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« Reply #25 on: November 22, 2016, 05:28:51 PM »

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Re: "2016 Sweepstakes" Griffin, Balsa kit build

The Landing Gear is my idea: to save the belly from the rough ground at our field

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« Reply #26 on: November 22, 2016, 05:29:20 PM »

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« Reply #27 on: November 22, 2016, 05:34:44 PM »

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Re: "2016 Sweepstakes" Griffin, Balsa kit build

Sanjay sir.... Its looks great... Looking forward for the video...

By the way what's your opinion about the T tail... Sir...
Is it strong enough...??


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« Reply #28 on: November 22, 2016, 05:42:25 PM »

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Thanks Dev

The T tail seems OK, but I'll know when it crashes Wink


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« Reply #29 on: November 22, 2016, 07:03:38 PM »

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Re: "2016 Sweepstakes" Griffin, Balsa kit build

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« Reply #30 on: November 22, 2016, 07:06:40 PM »

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« Reply #31 on: November 22, 2016, 08:26:14 PM »

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Re: "2016 Sweepstakes" Griffin, Balsa kit build

It came out great sir ,looking very nice
Eagerly waiting to see it fly ,may be i can also try my hands on it Grin


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Thanks Harshit. Of course you fly it - you anyways do Wink


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« Reply #33 on: December 05, 2016, 05:45:40 PM »

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Re: "2016 Sweepstakes" Griffin, Balsa kit build

Maidened it yesterday. CG was a little tail heavy at the designed mark, and needed some left trim.

Video only of the maiden; subsequent flights after corrections it flew fine

The wheels were not a good idea on grass, it would flip on landing Grin

But they will be good on hard ground


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« Reply #34 on: December 05, 2016, 05:57:32 PM »

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Re: "2016 Sweepstakes" Griffin, Balsa kit build

Nice Flying.

I hope this will be a good glider for loooong duration flights.


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« Reply #35 on: December 05, 2016, 06:13:35 PM »

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Re: "2016 Sweepstakes" Griffin, Balsa kit build

Thanks Saurabh

Did 2 sorties, total about 4-5 minutes. On the 1300 mAh Lipo had 72% balance

So on normal powered flight it should be able to cross 17-18 minutes

How it behaves if it catches a thermal has yet to be seen though. Unfortunately, that is easier in summer!


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« Reply #36 on: December 05, 2016, 06:17:38 PM »

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Awesome!


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Thank you Topalle


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Quote from: taitil on December 05, 2016, 09:22:36 PM

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Re: "2016 Sweepstakes" Griffin, Balsa kit build

Had some queries about the Canopy fixing. The original plan appears to have it with screws, which is not good for LiPo changeovers. So used two thin strips of Velcro

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Still flying Wink


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« Reply #43 on: March 24, 2018, 01:42:07 PM »

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Re: "2016 Sweepstakes" Griffin, Balsa kit build

Hi, could we use a 3S 2200 mah instead ? Or is the battery compartment too small for that ? Would it handle the extra weight of a 2200 mah ?

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Re: "2016 Sweepstakes" Griffin, Balsa kit build

The battery compartment is too small. Also, the additional weight will make it uncontrollably nose heavy

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Re: "2016 Sweepstakes" Griffin, Balsa kit build

Quote from: sanjayrai55 on December 12, 2016, 08:08:09 PM

Had some queries about the Canopy fixing. The original plan appears to have it with screws, which is not good for LiPo changeovers. So used two thin strips of Velcro

Awesome build,
Is the gap between the Foremost fuse and Spinner is intentionally kept large?
For motor cooling i guess?


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Re: "2016 Sweepstakes" Griffin, Balsa kit build

Actually that's the way it panned out. The firewall location and the fuse front end are in the laser cut design. No complaints though; as you said, it does contribute to cooling the motor Wink


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« Reply #47 on: April 24, 2018, 02:19:38 PM »

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Re: "2016 Sweepstakes" Griffin, Balsa kit build

Awesome build Hats Off

Sanjay sir,
i had also built the same glider with solar panels.

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« Reply #48 on: April 24, 2018, 04:01:28 PM »

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Beautiful, Nitinraj Clap


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Re: "2016 Sweepstakes" Griffin, Balsa kit build

A beautiful build sir. Could I ask a few questions?
What panels are those sir? What was your goal? 24h flight or 12h flight? What batteries did you use? Could you start a new thread or should I PM you?
Sorry for so many questions.

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