Fireworks FW5

[Twyl]

Aileron horns are inserted. What a pain of a design.

Good work Dennis. Is the pointy end of those fancy horns the only part that is actually sticking into the aileron surface?

-Jonathan
who has never built a DLG

[Hawkeye]

Yup. That's the only part that goes into the aileron. But I also glued the horizontal section to the aileron too. Tough to do with the wipers in the way.

[Hawkeye]

Was so engrossed finishing the buidl to 3am last nite so no pics taken....

But she is ready to fly.....AUW 285 grams....exactly as per the PCM website....can buy 4D

[randomtask]

That's a nice weight for a full carbon wing dlg.

Cheers,
Adnan

[Sunstorm]

man, that carbon is conductive. keep your lipos away. heh.

[Hawkeye]

3 words....

Responsive,agile,fast!!!!

[tansc]

+ 1 more word

Poison!!!!!!

[Hawkeye]

The insides.


Bench fly

[sherchoo]

It's really a beauty, I must say. On top of that it's 285g for a full carbon.... nice.

I bet it flies real smooth. Quick, what's the launch height?

[randomtask]

Those are schweet servos man! Would you mind sharing, how are they on the batts?

Cheers,
Adnan

[chessgame]

Ayioh.. must resist temptation. must resist the dark carbon force....

Good job. Just wondering, should there be a piece of "tube" to prevent friction against the string ?

[Hawkeye]

Sherwin,

Have not measured launched height but its about the same thereabouts...bewteen 30-40m depending on the wind.

Since I glued the rudder slightly crooked, I had to trim to compensate. Now it launches straight with a slight whistle.

Im using a 400mah Kan cells and they generally last about 2 hours of non stop flying. These babies are super smooth and quiet so quiet happy with thier perfromance so far. Strong too.

As for flight characteristics, this bird just wants to go. With everything at neutral she just cuts thru the air. I tried here with 60g of ballast and than she really got going. She's also very nimble and agile, great for aerobatics.

A very very different animal from the concept. If the concept is a sophisticated socialite that takes thngs slow, the fireworks is the biker chick who wants to go fast and she will taunt you to go even faster. You would have to camber before she slows down. Unlike the concept who likes to fly slow even at neutral. The concept flies great on dead air days, the fireworks is good on windy days, add ballast and she hauls ass....

[randomtask]

Thanks for the flight report man, appreciate it.

Cheers,
Adnan

[Hawkeye]

As requested by Sherwin Here are the launch heights at lunch today....very slight breeze....

I cant seem to break the 40M barrier....I need a stronger arm



And added wipers to the rudder and the whistling at launch has subdued. Getting to like her more and more.

[Sunstorm]

what does that green line represent?