Mouse

[Overhaul]

Hello. I've set myself up big for a first time into this field. I've been ordering stuff to build a Braun Mouse and have actually been doing well. On the construction. I hate to have my first post as a "tech support" type question, but I've encountered a problem I'm not confident about.

Construction-Excellent. Carbon fiber is great stuff. Except getting it apart... Oh well. I screwed up and didn't assemble the wing right, but I managed to find some compatable carbon fiber and that's not a problem... any more. :D My problem is... will balsaloc will be good to stick the frame to the mylar?

My next problem... I thought Hey, my 1500MaHr NiMH will be fine... but not light enough. So I go ahead and get the 430MaHr taridans... then I find out my reciever works on 5-6 volts. Argh. Oh well. This is what I get for not starting with a piper cub or something mundane. I'm curious if I could simply wire some resistors to lower the voltage to the reciever, or if that would be a Bad Thing (tm). You see, I have the resistors and the soldering experience, but I'm kinda rusty on my electronics...

I think microflight is absolutly the place to be in R/C today. Electrics are the up and coming technology, and miniturization is the theme of research lately... you can't go wrong.

[Overhaul]

Mouse Update:
Heh. All problems solved. Balsaloc holds mylar to carbon fiber so-so. The BEC solves the reciever problem, but doggonit, a mouse NOT a trainer. heh. I think I'll be picking up a duskstik to learn on, then come back to my little mousie.
By the way, I've already crashed thrice with the mouse... Mylar is sturdy stuff, until the engine breaks off and wraps the antenna and servo extensions, bringing the spinning blades into the middle of the sheet... The mouse tends to have a pop-off motormount/ landing skids, which I suppose has saved my $28 prop from my bumbling, so it's not all bad. Prolly should take it to a gym to fly. Skids don't like asphalt =D.