This is a neat way to get the battery off the bottom and inside the FT Bloody wonder fuse. First thing is to round off the rear pointed corners of the pod so it can rotate smoothly. This mod will make the pod dedicated to that particular airplane, so keep that in mind.
The next thing is to clip off the firewall skewer studs off the forward part of the fuse. Now add a new skewer through the fuse and the pod near but not at the newly cut curved rear end. This will allow the pod to hinge on the skewer allowing the fuse and pod to separate like a box and lid. Add credit card pieces to insure no wear on the hole.
Depending on what motor and battery setup you use battery placement is trial and error to get correct CG balance. I had to add a 1oz. weight under the front of pod. The photos show pretty much how all this is accomplished as well as you will notice I ran my antenna straight out the back into a soda straw piece glued to the under side of the rear fuse. You can handle that part anyway you wish of course.
Now you have to glue a popsicle stick across the top of the front of the fuse and wrap a rubber band around to hold the fuse and pod together (see photo). This serves as an anchor for the rubber band as well as a handle of sorts to open the fuse and pod as you would a lid on a box. Also notice I made a skid for the bottom of the pod to land on because I mainly use a grass field.
This works well for me and I hope it may be useful for others.
Happy flying!
My plane wants to nose down and to the right when I throw it for take off. Does the motor need to be on an angle to the left to counter act the propulsion of the prop?
Rob-
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I have never had that problem with my BW even when I had an EMAX 2215/09 on it. Mine flies off straight ahead and climbs as speed in creases due to the high lift wing. It might be that when you toss it the swing of your arm and wrist tends to release it in slightly downward fashion. As far as I know the BW is built without any thrust angles. As you probably know it is very twitchy plane and reacts to the slightest input. It may be nose heavy and heavy to the right side. Do you launch it with your right hand? Make sure your release is up at about 15 to 20 deg. It doesn't need a great deal of throttle on take off, 3/4 should do it. At 3/4 throttle a slight toss should be all you need. By the way, what motor are you using? I use a Suppo B2208/14 1450kv 370 motor with an 8x5 folding prop and a 1500mah 3 cell in the nose and 3/4 is all I need to get her flying. Make sure your CG is a tad nose down. I use the spar as the CG point.
Good luck,
Bud
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Actually I did the same behind the firewall even though it is double thickness just to cushion the battery. Yeah, i got it off the web but forgot to mention it( I did in my first draft but forgot in the second. I don't like to take credit that's not mine.
Im building the Bushwacker now and I maya change a couple of things. I don't care for 3D so I am just going to use it for STOL. I have a lot of smaller area to fly in.
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