Comment by Scotty on February 16, 2011 at 9:15am

I have the same model and I am in the build process too. The airframe is fiberglass (not covered, trust me I drilled though it) but the wings are built up ply and covered. I'm going to try painting it with a grey primer, and then I can paint it any color I want.

Comment by Ersin Acar on February 16, 2011 at 12:05pm

let me know when you try painting stuff ;)

Comment by Scotty on February 16, 2011 at 12:34pm

I only plan on painting the small area that I had to drill through for the airspeed sensor, and I'm going to leave it the grey primer color. My only concern for the wings is that the aerosol could eat through the covering. I'll let you know how well the primer sticks to the fiberglass though.

Comment by Scotty on February 16, 2011 at 12:35pm

Oh and which motor are you using?

Comment by Ersin Acar on February 16, 2011 at 12:47pm

Ok thanks for it waiting for your trying btw where did drilled for air speed sensor head cover or head case ? or somewhere else can you share images?

 

http://www.giantcod.co.uk/epower-bl4020-520kv-brushless-outrunner-m... this one atm but i will try it with rc setup first (wont use ardupilot) to see its ok or not. i have couple motors for trying

Comment by Scotty on February 17, 2011 at 12:15am

Just a quick overview, I'll try to post some pictures of the painted portion on google's "picasa"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTD5VMVaKIs

Comment by Ersin Acar on February 17, 2011 at 12:23am

cool but lemme ask a question. where will you put batteries? i will put them front for center gravity cuz my motor is freaking heavy.

Comment by Zachariah L Hanson on April 17, 2011 at 8:22am

I am working on the same model I hope to add Ardupilot Mega into it. What Brushless motor you useing and ESC, looks like exceed stuff in there. Any other pics? What kind of servos do you [lan to use?

Comment by Ersin Acar on April 17, 2011 at 8:56am

I'm working on my company now. so dont have much time to work on my mq 9 but i'm using this brushless http://www.giantcod.co.uk/epower-bl4020-520kv-brushless-outrunner-m... but didnt fly yet in 1 or 2 weeks i will add more photo maybe videos for building log.
take care.

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