mid flight. The control horns dig into the foam and/or rattle loose, so I extended their base. There is probably a few other small modifications on my SlowPoke that I have forgotten. It can be a good model, once you have solved the issues.
My SlowPoke finally did the Pole Dance of Death : (
Anymore detail on the wing bracing wire?
& as ur putting the circlip/e-clip on the tail wheel, hold ur hand over it. So u don't hear the ZZZZZING of the clip breaking the sound barrier AS it's vaporizing thru the universe!🤪🤯
As I recall, HobbyKing use to carry the lower cost " Dancing Poke " foam & plywood kit aircraft from the Chinese manufacturer Dancing Wings. I wonder if Dancing Wings discontinued it ?
I made a moving pilot with mine loos so scale on take off
When reinforcing the control surface hinges with glue do you do it to both sides?
you can do it just on the bottom surface.
Ok thanks.
If you want to sell more get some to the USA
Yeah. And likewise the Durafly Ugly Stick V2 (PNF) Electric Sports Model EPO 1100mm Blue. PLEASE!
They are due in stock in the US shortly.
Does anyone know what kind of adhesive the Hobby King foam glue is? The webpage is not much help.
Hello, its a contact glue, similar to UHU POR.
Foamtac works.
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