gian7675 Posted January 30, 2007 Posted January 30, 2007 (edited) Psst, have you uploaded it yet to youtube? I'm having sleepless nights waiting for your vids Edited January 30, 2007 by gian7675 Quote
HWR MKII Posted February 1, 2007 Posted February 1, 2007 Luke i will have the money ready to send soon. I cant wait to see the test flights of my airframe Quote
IAD Posted February 1, 2007 Posted February 1, 2007 Good good. I've got the transmitter on order, and I'll start getting the other stuff moving. ~Luke Quote
IAD Posted February 10, 2007 Posted February 10, 2007 Well, that took a bit more work than anticipated, but I've got the radio in hand. More gear coming shortly. ~Luke Quote
gian7675 Posted February 14, 2007 Posted February 14, 2007 Oh! So sorry, doing that right now. ~Luke Thnaks! Awesome flight Quote
HWR MKII Posted February 14, 2007 Posted February 14, 2007 Ill be sending the payment on the 15th Luke. Quote
IAD Posted February 14, 2007 Posted February 14, 2007 (edited) Ok. You've got PMs. Everything's on it's way. I did change a pair of components; because I was able to get the transmitter at a much lower price than expected, I upgraded the ESCs to lighter, higher-quality units. In the end, the total equipment cost was still lower than the estimate I gave you in that e-mail. ~Luke Edited February 14, 2007 by IAD Quote
IAD Posted February 17, 2007 Posted February 17, 2007 (edited) Just received (and modified) the first components, specifically, the ducted fan units. To fit in the SV, the intake lips needed to be removed. Previously, this had been a tricky process, involving side-cutters and an X-acto knife. Not this time. I made a little adapter, chucked the duct in a drill, and had the lip cut off in no time flat. The next box should be getting here on Monday, and that will enable me to boot up the SV, and get some numbers off the propusion system. (Current, thrust, etc.) Once all that's optimized, it's test-flight time! ~Luke Edited February 17, 2007 by IAD Quote
promethuem5 Posted February 18, 2007 Posted February 18, 2007 Sean, how is you have enough money to get this beast after just getting the Leo? It is downright unfair... IAD, your efforts are utterly astounding and clearly quite rewarding... I'm speechless. Quote
HWR MKII Posted February 18, 2007 Posted February 18, 2007 I have had money for this set aside for a LONG time now. Quote
IAD Posted February 21, 2007 Posted February 21, 2007 I now have all the gear in hand, except for the motors, which are backordered. Hopefully that will resolve itself shortly. (I'm going to contact the vendor tomorrow, to get an idea of how long things are expected to take.) ~Luke Quote
IAD Posted March 1, 2007 Posted March 1, 2007 Well, still waiting on the motors. This is more than a little disappointing. ~Luke Quote
HWR MKII Posted March 2, 2007 Posted March 2, 2007 its ok luke...no rush. you have till may. just kidding though this would draw alot of attention at WF. Quote
big F Posted March 3, 2007 Posted March 3, 2007 (edited) Im so totally impressed by this. Edited March 9, 2007 by big F Quote
IAD Posted March 9, 2007 Posted March 9, 2007 Motors should be shipped in 1.5 weeks, give or take a bit. The manufacturer had a tooling failure that took a while to get sorted out. In the mean time, I have come to the conclusion(s) that while the SV-51 is one of the all-time great variable fighter designs, the end of M-0 is definitely NOT satisfying... Nor are various other bits and pieces in the storyline. What they needed was more battles, less talking! (More SV/VF screen-time, to be exact. ) ~Luke Quote
HWR MKII Posted March 10, 2007 Posted March 10, 2007 Motors should be shipped in 1.5 weeks, give or take a bit. The manufacturer had a tooling failure that took a while to get sorted out. In the mean time, I have come to the conclusion(s) that while the SV-51 is one of the all-time great variable fighter designs, the end of M-0 is definitely NOT satisfying... Nor are various other bits and pieces in the storyline. What they needed was more battles, less talking! (More SV/VF screen-time, to be exact. ) ~Luke The introduction of the VF-1 J and S in episode 5 would have been awesome to see. Smaller more agile fighter kicking SV butt. Quote
IAD Posted March 10, 2007 Posted March 10, 2007 Hehe! That, and a less mystical-magical sort of conclusion... I'm sorry, but symbolic or not, feathers do NOT come out of the exhaust of a shot-up VF-0. (Or maybe Shin ingested a bird? ) I'm not sure I'm going to adhere to the smaller-faster = better rule... At long range, it probably wouldn't make much difference, and at close range, I think the M-0 aircraft were already at a point where the limiting factor was the pilot, not the machine. Then again, it's clear that real life fails to apply a lot in anime/cartoons... For instance, the Shin/Nora/Roy/D.D. chase, where nobody managed to get a guns solution, even though they were flying roughly in a straight line? ~Luke Quote
HWR MKII Posted March 10, 2007 Posted March 10, 2007 What about when Shin axe kicked the 51 into the water while going from gerwalk to battroid. Quote
IAD Posted March 10, 2007 Posted March 10, 2007 Ok, see, that was neat! More of that sort of thing, less of the floaty bubbles magically saving people in freefall, etc. would have made M-0 truely great. ~Luke Quote
Steve68 Posted March 13, 2007 Posted March 13, 2007 Luke, Have you thought about building a VF-1? If so how would you manage the pitch? With the thrust vectoring nozzles like the SV or with a movable control surface? Steve Quote
IAD Posted March 15, 2007 Posted March 15, 2007 Is a VF-0S close enough? Here's how I would do it... Elevon mix on the wings, V-tail mix on the vertical stabilizers, elevon-mixed thrust-vector, and wing-sweep tied to pitch, for some center-of-gravity shifting, plus the being able to replicate the wing-sweep changes you see when Roy dives after the gunpod. Probably overkill, really. The elevon mix on the wing's control surfaces might very possibly be enough for decent pitch control, especially if the wings were fixed in the furthest-aft sweep position. ~Luke Quote
Lestat Posted March 18, 2007 Posted March 18, 2007 I think honestly, were Kawamori to see this, he would wet <i>himself</i> and want one. If you could get Egan Loo's attention here, you may just well get a private message requesting an order on behalf of a certain proud japanese mecha designer... ...think what it would mean to him to see it actually flying like that? I know I'd be proud as hell. Quote
IAD Posted April 12, 2007 Posted April 12, 2007 (edited) Sean: I've just heard from the motor company... Another 4 weeks, estimated. They aren't bluffing, though. They've got one type back in production, and they're filling backlog. So... Still, this is getting sort of crazy, do you still want wait, or should I start looking at different motors? ~Luke Edited April 12, 2007 by IAD Quote
HWR MKII Posted April 12, 2007 Posted April 12, 2007 I can wait. No rush. The good flying weather doesnt hit here until July anyway. Quote
HWR MKII Posted April 20, 2007 Posted April 20, 2007 Still no rush Luke but i was thinking it would be cool to have it for WF next month. Still no rush. I want this thing to fly right not sit on a shelf and look pretty. Quote
IAD Posted April 20, 2007 Posted April 20, 2007 (edited) Gotcha. Like I said, it's all about motors. If I had them, I could have the thing flight-ready in a day or two. I'm keeping tabs on when the motors will be in stock, so we won't waste any time, once they're available... Other than that, all the gear is installed. What's the date of the WF this year? ~Luke Edited April 20, 2007 by IAD Quote
HWR MKII Posted April 20, 2007 Posted April 20, 2007 The last weekend of may in Louisville Kentucky. Quote
IAD Posted May 7, 2007 Posted May 7, 2007 Look what arrived today! Unfortunately, I'm on the week before finals here... But, very soon. (Tragically, probably not quite soon enough for the WF... Not with shipping, and what-not.) But, the light at the end of the tunnel... ~Luke Quote
HWR MKII Posted May 8, 2007 Posted May 8, 2007 dont worry luke id rather wait till after WF anyway. No rush = less risk of equipment causing crash. Quote
Guppy Posted May 8, 2007 Posted May 8, 2007 just watched your flight test video.. crazy stuff! big applause. Quote
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