JAT (Just Another Tiny)

[pease1]

Here's my contribution to the flock of Tinys already pictured here. Details and more pictures can be found on my tiny page (http://pease1.sr.unh.edu/aew/rc/tiny/)

http://pease1.sr.unh.edu/aew/rc/tiny/tiny.jpg

[Jim]

Hey Allan,

That's got to be the best looking Tiny I've seen yet! The Reynolds Crystal Teal really does a number on it. Excellent!

Jim

<font face="arial black" color="red"><marquee behavior="slide" loop="5">Bet she flies as good as she looks!</marquee></font>

[pease1]

Thanks for the compliments Jim. I went for the contrast for two reasons. First I thought it would look neat and second, working with the mylar is a lot harder than the wrap.

I'll let you know how she flies when I get a calm night. The past month has been bad for that. New England has some arctic 'cell' thinggy over it and our wind has been an average of 12+ mph for what seems like 5 weeks running - argh!

Al

<marquee behavior="slide" loop="5">Neat trick you have here!</marquee>

[ 07-11-2001: Message edited by: Allan Wright ]

[jimwalker]

Nice.....

I see you did the mod on the GWS drive suggested in an earlier addition of RCMicro. I feel your pain concerning the wind. I was told when I recently moved to New Mexico that it was very dry with hardly any wind except for a month and a half in spring.

This information was one of the factors contributing to my desire to build airplanes again. Well of course the year I move here the weather changes. It's been record rainfall up here (it is a desert you know) and the wind hasn't let up since late May.

Must be La Nina or El Nino or whatever....

Good luck flying your Tiny.

[pease1]

The gearbox mod was simple - took about 10 minutes to do. Only thing is with the mod the stick mount isn't secure enough to rely on just it to hold the motor on. I added a zip-tie around the motor and stick to secure the assembly on.

So far - So good..... Looking for a sunset patrol or dawn attack in my near future. I have a small yard, but I'm hoping with some practice this will be able to fly there. If not next step is some form of mini-IFO.

Al