[NSRCA-discussion] Electric Brio Weight Savings

[AtwoodDon at aol.com]

Matt, I understand.  You called yours Miss FatStuff, my quickly picked  up 
the nickname Miss Piggy during construction.....  However, after the  terra 
firma impact incident, it was renamed to Debris-O by one of our Canadian  friends. 
  I actually changed the lettering on the fuselage side to  that name.....  
 
Several people came up at the District Championship contest to ask about  the 
name, a few got it quickly.
 
Don
 
In a message dated 11/17/2006 5:00:45 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
Rcmaster199 at aol.com writes:

 
Thanks for the info.
 
I had a plan of action to save weight but I think I need to improve  the diet 
Miss FatStuff will be on
 
Matt
 
In a message dated 11/17/2006 5:10:35 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
AtwoodDon at aol.com writes:

Matt, my fuse was about 38 oz.  I finished  the Brio without using any carbon 
replacement components or light wheels,  etc, and it came out at 11 lb 5 oz.  
I took out 3.5 oz just by going to  carbon stab and wing tubes and lighter 
wheels. I flew it at that weight  (11 lb 1.5 oz)for a while until it had an 
unfortunate glancing blow with  Terra Firma which helped remove more weight by 
breaking things off the  plane  .  I fixed the fuse  with CA and 1 oz fiberglass 
cloth and ended up weight wise where I was  before the crash.  There is a lot 
of filler around the cheek cowls,  edges of the chin opening etc that broke 
off during the impact.  A nice  thing about electric is you don't have all that 
oil to worry about.   Either during flying or during repairs.
 
I continued to fly it at that weight but there  are several other things 
remaining to remove weight such as lighter battery,  carbon gear, replace rudder 
(2 oz alone), shorter battery wires, etc.   By going to a lighter motor (I am 
using a AXI F3A) and lighter batteries, it  would be easy to take out another 
6-7 oz.  For classes below FAI, the  mah usage is enough less to get away with 
3700 or 4200 mah  batteries.
 
That is why I said 'under 11 lbs easily'.   However, if you start off with a 
heavier fuselage, it might be a lot  harder......
 
Hope someone comes out with a new Brio  kit.  It is a very nice flying plane 
and I would build another, just  not from the old Piedmont kits.
 





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