Instinct F5J. Over the years, the Instinct wing and v-tail has sat on a few fuselages but the majority have been mounted on the Tracker fuslage. When we decided to re-start production, we went back to Rick and Bill at Lite Flight UK and were really happy to find out that this option is still available. Below is photo showing how the front end of the Tracker has been modified since we last bought one.
Before seeing the changes, we were worried that cutting part of the nose off to fit a motor would leave us with a very short nose moment. Happily, the nose moment has increased, which enables us to consider putting the servos in the v-tail, rather than in the fuselage. We'll have to see how this goes in the test pieces that Neil is making. Luckily, there's loads of room in the fuselage for batteries etc, so we can move these around to balance the model.
We're planning on fitting a 32mm spinner to the nose and mounting the motor/gearbox a little further back than is shown currently but not too far back - a centimeter or two, max.
The photo below shows that the fuselage is oval, but it also has just enough give, to enable a round mounting plate to be installed. The oval shape is then considered to be benficial as any wires can be kept away from internal rotating parts, if we go for an outrunner motor.
That's it for my first entry - more will follow when the other bits start arriving. Just need to keep up with Harry now...
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