Cloudster

Tandy Walker's - 51.7 inch, for Speed 400 - First Build

Area 300 sq.in, Motor Groupner Speed 400, ESC JESI 12A, Battery Pro Lite 1350 mAh

Updated 18-Nov-2022

00 Cloudster Cleveland and Jim Adams plans 000 Cloudster Dick Huang Plans 01 New Model Selection 02 Second Side 03 Test for Changing Wood Size 04 Joining the Sides 07 Motor Mount Design Continues 08 Mount Design Continue 09 Motor Mount Design Continues 10 Stab Patterns 11 Starting Stab Construction 12 Construction of the Stab 15 Construction of the Fuselage Stab Platform 16 Construction of the Elevator and Rudder 17 Hinging the Rudder and the Eleator 18 Shaping Tail Surfaces and Weighing 19 Landing Gear 20 Rework of the Wire Landing Gear 21 Hobby Lobby First Order Arrival 22 Motor Mount Completion 23 Firewall and Balance Check 24 Landing Gear Installation 25 Servo and Push Rod Installation 26 Stablizing the Push Rods 27 Wing Rib Patterns 28 Wing Tip Pieces and Wing Rib Patterns 29 Wing_Ribs 30 Method for Notching Wing Ribs 32 Wing Tips and Ribs 33 Development of Cloudster Polyhedral Wing Geometry 34 Wing Right Inner Panel 35 Wing Right Tip Panel 36 Joining Right Wing Panels 37 Right Wing Polyhedral Joint 38 Right Wing Tip Complete 39 Left Wing Half Complete 41 Polyhedral Wing on the Fuselage 42 Wing's Center Section Support Brace 43 Wing Tip Vertical Rise Accuracy 44 Construction of Wing's Recessed Leading Edge 45 Construction of Wing's Recessed Leading Edge Pt2 47 Construction of Wing's Center Section 48 Speed 400 Cloudster -Wing Attachment to the Fuselage 49 Tail Skid 50 Construction the Cloudster's Cowl Frame 51 Different approach to the Cowl Frame 52 Continued Cowl Construction 53 Cowl Retention 53 Cowl Retention 54 Cowl Retention Modification 55 Making the Turtle Deck Behind the Firewall 56 Making the Battery Box and ESC mount 57 Making the ESC Switch Mount 58 Fuselage Side Inlay and Receiver Mount 59 Removable Battery Box Design and Window Fillets 60 Removable Receiver Mount Design 61 Bulkheads, Bottom Planking, and Cowl 62 Cowl-Spinner Interface Refinement 63 Fuselage Frame Bracing and Supplies Received 64 Connectors Between ESC and Motor 65 Battery and ESC Connectors and Antenna Guide 66 Completing Fuselage Bottom Structure 67 Notched Wing Leading Edge Interface with Fuselage 68 Recessing the edges of the Fuselage 69 Main Wheels 70 Trial Assembly for Weight and Balance Check 72 Revised Battery Box, Suspension Insert, and Tail Wheel 76 Hinging Elevator to Stab 77 Started Covering Wing 78 Wing Covering Completed 79 Fuselage Polyspan Lite Covering Preparations 80 Fuselage Polyspan Lite Covering 81 Fuselage White Silk Covering 82 Assembly for Weight and Balance Check 83 Fin Trim and Fuselage Paint Striping 84 Paint Fixtures for Air Brushing 85 Graphics for the Wing 86 Clear Satin Klass Kote 87 Clear Satin Klass Kote Weight Addition 88 Tail Wheel, Rudder Hinges, and Windshield Material Test 89 Windshield Installation 90 Side Window Installation 91 Windshield Bottom Edge Seal 92 First Cloudster Completion 93 First Cloudster second Test Flight 94 First Cloudster crash recovery 95 Second Cloudster start

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