Comment by Mark Bolton on June 22, 2012 at 3:01am

Hi Brian,  a couple of quick comments:

a) the elastic band does not need a hole. You can pull it through the wing slot. It is a little annoying but far less than when your plane falls out of the sky!  Eventually after the plane has seen better days, you will just end up  gluing the wing halves together anyway.

b) Rudder addition is good for slow speeds and strong winds. I am not sure that you have fixed it enough though?  Might be better to make it a little smaller to provide some surface area to attach more firmly.

c) The controls are *$%£!. These from HK are great. Use an M2x8mm self tap screw.

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__8419__Control_Horns_16x2...

Moderator Comment by Mark Harrison on June 22, 2012 at 12:39pm

+1 on the HK control horns... that's what I use on my HawkSky clone.

I've seen lot's of pictures on RCGroups where people run the rubber band under or over the plane, it seems to work well.

Here's how I extended my EZStar rudder.  There's a card on each side of the rudder.  The cards are thin plastic, much lighter than a credit card.  As you can see it's made with extra care!

Comment by David M Eno on June 22, 2012 at 1:09pm

One of the problems I can see with your rudder mod is your going to be putting a great deal of stress on the rudder during a sharp turn and that protrusion can get messed up in a bad landing.  It will also put more stress on the servos, so if you hear clicking .....

Also, a good number of people have done this before.I would recommend you use plastic mini hinges covered with blendo surgical tape instead of using the normal foam connection.   

  

Comment by Eagle on June 23, 2012 at 8:00pm

Brian, I would like to publish some other mods on your Blog.

If it is ok?, I just installed Flaps on the Bixler.  Maiden is schedule in approx 7-8 hours.

If it is ok I will publish photos and results here?

Cheers Brian,

a DIYDrones friend,

Eric

Comment by Eagle on June 23, 2012 at 8:08pm

Flaps:

Comment by Eagle on June 23, 2012 at 8:52pm

...will post results soon

 

Comment by Eagle on June 25, 2012 at 8:55am

This is the test flight of the Bixler with Flaps

 

 

Comment by Eagle on June 26, 2012 at 5:20pm

At safe altitude, facing the wind and full flaps with smooth adjustement of throttle the Bixler is almost a Kite.  could not video it since I was alone.  The only video from the ground I was able to take are when the APM was on AUTO mode.  it was very windy.

Comment by Marcelo Gomes on October 21, 2012 at 1:12pm

Hello!

Brian, nice your post.

I'm right now build/finishing my Bixler (first model!) and this soluttion to join halves wings, is very interesting. I think in little magneto, but I thik these isn't sufficiente strong.

Could you please let me know if your solutions works, are you fllying good??

Thanks in adavance!

Comment by Marooned on October 21, 2012 at 3:08pm

Hi Marcelo. In my Bixler I'm using velcro straps to join both wings. So far so good. I'm satisfied with this solution.

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