Hi all, back to the hawk build and 'boy is it looking good!!'. We have completed the wings, tail feathers, fin and all the wiring and plumbing for the wheels and brakes. Note I use 'we' in the text, yes all this great work has only been possible, with the help of a fellow jet pilot 'BIG DAVE', i.e. 6ft ??????? tall, lets just say! he shows up on Belfast International Airport radar, when standing on the langford runway.
No major problems encounted except the control horn channels in the wings and even the rudder were cut out at the wrong angle, which put stress on the servos i.e. buzz! buzz!, however I used ball links on the rudder connection and wings which helped to reduce the pressure on the servo arms when in use. Dave made up all the wiring extentions, 'a lot of wire was used so buy in bulk'. The wire used was the heavy gauge type with a twist from SM Services, also we used heat wrap over the various connections, better to be safe than sorry.
All the piping used was Rom air with metal T joints, ' top tip' use different colours of tubing, it makes life easier when it comes to connecting every thing up.
Well that's about it for now on the hawk, however check out the photo of Chris and Adam holding up the f15, this model was constructed from a picture in a book about ten years ago for ducted fan by Ian the jetman, all foam and wood no plastic here. A jetcat P80 is going to be installed, should be interesting, I will keep you all updated on this project, also, remember I showed you a few pictures of another project 'the Concorde', well we are going to try a test flight of this monster shortly to see if the model will fly, two cars a motorcycle and a very long rope will be used 'watch this space' the fun is about to begin.
