YT Ultimate .46

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My new Ulitmate .46 arrived on Friday.

 

All looks good and no major issues on first inspection.

 

Have started the build and mounted the stabilisers and main wings. I have to say the build looks very good and so does the finish. Its all navy blue with a yellow stripe on the fuse and top wing. So it leaves you free to finish off the colour scheme in the classic ultimate guise or do what you want.

 

I have mounted the Satio 72 which is a bit bigger than suggested, but having read up there are guys with 90's in there planes. But as its rated for a 46 2st I recon a 72 will do just fine with throttle management and power to boot when required. I decided to mount the engine upside down as opposed to rotating it 45 degrees. This keeps the cowl more or less intact and a single large hole in the underside.

 

The fire wall was a sold bit of 1/4 ply but before i fit the tank I will reinforce the joins with some extra epoxy and tri-stock. Also, run CA along all the major formers and spars.

 

The UC fuse mount looks strong but, again a bit of epoxy and some tri stock will help absorb a hard landing in the ruff.

 

One of the things i am not sure about is the carbane struts are epoxied into the top wing. Just makes storage and transportation a bit of an issue.

 

Can wait to get her fired up and test flight next Sunday.

 

[Trevor 25]

Funnily enough, my wife bought me a World Models Ultimate 90 for my birthday. If we had a race would it be the Ultimate Contest?

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Or the Ultimate flyby....