MY ZN line Integral has been converted to electric. It has been flown just a few times this year, and although I love the simplicity of the 170 CDI, I needed to strip the whole plane down and re-paint parts of the nose where the paint had been eaten away by Nitro, and the home-made [...]
Author Archives: Jon Gunnar Wold
2011 F3A World Championships
August 2, 2011 – 09:23
The 2011 championships are over, and Christophe once again came out on top, with Onda as close as possible behind him (the semi-final scores settled it, as they won two final rounds each) and Andrew Jesky in third place. Ola Fremming, our top man became 21th, and Alex Heindel in 31th place. Also on the [...]
Tiger 2 maiden flight
July 6, 2011 – 20:59
The Tiger 2 was flown for the first time today, and it was successful. I ran the engine for about a tank and a half on the ground, and after that it was well behaved. The O.S. .55 AX is the easiest engine I’ve come across. I just flipped the prop and it started just [...]
2011 Nordic Championships
July 6, 2011 – 20:43
The 2011 NC is underway in Finland. Norwegian F3A team member Henning Jorkjend has sent som photos from the first day of flying. Pictures are here, and the results are online.
Hinging with Beli-Zell
June 14, 2011 – 12:05
I’ve been searching for something other than epoxy to glue pinned hinges with, and I think I found it at last. Beli-Zell, from Adhesions Technics in Germany works brilliantly, it’s strong, and easy to apply. I’ve always thought epoxy was wasteful and difficult to work with. Epoxy is not easy to get it in the [...]
Xigris flies
May 27, 2011 – 13:11
We were blessed with charged batteries and a windless evening yesterday, and I hurried to get the new Xigris airborne. It was remarkably uneventful and a great success. It flies beautifully, much like it’s predecessor, once I got the throttle curve and brake set up properly. I use 20% braking on the Jive-regulator and that’s [...]
Xigris C1 build progress
April 6, 2011 – 12:26
Here’s a quick update on how the Xigris is doing. – Wings are almost done, just final sanding around the root now that the root ribs are installed. Covering is next. – One central bolt will hold the wing, with the incidence adjuster as anti-rotation pin in the back and one pin in front. – [...]
Xigris C1 build
February 11, 2011 – 14:48
The Xigris, my first 2×2 electric is underway. Equipment: – Plettenberg Evo – Kontronik Jive 100 HV – Futaba FASST – 9650 x 2 in stab – 9154 x 2 ailerons – BLS154 rudder Follow the build here
Building season 2010-2011
November 21, 2010 – 12:56
We’ve moved to a new house with a fairly large workshop in the basement. It’s taken a while to get things in order and planes have turned up that I didn’t even remember I had. Like why am I scratchbuilding a Goldberg Tiger 2 from plans when I have a Yoshioka Aladdin NIB that would [...]
Ligier Gitanes Xigris
November 21, 2010 – 09:02
I was very depressed when I crashed my Laser. And when I’m down I go shopping. After a few text messages on the eve of the crash I was up one ZN line Xigris kit, a Plettenberg 30-10 outrunner and a Kontronik Jive 80 controller. Turns out it pays off to spread the word when [...]