[MT-ALES] Preliminary weight and balance - U2

[Carl Thuesen]

Check! ✅

Soaring Euphoria in Montana.  Sent from my iPhone. 

> On Oct 13, 2019, at 6:27 PM, Hal Aasen via MT-ALES <mt-ales at lists.webworks.net> wrote:
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> Be sure you purge the helium chambers in the wings before filling them - get more lift. Jonathan does it regularly 😁
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> Sent from my iPad
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>> On Oct 13, 2019, at 3:12 PM, Carl A Thuesen via MT-ALES <mt-ales at lists.webworks.net> wrote:
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>> It’s the standard layup.  I’m using the Tenshock motor and Reisenauer 5:1 gears.  Using the XO8 servos on ailerons, everything else is 6110.  All servos are HV.  Running 50 amp Castle with voltage regulation set at 7.4……no brown outs wanted thank you very much!  Hoping to cut out the better part of an ounce cleaning up the wiring, and maybe move CG forward a few mm, at least for initial flights.
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>> CT
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>> On Oct 13, 2019, at 12:30 PM, Greg via MT-ALES <mt-ales at lists.webworks.net> wrote:
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>> Very nice, Carl.  Which layup is that?  What servos did you use ?
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>> Another 44 oz. Kleenex takes to the skies!
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>>>> On 10/12/2019 9:33 PM, Carl Thuesen via MT-ALES wrote:
>>> After installing the motor today I packed the rest of the radio gear into the fuse. Where it would fit. Then put the ship together for a trip to the scale. Still need to do some clean up and tidying on the wiring and miscellaneous details, but it looks like the completed U2 will be in the ball park.
>>> CT
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