DG-1000 Carbon Edition @ 6.0 meter wingspan by Mibo Modeli

[BobM]

Beautiful work Steve......I know it will be as spectacular in the air as it is on the ground..........I am always impressed with all the attention to detail you give your models.

Bob

[Xroadie]

Seat pans all dressed out and a pair of fine lads from Axel fit like a charm.

It's nice when the scale pilots actually fit in the "scale" cockpit

I look forward to seeing the model up close sometime Steve!!

[stevekremer]

Very nice Steve!

Steve K

[Steve P]

Seat pans all dressed out and a pair of fine lads from Axel fit like a charm.

[Steve P]

Cut out the existing tow release mount location under the front seat pan and moved it to the nose.

All wiring complete and a basic program done.

[Steve P]

Finally this weekend should result in a finished model. Home stretch!

[Steve P]

Got an whole 45 minutes in the shop today. Just enough time to remove the Hitec arm from the retract and go for MORE POWER. I went with the JR NX8921 servo with the new JR Heavy Duty Aluminum arm. In this plane's HV setup the servo will be convincing the retract to operate with 505 ounces of torque. The retract used by Mibo appears to be an improved version of the one installed by Baudis in the Antares. They look nearly identical except the stack of alternating rubber and steel washers are replaced with heavy duty springs. The retract also has two additional springs on the left and right sides to help snap the unit closed and keep it from hanging down and therefore working against the servo in flight. I did go with added washers on either side of the ball link on the arm to avoid any risk of the link popping off. We shall see, but so far it all looks quite good!

[Steve P]

Why do they always look so much smaller outside the workshop??? Relocated to the garage today -- the cockpit interior was very rough. A thorough sanding, coat of epoxy and then dark gray paint throughout. Reworked the seat pans so they sit lower. Now when everything is installed the views past the pan will be dark and look more scale.

Upgraded the 1000 to 1001 and will replace the graphics on the canopy side with the new DG-1001 look thanks to Callie. I wanted to get paint done today so it has time to fully cure as I won't be getting back to for a while.

[Xroadie]

Nice Aspire Steve!! They are amazing fliers!! I sure love my TD version

[BobM]

Beautiful work Steve........the DG-1001 will be spectacular and the Aspire is such an excellent sailplane.

Looking forward to seeing the rest of the build for the DG-1001.

I hope that the airframe will become available to us here in the US as it should be an absolutely outstanding performer based on its design and materials. The carbon wings should be excellent for this airframe.

Bob

[Steve P]

Oh no! Len will not be pleased by this photo! I, however, certainly am. Carboline Aspire F5J ready for maiden. It's light as a feather. On a Mega CE direct drive setup 1000 mAh 3S LiPo more suitable to true F5J competition, so it will not be as zippy as the ALES guys. I have a geared setup that may make its way into the nose. Hopefully this plane will become my primary and my spread tow layup Aspire will be the backup. Took me away from the DG build. Worse, it's one of the reasons I'm not going to the Horizon Aerotow. Joining Erich, Pete, John, Brian, Aurele, Gudmund and others soar heads at the Polecat ALES. Now back to the DG...

[ARUP]

Beauty! Two holers are cool!

[Steve P]

I was able to get into the shop this afternoon and decided to pull this beast out of storage. Would be nice to maiden the plane at the New England Aerotow in May.

I was able to get both tips wired and servos installed as well as the main wing wire. The plane came with internal aileron links all complete, but I was not happy with the travel those offered. So, I went with typical European brass inserts. All HV servos for the plane. JR 8411s on the main ailerons, JR 398s on the tip ailerons and spoilers. Work keeps me out of the shop these days, but I'll try to grab a few hours here and there.

I plan to rework the cockpit interior and how the seat pans are installed. I think I will also fully paint out the fuselage interior. Callie did a new set of graphics so I'm eager to dress up the exterior as well.

Photo one is the wing pieces coming together. The wing bottoms will have vinyl stripes and white vinyl servo covering, so don't mind that sloppy coroner. ;-)

Hopefully I fixed the broken links. Guessed on the DG Flugzeugbau.de photo…

I grabbed the url of each attachment above and then edited the post in advanced mode toggling on in the upper left menu bar?

Absolutely beautiful, will keep my eye on this build, subscribed.

Cheers, Thompson

[Xroadie]

I love the wing joiner!