The Bug Micro HLG

[lu wei yao]

Hey dave, im not sure if joe has installed a carbon peg at one end. So would have to see once i get mine. No rush of course.

The Xp5 is a beautiful plane. Not cheap, but very nice.

Thanx!

[joe yap]

Nope. I'm building them stock. They are not meant for DLG. Those Discus launching you guys see in the videos are done with modified Bug. If you do a search in the RCGroups, people has broke thier wings by doing so with stock Bugs.

[joe yap]

Anyway, here comes the wing construction proper.

To start off, the TEs are cut to size from stock 1" wide to 1/2" wide, and rib slots are sanded. The TEs are pinned flat on the plan, together with the 1/8" wingtips and 1/32" wing-centre bottom sheeting. The wingtips LE has 1/32" scrap balsa to shim up to the correct incidence.

[joe yap]

The ribs are pinned perpendicularly onto the plan. The 1/8" root rib is pinned onto the bottom wing sheeting at 10 degrees offset to accomodate for the wing dihedral.

[joe yap]

The 1/8" carbon tube spars are inserted into the ribs and glued in place with CA.

[joe yap]

Next, the LEs are glued down in place. I started off glueing down the LEs to the firat 2 ribs with CA. Once set, I bent the LE to form the coorect curvature and held it in place with pins, until all the joints are properly glued down.

[joe yap]

Next, the 1/32" top sheetings are glued in place, trimmed and sanded.

[joe yap]

In the heat of mass production, I've used up whaeer energy I have today after my night shift to build 3 sets of wing panels. I'll leave the wing joinings for tomorrow.

[HZM]

Thanks for the update

Mike

[gEcky]

In the heat of mass production, I've used up whaeer energy I have today after my night shift to build 3 sets of wing panels. I'll leave the wing joinings for tomorrow.

How is the dihedral formed? Did u "tilt" the inner most ribs prior to the sheeting?

[joe yap]

How is the dihedral formed? Did u "tilt" the inner most ribs prior to the sheeting?

Yes. The root rib is set at 10 degrees to produce the dihedral.

[Curare]

So Joe....which one is mine?? the fifth or sixth plane??

[joe yap]

So Joe....which one is mine?? the fifth or sixth plane??

Next season......Don't forget, I still got Jarts to build.

[Curare]

Where you find the time to build I wonder You are churning out planes like a factory

[joe yap]

I also dunno. Sometimes, when inspiration comes, I build like a charging bull. When I run out of gas, I read magazines.

Anyway, I just came back in the evening after a recce trip at Sedili. Winds there are strong but coming from the left at about 45 degrees of the slope. The resort is fully operational and nicely furnished, and now is fully acessible by driving, as the new bridge over the river is now operational as well.

I reached home in the evening and started to work on the Bugs again. I managed to epoxy the wings together and built another 2 fuselage pods. Nose cones on alll 5 fuselage pods are installed and sanded to shape.