Hi every body!
Fresh off getting my Pug V2 flying I decided to start this kit. I bought this kit earlier this year in Singapore at Singapore hobby supply. If you’re ever in Singapore it’s worth a trip down there. All the RC hobby shops in Singapore are in one building, so plan to spend a couple hours there.
On my first visit to Singapore hobby supply I bought a Mint 2 a 25” 3 ch motor glider I built as a 2 Chanel glider. She is pictured below in white. I built a lot of this kit in a hotel room in 2016. I’ve always flown it by throwing it like a chuck glider. The span is a little to short for thermal hunting but she’s fun on a slope in light lift too.
The subject of this thread is for the new bigger “mucho” mint. Japan has mandated the on board tracking beacon like the US but the maximum weight to fly with out it is 100 grams. So Pilot models redesigned the mint to be about 15% bigger and have a built up wing trying to stay under the 100 gram limit. So far I have assembled the fuselage. The aft section is triangle shaped and I glued the sides at the bottom together before gluing the top sheet and I dont think that was right. It made the top very narrow. It came out ok but live and learn. I hope to build one wing panel this weekend. But I need to clean my bench first. I’ll make a mistake looking for a part or a tool if I don’t.
This is my third OK model kit I’ve assembled. All have been very enjoyable. For this kit I like that the air foil isn’t flat bottom, the wood quality is great and includes nice milled poplar for the TE stock. Also to save on kit cost it doesn’t come with push rods or other hardware many modelers would replace anyway. I also like that you don’t have to build on the plans the parts all key together and index off each other, but instructions include detailed drawings to aid assembly and not just a bunch of pictures taken on somebody's phone.
I’m thinking for this kit I will make a small hi start.
Hank
Fresh off getting my Pug V2 flying I decided to start this kit. I bought this kit earlier this year in Singapore at Singapore hobby supply. If you’re ever in Singapore it’s worth a trip down there. All the RC hobby shops in Singapore are in one building, so plan to spend a couple hours there.
On my first visit to Singapore hobby supply I bought a Mint 2 a 25” 3 ch motor glider I built as a 2 Chanel glider. She is pictured below in white. I built a lot of this kit in a hotel room in 2016. I’ve always flown it by throwing it like a chuck glider. The span is a little to short for thermal hunting but she’s fun on a slope in light lift too.
The subject of this thread is for the new bigger “mucho” mint. Japan has mandated the on board tracking beacon like the US but the maximum weight to fly with out it is 100 grams. So Pilot models redesigned the mint to be about 15% bigger and have a built up wing trying to stay under the 100 gram limit. So far I have assembled the fuselage. The aft section is triangle shaped and I glued the sides at the bottom together before gluing the top sheet and I dont think that was right. It made the top very narrow. It came out ok but live and learn. I hope to build one wing panel this weekend. But I need to clean my bench first. I’ll make a mistake looking for a part or a tool if I don’t.
This is my third OK model kit I’ve assembled. All have been very enjoyable. For this kit I like that the air foil isn’t flat bottom, the wood quality is great and includes nice milled poplar for the TE stock. Also to save on kit cost it doesn’t come with push rods or other hardware many modelers would replace anyway. I also like that you don’t have to build on the plans the parts all key together and index off each other, but instructions include detailed drawings to aid assembly and not just a bunch of pictures taken on somebody's phone.
I’m thinking for this kit I will make a small hi start.
Hank
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