Ridge Runt Evo

[Hoqiam]

What are you looking at for a ESC-BEC?

Tom

 

[Wayne]

I like the Hobbywings. Think the draw is under 15 amps. (Think Jarron said 12??)

 

[Hoqiam]

Will you have all of these items in stock? I think I see everything in stock, if you are looking at the
Skywalker 15a esc/bec.

Tom

 

[Chris]

The 15 amp is in stock, but there are only a couple left...

 

[Wayne]

That is always the goal. Sometimes I screw up and don't predict demand well, other times the manufacturer has the same issue. For example, been waiting for Emax to make a bunch of servos to fill our order.

 

[Tahoed]

 

[Hoqiam]

Woohoo, great to see the build and the pup! Nice building room. Lots of good light. Will get going on the wing tomorrow after taking care of the criticals in the morning. . Sorry for the delay.

---> Curious - How much time do you think you guys took to build your fuselages?

It really means a lot to hear the good reports. As you know we have been chipping away at the design and manufacturing side of kitting and each project we tackle is more complex and more refined. I will be the first to admit that my CAD skills are weak, so this all takes me a bit longer. All of the guys at Aloft contribute to the design, hardly an afternoon goes past without us discussing some part of some project. We are a small shop, and we all wear a lot of hats here and I think we all love the challenges of design.

A little side note. During the early part of the design I worked with @Jarron for a motor to design around. We were going to have about 2mm clearance on the sides of the motor. Perfect. Well, we added the thin plywood in the nose area, that ate up that clearance. Yikes! Did not catch this until the kits had shipped. No worries a slightly smaller motor will actually fit better and work better since the AUW was lower than originally expected. Woohoo. (We could also alter the plywood design to give back the motor clearance.)

I just wish I had got the kit out a little sooner to give folks more time to build, but in the end, the extra time spent makes the model very easy to build.

 

[Hoqiam]

What happened to all of the motor/nose pictures?

Tom

 

[thenated0g]

this?

Post in thread 'Ridge Runt Evo - Build Thread Comments'

Mar 20, 2025

Just posted some photos with the motor installed. I have to admit that I was not sure I'd be able to use this fuselage as I had sanded as a glider nose, how bad will the spinner fit up be?. I'm a bit shocked to discover it fits this well considering the glider nose is not symmetrical vertically.

Still need to sand my ailerons, I didn't have access to a flat building surface today for that step. Trying to figure out what colors I'll use. Thinking translucent Red with White and a bit of CarbonFiber.

Hey on the plus side as an electric I don't have to cover a nose.

• Wayne

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[Hoqiam]

No there were several photo's after this to show the motor installed and the spinner match up.

Tom

 

[Wayne]

In the build thread.. They didn't move.

 

[Tahoed]

About those colors

 

[thenated0g]

i think we have too many Ridge runt threads

 

[Tahoed]

Nate, I think you're spot on with that.

 

[Wayne]

Agreed. LOL

Ed pulls ahead on the great build challenge. LOL

I finally picked my colors, need to get to work covering.

 

[Hoqiam]

Wayne.

Is there no chem. solution that will clean the graphite parts? ! hate that black dust, it gets into everything!
I am thinking of making the B1 bulkhead 1/16" wider to obtain a better fit up with the spinner
and give the motor a wee bit more room. Actually a 1/32" sheet balsa shim all of the way around
the bulkhead might not hurt also to keep from running out of triangle stock in the corners.

Tom

 

[Hoqiam]

Have you populated the fuselage with the rest of the required equipment for electric operation yet?

Tom

 

[Wayne]

Will finish covering and then finish out the install as I want to see where the CG comes in at.

Wider motor area - You can just trim the plywood doubler where the motor is sitting. this will give plenty of room. As it is, we have plenty of room, nothing is touching. We have already modified the plywood for the next batch of models.

 

[Wayne]

Looks like we will be developing a foam core kit for the Ridge Runt after all. It will take some time, so don't hold your breath. LOL

 

[thenated0g]

Oh good that means you have to finish the hotwire kit