To me it looks altered already, what else would you do to it….
Just the landing bit…
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Landing a plane is tricky, really. And it was bloody windy. I’ll post a clip
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I always have a carrier bag, learnt over many years of trying to find a soft and bouncy spot on earth, never ever found one yet….
You did brilliantly with yours!
After my disaster you showed how it should be done.
When I put my clip up, you’ll see how close it was to digging a wing into the ground. I was real lucky
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That crash was painful to watch 
Really hard to get straight in a cross wind
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It’s just like a full-size, it requires rudder coordination, it’s much harder for us since we have no feedback from the sticks coupled with latency to boot. If it’s in one piece, it’s a successful landing.
Good land.
Feedback. Hmmmm…
Hmmmm…springs, rubber bands, gyro fed off the flight controller to a motor in the Tx……I see where you’re going with this…
Smart Audio….
Or Bum cheeks feedback….
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So after crunching some numbers it appears that 3 channels maybe be sufficient for this conversation.
Throttle, elevator and rudder the build will be started in the next few days…
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Thats awesome 
Are you going to start your own build thread for it?
I thought I’d just do it in this thread to keep it all together really…
I’ve just watched a video of a guy 3d printing with lightweight ASA. Don’t know if any of you glider guys would be interested. Here’s the link
Regards
Charlie
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Fair enough, just thought it might get a bit confusing for people following if there are 2 builds going in the same thread
Learning from Karls @notveryprettyboy experience, I intend to strengthen the wing and fuselage, 'cos as soon as we start cutting holes in the foam to fit our kit the firmness disapears.
Fortunately I’ve got in stock various sizes of carbon rod that I can use.
I’ve decided on a square section piece 3x3mm to go across the wings and elevator.
Also a round rod 3mm diameter to run along the underside of the fuselage.
Hopefully this should stiffen it up enough.
Again taking note of Karls post yesterday concerning the use of the elevator I’m going to use the option of tilting the whole elevator. I’ve got some 4mmOD, 2mmID carbon tube and 2mm rod which fits perfectly for this.
At the end of this post I’ll link to two YT videos each showing a different approach to elevator modification.
My wing servos arrived, they are 8.6mm thick and the wing section is 11.3mm thick so I can cut a ‘pocket’ in the top of the wing to set the servos in without having to cut all the way through, should be stronger 
My ESC’s are 24x10x5mm so should also sink nicely into the wing.
Again from stock I’ve chosen a DYS F4 PRO V2 flight controller, it’s not an all-in-one but does have PDB built in so easy connection for ESC/motor power. A minor hiccup is the lack of a barometer so I’ll just hot-glue this seperate one on the top.
It will fit in the cockpit area, just. Ideally I’d get a 20x20mm size (this is 30.5x30.5mm) but part of the challenge with this project is to re-use as much stuff as possible and avoid spending loads of cash.
…and finally, just a size comparison with another plane project I’ve got to build 
Links to different methods of utilising the tail/elevator
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I didn’t really want to spend on this build but ended up buying these off eBay £5 each, the hub fits theses spare props.
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Since I intend to mount two motors on the wing, the C.G dictates as to where to place the servos. To counter the nose heavy attitude “aeronautical calculation guesstimation”… 
3D print Mock-up rear Servo Mount.
This will slip over the fin’s leading edge, the final product will have a flange to facilitate gluing to the fin.
