Mibo 1:3 DG-1000 V3 with Torcman FES - photo build log

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All buttoned up...



Hauling tourists helps pay the bills, but didn’t we say no food or drinks!!!

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Look how fast the money goes....

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Finally back in the workshop to finish the motor (NT530-35/14 Pol/14W) install and tow release.

Trimming the motor shaft was a non event...

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Get your SLED on!

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Lost a few photos along the way. None of these are consequential, but FWIW... Used a contour gauge on the outside top of the nose to quickly make-up the...

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Hold my beer

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And where things stand as of the past weekend. Bearing installed, motor mount outer ring installed so that the shaft and propeller mount (the tube the...

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So. While DHL tracking continues to say the package is sitting in Germany, it decided to appear in my mailbox anyway on Good Friday. On to FES joy and...

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Final details before a 80 DAY WAIT for a Torcman order that sat at Frankfurt's airport. DHL is a mess as a result of the pandemic. Had I known, overnight...

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I love wiring -- I know, I'm a sicko.

PowerBox Pioneer + two 26D receivers + two 2500 LiPo packs + PBR Vario + STV Tech mounts
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A few more shots before moving back inside the fuselage.

The flaps are exceptionally long and only have one servo. I decided to try and make...

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Grabbing an hour here or there to work on this, sometimes I felt like serious work, other times more of an art project. This is not a logical sequence...

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When the kit arrived, the first thing I did was install heavy fiberglass mounts for seat pans and then paint out the fuselage interior. It is gray primer,...

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As visible on the wing photo above, the wiring was done with PowerBox Premium Maxi Wire and Hansen Hobby multi-connectors. Such great stuff!
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Venturing inside the wings, it's all about high torque, metal gear, HV JR8931s. These went into frames from STV Tech - I like to place the frames with...

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This thread is more for cataloging the plane as a resource for the site. The Mibo DG-1000 is currently unavailable, but who knows what the future may...

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Sometimes the need for speed can make it bleed....

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NEW! South Carolina Aerotow -- August 12-15. Flying Tigers RC Club, 1445 McKnight Rd, Scranton SC 29591

https://www.flyingtigersrcinc.co...

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Hoot -- if storing the trailer is the core issue perhaps it's best for now just to spend as you go and rent a small box trailer from U-Haul for the events...

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Seen it done.