Valenta Salto + Mig Flight JETEC EDF

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Went back to the shop with every intention simply to clean up… and this happened. At least the dust stage is now over…

Actual needed...

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Out comes the moto tool, deep breath, go...



Light sanding of the edges. My next steps is to add three layers of carbon cloth...

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Next up the stupidity begins. Laying out the proposed hole, checking, re-checking, checking again and saying a prayer.



Fortunately,...

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I was fortunate as Etienne had done a number of EDF installs for customers, so he had a template for the buulkhead. He emailed it to me and I printed...

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Job one was taking out both my equipment and the floor of the fuselage as the seat pan would not permit for the addition of power batteries below. Out...

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Before the stupidity of cutting a hole in the top of a perfectly good sailplane that flies beautifully and is all set up, one must rip the guts out…...

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This beauty sourced from Etienne at ICARE will live inside the fuselage.



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[Steve P]

While some scale purists do not like the extended wing on the Valenta Salto, I can say for certain that if flies amazingly well. This thread is an add...

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Larry - I just sent him a note for you. He is just settling in to WV.

If your on the faceplantbook, he's been logging his closing months...

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UPDATE: The electronics upgrade has been fantastic while all the telemetry and such is certainly nice. The Reiher spent a long day of flying at the 2021...

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And Down Down...



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Thanks to Jeff Duhaime for these shots from the New England Aerotow...

Up Up!







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[Steve P]

Glad it was a great event. SKSS had Charlie’s turboprop towplane as I recall.

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Fuhgetataboutit!!

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The weather has turned against us. None of the various forecasts have good news for Sunday flying.

Monday really isn’t viable with the...

[Steve P]

Come for the flying, stay for the lunches. Or, vice versa!

Angie will be feeding us again this year.




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[Steve P]

My Arcus has top of fuse behind the canopy, bottom of fuse behind the retract and leading edge of the vertical fin toward the top.

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Herein is $0.02.

The model will have an added cool factor. At altitude (high altitude), you will not get any discernable benefit from strobes/lighting...

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Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!

The weather guessers predict Saturday may be a bit damp, so we've set our sights on a Sunday session to celebrate...

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Congrats Gene!!!!!