CL415
01-28-2007, 09:51 PM
Hey guys just finished my YAK 54 and must admit this is a really cool plane, and the thought that went into fabrication and assembly is great I have been building things for a long time now, from a 6 passenger hovercraft to race cars and must admit this build was the most fun and simple out of all the nitro kits I have built and flown.
My choice in switching over to electric was after waching the video of the Yak in action.
When I purchased this kit from GREAT HOBBIES out west I had spent a lot of hours looking for the ultimate in Depron and slow flyers when I cam across this product, and after viewing the videos I was sold. And I needed a power plant for the plane so I went with some suggestions from the forum and now my YAK will be running with these specs!
PARK . 480 1020Kv
Phénix 25 amp ESC
Polyquest 1500
DX6 receiver and transmitter with 17 OZ servos
SF 10.4.7
When my Yak 54 came in the mail well it was not the colors I had ordered, but after scanning the pieces and importing it to CORREL and vectorizing it, I was ready for the plotter, the graphics and air brush came out great, most of the graphics where applied before assembly.
The fuselage assembly is straight forward and nice plastic pieces that don’t need painting except for the motor mount, the landing gear was assembled and wrapped with thin fiber glass used for wing assemblies and repair.
The wing assembly was easy, but when it came to assemble the spar it had a sever crown in it so I purchased the same stock pieces from my local hobby store but 48 inches long and rebuilt the spar with success, and let them stick out past the wing end’s by a few inched to facilitate flipping over the spar on it’s end once the polyurethane was applied, and simply cut the end of once the glue had cured.
This was the first time using Micro Balloons; this product is nice to work with, I applied a bead of epoxy to all of the joints on the plane using a serine and a catheter adapter on the end it was like a caulking gun.
The elevator and stabilizer is also nice to assemble and I took the left over piece of square stock from the
rudder post and beveled the end to mach the elevator joiner and inserted it into the left over slot in the fuselage near the stabilizer for added support. And the aileron installation was simple but I will put a different type of hinge next time, these hinges in this kit will last for ever, but for me the old fashion barrel hinge is what I am used to but ? You can teach an old dog new tricks
Push rods and servo assembly went fine, as far as ESC , receiver and battery locations, well, let just say when I bought the batteries I was not thinking about the lateral CG and purchased 3 different size batteries not thinking about having to move them back or forward every time once installed to accommodate different flight characteristics, so I made 5 small indents in the bottom of fuselage from 3 inches to 4.75 from the leading edge where the plane will sit on a small tube on my stand to facilitate balancing the plane
Over all this is a real nice kit and I would like to thank Paul and all its members of AIRFOILZ in helping me along the build, and I am looking forward in purchasing the BIPE this spring
Thanks Gang
My choice in switching over to electric was after waching the video of the Yak in action.
When I purchased this kit from GREAT HOBBIES out west I had spent a lot of hours looking for the ultimate in Depron and slow flyers when I cam across this product, and after viewing the videos I was sold. And I needed a power plant for the plane so I went with some suggestions from the forum and now my YAK will be running with these specs!
PARK . 480 1020Kv
Phénix 25 amp ESC
Polyquest 1500
DX6 receiver and transmitter with 17 OZ servos
SF 10.4.7
When my Yak 54 came in the mail well it was not the colors I had ordered, but after scanning the pieces and importing it to CORREL and vectorizing it, I was ready for the plotter, the graphics and air brush came out great, most of the graphics where applied before assembly.
The fuselage assembly is straight forward and nice plastic pieces that don’t need painting except for the motor mount, the landing gear was assembled and wrapped with thin fiber glass used for wing assemblies and repair.
The wing assembly was easy, but when it came to assemble the spar it had a sever crown in it so I purchased the same stock pieces from my local hobby store but 48 inches long and rebuilt the spar with success, and let them stick out past the wing end’s by a few inched to facilitate flipping over the spar on it’s end once the polyurethane was applied, and simply cut the end of once the glue had cured.
This was the first time using Micro Balloons; this product is nice to work with, I applied a bead of epoxy to all of the joints on the plane using a serine and a catheter adapter on the end it was like a caulking gun.
The elevator and stabilizer is also nice to assemble and I took the left over piece of square stock from the
rudder post and beveled the end to mach the elevator joiner and inserted it into the left over slot in the fuselage near the stabilizer for added support. And the aileron installation was simple but I will put a different type of hinge next time, these hinges in this kit will last for ever, but for me the old fashion barrel hinge is what I am used to but ? You can teach an old dog new tricks
Push rods and servo assembly went fine, as far as ESC , receiver and battery locations, well, let just say when I bought the batteries I was not thinking about the lateral CG and purchased 3 different size batteries not thinking about having to move them back or forward every time once installed to accommodate different flight characteristics, so I made 5 small indents in the bottom of fuselage from 3 inches to 4.75 from the leading edge where the plane will sit on a small tube on my stand to facilitate balancing the plane
Over all this is a real nice kit and I would like to thank Paul and all its members of AIRFOILZ in helping me along the build, and I am looking forward in purchasing the BIPE this spring
Thanks Gang