Topic: 46" Gas F1 Tunnel 2011 build (Read 6781 times)

F1 madness · « **Reply #70 on:** January 29, 2012, 12:09:36 PM »

Hi guys just a quick update
Finally finished the wetsanding,next step is to sort the minor imperfections that have showed in the primer from the marker coat,then got to reprime and flat again,also picked up the basecoat colours and black for the outboard cowl
just need to get clearcoat but nowhere near ready for that yet so will pick that up next week.

F1 madness · « **Reply #71 on:** January 29, 2012, 06:36:52 PM »

Painted the false outboard cowl,came out ok

F1 madness · « **Reply #72 on:** January 30, 2012, 05:12:51 PM »

Update
Reprimed the main yesterday and left to bake in workshop,got it all wetsanded today and just finished the big clean LOL,shes now ready for final colours hopefully tomorrow,just got to finish sorting out the canopy and get that reprimed and wetflatted.
Also decided on design so a trip down the grafix shop tomorrow with what i got etc and get that sorted while doing the basecoat colours.

F1 madness · « **Reply #73 on:** January 31, 2012, 02:02:50 PM »

Well guys,its all wetsanded now and ready for final paint so not far to go now

Been to grafix shop this morning and sorted them out,they will be ready in the next few days

F1 madness · « **Reply #74 on:** January 31, 2012, 08:03:39 PM »

Painted hull bottom,been baking in workshop for a few hrs now.
Just need to let it fully harden and give it a light wetflatting with some 1000g,and paint the top deck and canopy then lacquer the whole thing in 1 go.

F1 madness · « **Reply #75 on:** February 02, 2012, 06:44:36 PM »

PICSFEAST LOL
sprayed the topdeck colour,just need to lacquer it all now but a couple of the edges of masking tape lifed so just gotta tidy the lines up then clearcoat it all.
Cant wait for the vinyl to be done now hehe

F1 madness · « **Reply #76 on:** February 02, 2012, 06:49:52 PM »

pics of canopy to follow

F1 madness · « **Reply #77 on:** February 03, 2012, 02:29:48 PM »

all clearcoated now and baking

cuppa · « **Reply #78 on:** February 03, 2012, 04:02:24 PM »

Really nice work.

F1 madness · « **Reply #79 on:** February 03, 2012, 04:04:55 PM »

Thank bud,got some new pics now will post them shortly

F1 madness · « **Reply #80 on:** February 03, 2012, 10:45:19 PM »

managed to get some pics now its all clearcoated in the sun

F1 madness · « **Reply #81 on:** February 03, 2012, 10:51:14 PM »

Guys need your help,im looking at the screen,its currently alloy mesh,right do i leave it as is or shall i paint it black or leave it and make a CF vinyl surround

gwa84 · « **Reply #82 on:** February 04, 2012, 02:41:27 AM »

i would paint it unless its got a protective coating as itle just rust and go white and horid

F1 madness · « **Reply #83 on:** February 04, 2012, 01:12:32 PM »

Hi james will more than likely paint it,iv siliconed it in now and jus waiting for it cure as iv got a couple of ideas i wanna try 1st

F1 madness · « **Reply #84 on:** February 04, 2012, 01:12:46 PM »

Boredom has started while waiting so started sorting out the hardware and installing it,started off by running a tap done the blindnuts to clear the paint etc,sorted out the neoprene seal round the radio box and started installing the servo mounts,servos and bellows etc.

Also installed the large bore wateroutlets in the outboard cowl

More pics to follow

F1 madness · « **Reply #85 on:** February 04, 2012, 01:21:31 PM »

more pics of overall look minus the vinyl

F1 madness · « **Reply #86 on:** February 04, 2012, 04:04:03 PM »

having a good day on this build
installed engine temporary to cut flexishaft,installed strut,flexi and flex saver
Also fitted the radiobox lid temporary to make sure it fits still after all the layers of paint have been added and the neoprene seal,all bolts have rubber o rings aswell so should be watertight.

Also shot through the mesh screen with engine installed,this should provide enough airflow through to engine and round the pipe.

F1 madness · « **Reply #87 on:** February 08, 2012, 09:32:31 AM »

Hi guys
sorted the screen now by painting it black and added some CF vinyl to finish it off

Some parts arrived aswell,fuel filter and venturi also installed the fuel bag

Exhaust silicon and and hoop cowl locks also arrived,so did test setup of exhaust,false outboard cowl,need to remove again for setting everything up in the radio box.

Next job is start sorting out the electrics,but waiting on ubec and radio
Also still waiting on the vinyl,should off been done 2 days ago

F1 madness · « **Reply #88 on:** February 08, 2012, 10:05:48 AM »

Started on the electrics, the power to all will be
Flightpower EON X lite, 2100mah, 3s, 25C lipo and weighs only 169g
Iv modified it by adding rx plug soldered on with the 3mm bullets,this will go to a switch then to the 5A UBEC then to rx, but should make for long run times without having to worry about the rx pack failing
The steering servo is 1/5 21kg MG high torque digital servo
The throttle is 9kg,standard size,MG high torque digital servo (abit over kill i know but will do for now for testing)
Throttle servo will be connected to failsafe in the event of a failure
Radio is Flysky TX & RX also installing a voltmeter to rx

F1 madness · « **Reply #89 on:** February 08, 2012, 01:35:04 PM »

installed external antenna mount in radio box lid,adde the lipo rx pack with velcro to hold it in place
Made some alloy supports for the cooling pipes that fasten down with the RB lid and keep the pipes tidy and in place

F1 madness · « **Reply #90 on:** February 09, 2012, 06:31:38 PM »

Hey Guys the vinyl finally got finished and was able to pick it up and add to the hull.
Not exactly as i planned but close enough.

cuppa · « **Reply #91 on:** February 09, 2012, 09:17:33 PM »

That is really nice.

F1 madness · « **Reply #92 on:** February 10, 2012, 11:53:28 AM »

Cheers bud

F1 madness · « **Reply #93 on:** February 10, 2012, 11:54:28 AM »

Ubec arrived and managed to install it and set the servos up ,i used old tx and spare rx for now till new flysky radio arrives.

short vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2nVYHpDAuo

F1 madness · « **Reply #94 on:** February 16, 2012, 05:12:30 PM »

Well guys 6mths from design to finally finished project and now shes ready to run,just add fuel/oil and pond
Hope you like

F1 madness · « **Reply #95 on:** February 16, 2012, 05:19:34 PM »

Wanna say big thanks to La-tiff (bodyguard boats), Joe petro (zippkits),Dave marles (prestwich models) & Mr parks (RCMK)
and everybody else who advised with this build.
Thanks Guys

F1 madness · « **Reply #96 on:** February 20, 2012, 04:30:11 PM »

Hey guys
managed to finally fire up the engine and test the cooling system and everything seems to be working,1 thing i have got is a vibrating sound so gonna check everything back over and make sure iv tightend everything properly,ill find the culprit and sort it before going any further and running it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmUAkn_7zLE

gwa84 · « **Reply #97 on:** February 20, 2012, 05:20:17 PM »

looking good dont worry about vibration they all vibrate like mad when running on the bench thers no resistance from the prop

bulldog1966 · « **Reply #98 on:** February 20, 2012, 05:28:55 PM »

well done you got the 23cc pullstart to work as james said dont worry bout the vibration they all do it as long as you have no radio interferance just add to water mate and your good to go

F1 madness · « **Reply #99 on:** February 20, 2012, 05:51:49 PM »

Cheers guys
iv checked everything again to make sure and as i thought i have locked everything down
so now its a case of going to a pool and running it in properly and start the setting up then once bedded in see what shes capable of

bulldog1966 · « **Reply #100 on:** February 21, 2012, 06:08:20 PM »

next stop just add water mate

F1 madness · « **Reply #101 on:** February 21, 2012, 07:59:30 PM »

Quote from: bulldog1966 on February 21, 2012, 06:08:20 PM

next stop just add water mate

hopefully very soon

cant wait LOL

F1 madness · « **Reply #102 on:** February 27, 2012, 07:52:17 PM »

Hey guys managed to get wet today
Not great 1st run but going again tomorrow due to running out of time today and need to setup the carb as its running too lean
but got some shots of it sitting on the water

martno1fan · « **Reply #103 on:** February 27, 2012, 09:46:34 PM »

Well least it floats

F1 madness · « **Reply #104 on:** February 29, 2012, 08:19:08 AM »

LOL yep she floats,sits nicely in the water actually so that shows good static balance so in theory the CG shouldnt be off will find out soon enough once i fixed the issue im having
also ordered smaller prop to try aswell so go from there

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