I like this idea from Mark Mech about using paraffin wax instead of epoxy to hold the nose weight in place. Has anyone tried this with standard buck shot yet. Not sure what size buck shot I have since I'm not a hunter, but it's fairly small. Maybe as small as bird shot. Sure would be a lot easier to adjust weight.
Wes Gibson AMA 607029 LSF 7533 -----Original Message----- From: Aerofoam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 8:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [RCSE] Re: Nose Weight? > I use shot gun pellets, ( old ones ) This summer I needed to come up with some large nose weights for some mid sized UAV's. We had an abundance of tungsten powder and paraffin wax, so I filled the nose with powder, then poured the molten wax in and stirred the mess up. I only added enough wax to saturate the powder, it doesn't take much. The weight can easily be modified by scooping out the excess with a spoon. Ours were about 12lbs per plane!!! I was thinking about putting together a glider nose weight kit with 5oz. of tungsten, and 2oz. wax with a piece of plastic to glue in as a retainer. If anyone is interested, I will put them together. It is only feasible if I order a lot of tungsten, the stuff is fairly cheap in quantity...... Mark Mech www.aerofoam.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
