[RCSE] "Blasters I have known"

[GordySoar]

Vladimir Models Blaster that is, via Kennedy Composites.   In the case of DLG's, I am about as savy as I am about RES....total newbie...and don't mind admitting it.   Since Bruce Davidison is a clubmate, and I am lucky to call him my friend, I figured I'd get a DLG to chuck with him and the others on soaring days prior to the winch being set up.   I have 'had' other HLG's and one other DLG but they were all baggies.  The Blaster is an 'organic/moldie' construction that can be assembled in about two or three nights if you put your mind to it.  There are a couple of good instruction sites offered and Barry will be adding some detail to his site to speed up first timers construction.   Pretty much you put some good masking tape on some micros and splooge them into the nose, space away from the front so that you can fit your battery pack and RX ahead.  They fit inline, with one slightly tipped for pushrod clearance.  I was able to use 4 650mah AAA Nihms in the nose with a chunk of dense foam to keep the  pack from blasting thru the front on a hard nose in, and a small 6channel RX behind it and in front of the servos.   The tail boom is a snap, Vlad has added some carbon rod on each side of the vertical's tail boom slot to protect against snapping the boom off there on a hard spin landing.   If you forget to slide the horizontal's Vmount on to the boom before glueing the vertical in, no worries, just slot the bottom and it will snap over the boom and can be CA'd back together yet still have plenty of diameter to fit in the right spot for stab clearance.   The pushrods go on the top of the boom, I attached them to the horns in the back, routed them thru the holed I drilled in the back near the boom, and  pulled them snug from the front to keep them straight, then dabbed some 'flex CA' on them along their length.   To get horizontal alignment to the wing, I use a piece of balsa stock with some two way tape, stuck to the saddle to simulate the wing being mounted, it makes eyeballing the rear stabs a breeze while glueing.  CA works in all spots. I'm partial to Flex CA because it really doesn't crack but it is heavier if that's a concern.  I built this one for flying, not competing.   The throw peg has a reciever tube molded into the wing tip at the appropriate angle, so you just slide the supplied carbon tube throw peg into it.   Definitely an ARF, but is looking like its a DLG moldie on performance expections on par with current top TD comp ships...but for DLG of course :-)   I just wanted a quick build and a good flyer that was durable.   Gordy Off to Wisconsin where its warm....Kentucky is freezing!