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@frazer1988

Жыл бұрын

Beautiful build, can we get a video of the new prop being tested?

Prop Spinner is oscillating, which cannot be good. Other than that observation, what a neat project. Best, Steve

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Steve.

@440centerline

Жыл бұрын

Spinner may be misdrilled to backplate

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

It sits against a ridge on the backplate. Based on how many are saying theirs is wonky I think it’s pretty common. Not good. But common

Such a beautiful airplane! And always it's a pleasure to watch you build these works of art!

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

This is of the charts! Some lovely Tig weilding on that exhaust, ❤️

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Martin!

@martinj9251

Жыл бұрын

@@thelightersideofrc Always a absolute pleasure to watch 👍🇬🇧

Happy to see you have snow. Here in the good old NCR we have a beautiful 20 deg sunny day. 😂😂😂😂😂😉

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

HAHA. Thanks Al. Last week we were mid 20's now this! Supposed to warm up starting today.

Love your channel and builds. Can't believe people can actually afford toys this expensive and complex.

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Thanks Jack!

Love this aircraft. Nice job. Stay well.

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Steven!

Beautiful build Jon. Looking forward to seeing her fly.

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Gogian!

Great build Jonathan, always a learning experience from you.👍🏻 . Take Care be safe and please keep the Snow up North.

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Gregory! Are you sure you don't want some white stuff? You can have all of it! HAHA.

@gregoryh4601

Жыл бұрын

@@thelightersideofrc Jonathan no you keep it. My F5J don’t fly well in the Cold. If you keep the Snow ❄ I will tell Santa to give you extra toys to Build for People.

Another beautiful job Now let’s see her fly Can’t wait 👍

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jim. Hopefully we get a nice blip in the cold weather and we can make that happen.

Awesome! She looks Great and I love that paint scheme!

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks a bunch!

honestly i watched the whole thing to the end ..am impressed im in ghana africa and wish to have such here one day

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Great build once again, I was hanging out for the PC21 build and not disappointed , looks fantastic, want one 😀 cheers

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Kim! My suggestion...........GET ONE! 🤔

your builds are always awesome and very clean

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Justin!

That is one amazing set up. SWEET!!!!!!

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Larry!

Fantastic looking aircraft. Love the electric gear. I can't believe you guys have snow already 😮

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Sal! Yea it's just our first blip letting us know winter is coming! Hopefully will melt soon and not have any more sticking to the ground till closer to christmas.

That engine start was awesome!

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Thanks! We are swapping back to the Air Gear for clearance issues but hopefully maiden soon!

Incredible plane and set up. Love the sound.

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Maiden coming soon!

I like how the exhaust stacks changed color after runup.

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Totally! it's a great effect and get's better with more runs!

Another great build Jon. I have to be honest with all those aircraft projects going and complete, and then having to wait for good weather would drive me crazy ! Here in South Carolina USA , we fly every week of and it still seems like it’s not enough! Come south with your talents ! Great as always!

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Dean! I totally understand that. I'm generally ok for November and December but come January I get the itch to fly big time. The down time does help a ton with being able to focus on the builds. I'm much less productive in summer but that also comes with full weekend or multi day events events and such.

"THESE ONES"... This phrase just tickles the heck out of me. I've spent may sleepless nights trying to figure which obscure dialect of what undiscovered language it comes from???

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Good question! I believe comes it from obscura maxima witch these ones also rise from Canada. Eh! Forth come we will ones these will fly up!😉

Love the PC21 Nice work apron !

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Great build !

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks my friend!

Nice.

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Hi Jon Absolutely brilliant , as always Cheers Phil

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Phil.

Oooo the nose cone wobbles a lot.

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Yes it does.

Another great build (as always), we watched the entire build in one sitting (with breaks), lol…

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Haha. That’s awesome 😎. Huge compliment!😊

Don't tell the owner but that scheme is one of the best looking for sure!! nice build buddy!

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

You got that right! Thanks Steve!

Great Job. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😃

I like all your jet builds but I have a special like for the turbo props. I think they sound way cooler

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Noel. Very unique for sure!

Brilliant!

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

love to see the maiden 😊

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Coming up soon!

We run Biela 23” 5 blade TP on our SPT-10. You might also want to box in the nose opening. It sucks stones/grit into the turbine inlet.

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Dave. Got a reply back from Marc at Jetcat and he says it's fine and we should expect it to unload to 5500-5800 RPM in the air. Thanks for the Suggestion on the Openings. Waiting on a FOD Screen from JC as well.

Nice build up, I should not worry about the RPM of the prop, as the aircraft take speed , for me it should be ok, greetings from Remi

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Remi. Yea got a reply from Jetcat and the numbers are good and it should unload to 5500-5800 in the air. THANKS!

@remicallant8756

Жыл бұрын

@@thelightersideofrc 😉

Wow! If only I had money to afford something like this.

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Maybe you can get a bit a smoother run of the spinner if you rotate it (spinner only w/o backplate). A bit trial and error might improve the situation. Mine wobbled a little too. The prop offered by SM should actually be a perfect fit for the SPT10. I used it on my K100TP without issue. Varioprop looks better though. Many also use the Falcon Carbon 5-blade. Tried that one too and stayed with the Varioprop 24.1" in the end.

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Yea i'm going to try rotating the spinner and see if it improves. I did get a reply back from Jetcat and they say the numbers are good and it should unload to 5500-5800 in the air. so I think we are good to go!

Stunning, FYI the P&W exhausts are actually offset/rotated so that one points down and the other up on all Pilatus installations - apparently to offset prop wash

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! and thank you for watching!

@flymachine

Жыл бұрын

@@thelightersideofrc its no effort or sacrifice on my part to watch your channel mate - the hard part is trying not to watch when I should be working. While you're doing installation and test runs on your PC-21 we are literally as I write doing the runs on a brand new engine on a PC-12 47E - its amazing to see and hear the similarities

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Sweet! I bet that’s even more exciting to see!

@MJ-td3ij

Жыл бұрын

That's a similar thought I had however: The P&W pipes are angled so they don't cook the wing from the hot exhaust. Ask me how I know this...

@Skinflaps_Meatslapper

Жыл бұрын

@@MJ-td3ij Their aim is to simply to make both exhaust trails track straight back along the fuselage in a predictable manner, for two reasons. One, you get a small amount of thrust from it to offset those huge pipes hanging out of the side, and two, so aircraft designers (and turbine conversion companies) don't have to worry about exhaust going over things they don't want it to. Some aircraft have cabin air vents at the wing root, some have other sensitive stuff in that area that you probably don't want hot exhaust on, like fuel caps and acrylic landing light covers and whatnot. The opposite side is actually pointed down to prevent the exhaust from spiraling up into the windshield and cockpit area. The faster the aircraft cruises at, the less those stacks have to be angled because in an aircraft-relative viewpoint the exhaust is traveling much faster across the plane. It's still corkscrewing just as fast, it's just happening further behind the airplane. Much has been done aerodynamically with those exhaust stacks too, both to improve speed and to reduce soot deposition on the fuselage. Straight stacks are common on most PT-6 applications but they're far from the ideal shape.

Nice job Jon looks great a nice set up trays etc. Mmmmm that Spinner is a bit of a bummer maybe a bit more balancing might be in order not Hard to do especially if going to higher RPM ( Had and Extra once with Scale Spinner tried it before a Balance and it started to rip engine of mount and even after balance still wasn,t great fitted standard Spinner in the end) ya probably looking at 6 to 7000rpm. Yeah Vario,s great peice of kit. Looking forward to the next kit. Must be scary when ya used to Suck and Blow and ya currently got a Meat Cleaver up Front ;0) be well Carry on.

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Nick. Yea. I'm going to rotate the spinner to see if it gets better. fortunately it's carbon, weighs almost nothing and all the fastening mass is on the backplate. This is probably the reason that skymaster suggests that it is ok to run.

Love watching your builds 😁 noticed the RAF red arrow in the back ground. Is the any videos on that on your channel buddy?

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks and thanks for watching! 🤓 good eye. your not supposed to know about that one yet! Unboxing video on saturday!

👍👍👍👍👍

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

😊

Brother in law has snow in Regina too, I guess you guy's have got some too. I have gotten anything yet but go up north from me (timmons) they of course get before us every year but it's coming lol

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Yea that was our "HEY......Winter is coming" snowfall. Should melt over the next few days and then we will get it again soon im sure.

Great video mate. The spinner looked very out of balance on start up?

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Yes it's not straight. Thanks for watching!

Hi Jonathan. Hope u well. I had to dremel the spinner gaps larger to ensure the prop does not touch it. After that it ran 99% true and still is. My K60TP turns the SM prop like u cannot believe. Recon your gearbox still to tight limiting max rpm or you net getting 100% full throttle? That 10kg should rip that prop almost. Cheers

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Karl for this info. It’s very helpful!

Another awesome build as usual. Looking forward to seeing it fly. How is Sebart PC-21 with the X45TP doing? I have one on order and i am looking at getting the T-1 models PC-21. Also that vario prop is going to be awesome.

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Hey Karl. Steve is loving it! I think he has well over 10 hours of time on the engine now and it's performing great!

@karlhines82

Жыл бұрын

@@thelightersideofrc awesome glad to here that. He is flying that PC-21.

Fricken awesome! Where can I see this sexy beast Fly?

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Thanks! We are switching the Electric gear back to air and then will maiden. The gear swap reduced ground clearance to a non acceptable level. Soon!

Looks like “Canadian Forces” is misspelled on the waist markings…

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

yea or it could be French.

My spinner has a slight wobble but does not make any difference bud. by the way also fly's ace with the drop tanks. ENJOY!

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Marc. Nice to hear that from some other sources as well. The drop tanks look so dang good!!!!!

@leavesleyaviation

Жыл бұрын

@@thelightersideofrc Yeah they do,I never fly mine without them.

When making your servo leads, what brand of crimp connectors are you using and what brand/type of crimp pliers do you use. I have a few and they are not very good. They get the job done, but want to see if there is better out there. Thanks.

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

i'm using the blue handle ones available from Dreamworks or powerbox.

Great build of the PC21 and the vario prop is the way to go. Btw, what are all the little planes in the back and red air force one in the front?

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Juergen. Your not supposed to see those ones yet! 😂. Unboxing video of the big red one on saturday!

@juergenweichenberger

Жыл бұрын

@@thelightersideofrc Sorry for being Eagle-eyed.

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Haha. As I was recording the last bit of the pc video I realized the big red plane was in the background. Dang!!!! Oh well. That’s one of the struggles of things not always happening in order in the shop and on videos.

@juergenweichenberger

Жыл бұрын

Hope our next project will show up soon too. 😉

You not having a dual battery settup ?❤

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Yes there is a dual battery setup going into central box.

What's with the decals that have "Canadin Forces"?

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Maybe a spelling mistake or maybe french.

why is the engine mounted at an angle to the centerline of the aircraft ?

@thelightersideofrc

3 ай бұрын

Thrust line compensation. couple degrees of down and couple degrees to the side. Without it, wouldn't track straight.

Am I seeing this right? It looks like the engine is slightly aimed to the right of the center line. When you balance the plane for CG. Did you use half a tank of fuel or empty??

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Yes that is correct. Your eyes aren't playing tricks. All prop aircraft have this. It tends to be more visible on something like a turbo prop as the power section is so long. I always balance for CG in landing condition. So about 1/4 tank of fuel in the main tank.

@josephkerkau2520

Жыл бұрын

@The Lighter Side Of RC Thank you very much the information will be useful. My landing gear is ,fixed. Slightly different situation. Did you use the Vanessa Setup??

Where is the inlet for the engine?(any ducting) I couldn’t see.

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

There is a large intake below the prop. This funnels back through ducts to behind the firewall so the engine has a good supply of fresh air. Additionally there are multiple holes and inlets over the fuselage as well.

@memcrew1

Жыл бұрын

@@thelightersideofrc Ok, could you show the ducting or is it too late?

You have got a FOD fitted?

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Not yet. On order from JC.

I noticed the wobble in the nose cone also. Not Good. This will eventually destroy bearings or cause a catastrophic event no matter of the nose cone weight. Any type of turbine engine MUST have balance due to RPM. Good luck.

@halroofner4069

Жыл бұрын

@@cloudstreets1396 if you say so. Worked on turbines for over 35yrs as a machinist, but what do I know.

@halroofner4069

Жыл бұрын

@@cloudstreets1396 BALANCE

I keep looking for the maiden video…

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

unfortunatley the past weekend was teriable weather and then Yesterday we got pounded with winter. So Maiden probably happening in spring.

And did you lateral balance ?

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

No. Never have.

skymaster hawk time?

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Soon! Mig time first.

I just notice that on the real PC-21 the exhaust pipes are INDEED angled, the right is pointing up and left pointing down .... You can see on this video of the PC-21 Axalp 2022, kzread.info/dash/bejne/p4iIrrGpY62dm9Y.html

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Yea for sure. Slight angle to them.

Think that light configuration is not scale

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Ok. If it’s not it looks cool!

what is happening with the Mig??

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Starting today

The engine being offset like that would bug the crap out of me.

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Necessary for them to be like that.

@camyota

Жыл бұрын

@thelightersideofrc yea I know. It'd just bother me. Lol

🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

😎

Nice plane BUT you didn't balance the spinner. It wobbles and THAT is very bad.

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Has nothing to do with the balance of the spinner. It's the Nose cone molded off.

Spinner wobbles.

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Sure does!

That spinner isnt very true , I would be affraid of it coming apart when running it full power

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Yea. Will try spinning it to see if that helps. Fortunatley it has almost zero weight being carbon. Skymaster and others says it's ok and normal.

5 blade props look pretty but the performance sucks. Get a SEP 3 blade 👍🏻😎 otherwise she looks great!

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Paul. unfortunately we can't add any more length to the prop setup as it's already close to the ground.

Your battery connector layout is stupid. Make all 2s red, why the hell would you choose a different color for the other side? And why would you use more than one 2s anyways? It would be much better to connect the batterys 2s3p on a bus and use fuses to prevent overcharge from eg. landing gear. Much safer. And use an arudino to monitor voltage and refuse to gear up if battery is below 7,57 or something like that.

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the input Dieter. Your way isn’t right. My way isn’t right. Anyway that works for the pilot and owner of the aircraft is the best option. 🤓

@dieterf.8826

Жыл бұрын

@@thelightersideofrc Still, at least make all 2s connectors the same color so you don't get confused. 31:01 is what I am talking about by the way.