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Tracer 2 Meter is here!!
- Thread starter Wayne
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TJI offers some brass slugs:
alofthobbies.com
These fit most of the ballast compartments of their planes.
Brass Ballast Weights for TJIRC planes
Solid brass bars measuring 10x20x30mm and weighing in at 50 grams each. The ballast blocks are intended for TJIRC's lineup of aircraft; Tracer / Tempest / Alpha 2.8 and others. Measure your aircrafts ballast bays before ordering to ensure they fit. Sold individually
alofthobbies.com
These fit most of the ballast compartments of their planes.
WeKnowGlidersRule
New User
Your V tail Ball Horn set up, is quite clean. It's the best I've seen so far out of a few builds. Is there any way you could go into a little bit more detail in this part of the build? It would be much appreciated!
Doc J
Very Strong User
Actually the same as my models.TJI offers some brass slugs:
Brass Ballast Weights for TJIRC planes
Solid brass bars measuring 10x20x30mm and weighing in at 50 grams each. The ballast blocks are intended for TJIRC's lineup of aircraft; Tracer / Tempest / Alpha 2.8 and others. Measure your aircrafts ballast bays before ordering to ensure they fit. Sold individually
These fit most of the ballast compartments of their planes.
Doc.
Make your own horns and don't use the supplied hardware. It was a pain but I epoxied the tails in first then epoxied the control horns into place, it was the only way to achieve small holes through the fuse.Your V tail Ball Horn set up, is quite clean. It's the best I've seen so far out of a few builds. Is there any way you could go into a little bit more detail in this part of the build? It would be much appreciated!
WeKnowGlidersRule
New User
Do you have any close up pictures? Really not a fan of glue in that tail on but if I need to to make it look cleaner and not produce a hack job
Jerry--TJIRC Glider uav
Active User
Jerry--TJIRC Glider uav
Active User
I used a large-sized, inexpensive servo. Meanwhile, using Dream's servo cover is perfect.
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I love a manufacturer that is up to a challenge, and Jerry at TJI accepted what I thought would be difficult, develop a new low weight layup.
This is nothing new, I have asked many manufacturers for different layups depending on the airframe, but this time around I wanted a substantial difference. When Jerry accepted the challenge he asked how much lighter I'd like the model, I told him the goal would be around half the weight of a standard layup. This is no small challenge. Typically when I have tried to get a lighter layup I'd get a plane that comes in maybe 1 ounce lighter. Jerry sounded confident, and I was not sure if this would lead to anything or not. Well, in our most recent shipment he included a Tracer that hits the scales at 28 ounces empty. That may not sound like a super light, but just picking up this model you will notice a large difference from the normal layup.
And dang she looks good!
Offering a much lighter model that still offers good strength margins results in very different flight qualities. This is something that PCM has been offering for many years. You could get a Pinot for example in versions that you could fly at a thermal contest, and a normal layp, or the insane slope layup for wild conditions. Three very different planes from one set of tooling.
The Tracer is a great airframe for this weight reduction with it's low drag design and thin airfoil with big flight surfaces. Yes, this is going to be a fun model!
I should have this flying at Sunset. Come and check it out. If testing goes as well as I suspect it will, we will be offering low weight versions of many of the TJI lineup.
Well done @Jerry--TJIRC Glider uav !!
This is nothing new, I have asked many manufacturers for different layups depending on the airframe, but this time around I wanted a substantial difference. When Jerry accepted the challenge he asked how much lighter I'd like the model, I told him the goal would be around half the weight of a standard layup. This is no small challenge. Typically when I have tried to get a lighter layup I'd get a plane that comes in maybe 1 ounce lighter. Jerry sounded confident, and I was not sure if this would lead to anything or not. Well, in our most recent shipment he included a Tracer that hits the scales at 28 ounces empty. That may not sound like a super light, but just picking up this model you will notice a large difference from the normal layup.
And dang she looks good!
Offering a much lighter model that still offers good strength margins results in very different flight qualities. This is something that PCM has been offering for many years. You could get a Pinot for example in versions that you could fly at a thermal contest, and a normal layp, or the insane slope layup for wild conditions. Three very different planes from one set of tooling.
The Tracer is a great airframe for this weight reduction with it's low drag design and thin airfoil with big flight surfaces. Yes, this is going to be a fun model!
I should have this flying at Sunset. Come and check it out. If testing goes as well as I suspect it will, we will be offering low weight versions of many of the TJI lineup.
Well done @Jerry--TJIRC Glider uav !!
