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Building The Gws Slow Stick Plane
Building The Gws Slow Stick Plane
FUSELAGE
MAIN WING
BUILDING SUPPLIES
THE DESIGN
The Slow stick is, as the name indicates, based on a simple stick fuselage, made of a square section of carbon fibre profile, to which the engine system (motor and gearbox), the electronic speed control ("ESC"), the flight battery, the radio control receiver, and servos are attached. The tail fin and stabiliser are glued and/or bolted to the fuselage. Finally, the wing is attached with rubber bands to make it detachable and more crash-resistant. The wing is made of foam and is reinforced along the leading and trailing edges with glassreinforced plastic (GRP or fibreglass) rods, giving a light and relatively crash-resistant wing. The stock wing has a fairly high dihedral and a pronounced airfoil shape, meaning it is designed for generating high lift at low speed, but will generate a lot of drag as speed increases.
The fin and stabiliser are made from sheet foam, so are of non-aerofoil construction, with comparably large control surfaces hinged using plastic tape. The control surfaces are actuated using traditional piano-wire push rods from the two servos.
SPECIFICATIONS
Dimensions and loadings
Length: 954 mm (37.6 inches) Wingspan: 1176 mm (46.3 inches) Flying weight: 405-440g (14.3-15.5 oz) Wing loading 12.4-13.5g/dm2 (4.0-4.4 oz/sq.ft)
Control Surfaces
Power system
Motor: GWS EPS300c / GWS EPS400C ESC: GWS ICS-300 / GWS ICS-400 Propeller: GWS EP 1180 / GWS EP7035 Battery: 7.2V, 400+ mAh
Radio equipment
The plane can be either hand-launched or take off from hard ground and, once in the air, responds very well to control inputs at medium throttle settings in level flight. Climb performance is adequate and the stall characteristics very docile, especially when the centre of gravity is set around the forward range of 95mm-105mm from the leading edge of the wing, as recommended for learner pilots. The plane is not able to hover using a stock motor. The large control surfaces mean it is possible to overcontrol the aircraft and there are reports of the wing failing or "folding" as a result of overcontrolling at high speeds, especially dives.
COMPONENTS
Products description: Type: FM Channels: 6 Include BAT: + 5V Demodulation type: frequency demodulation Intermediate frequency: 455KHZ Frequency: 35MHz/36Mhz/40Mhz/72Mhz Weight: 15g Dimensions: 50*24*15mm Current Drain: 11.5mA Color: Dark green ANT Length: 100cm Certificate: CE,FCC,RoHS
Specificatons:
Dimensions: 25.5 x 12.5 x 9.0 mm (1.0 x 0.49 x 0.35 in) Weight: 4 g (0.14 oz) without Wire; 14 g (o.49 oz) with Wire Heat Sink: 12 x 21 x 6 mm (0.47 x 0.83 x 0.24 in); 2 g (0.07 oz) Auto cut off: 5.4&8.1 V BEC: 1.2 A @ 5 V Reset: Full Throttle Down Continuous Current: 8 A/15 A Max (Used with Heat Sink) Batteries: 2 to 3 cells (Li-Poly) (6.0 to 9.0 V)
Diameter of motor case: 1.1" (27.70mm) Length of case behind spinner: 0.87" (22mm) Distance from spinner to case: 0.80" (20.3mm) Distance from pinion to prop shaft: 0.70" (17.6mm) Length from top of case to bottom of case: 1.8" (47mm) Weight: 3.3oz (295g)
4-pin balancer connector 16G wire 15C (31.5A) continuous Type: Lithium Polymer Capacity: 2100 mAh Voltage: 11.1V nominal Connector Type: N/A Wire Gauge: 16 Number of Cells: 3 Weight: 5.0 oz Configuration: 3S Dimensions (WxLxH): 1.35 x 3.9 x 1.0 Maximum Continuous Discharge : 15C Maximum Burst Discharge : 20C Maximum Continuous Current : 31.5A
Specifications:
Dimensions: 22*11.5*27mm Stall torque 1.2kg/cm Operating speed 0.12sec/60degree(4.8v) Operating voltage 4.2-6V Temperature Range: -30 to +60 Degree C Dead Band Width: 7used
Specification 8 Programmable Mixes (4 linear/ (4) w/5-point curves) 9 Factory-Defined Mixes: Elevator-Flap; Ailvator (for dual elevator servos); ThrottleNeedle; Aileron Differential; Flaperon; V-Tail; Elevon; Snap Roll; and Air Brake w/elevator delay Dual/Triple rates (4 ch.) Exponential (4 ch.) Idle down Throttle cut Throttle delay Throttle Hold & Idle-up w/delay 2 independent gyro settings 7-point throttle curve Flap trim