mgnostic

I've wanted to build a Twin Lizzy for a long time but after studying various Laumer plans I decided to go with a Lulla Bi. (I'm still thinking about a giant scale Twin Lizzie with a Ryobi but that's a post for another forum.) At the moment the plan is to go for rudder and elevator with a Cox .049. I downloaded the plan from Fritzke's site and tile printed it from Adobe. It printed a little small (about 90% of full size) but I'm going to go with it as is. The plan itself isn't entirely complete and there will be some guess work involved but I think that it is doable. I'm not going to try to stick to any particular schedule so it may be an on and off project. It is a pretty small project but I have several other major projects on hand for the summer (Disc brakes for the Bugeye and paint for the MGB).

mgnostic

I've cut out a few parts and framed up most of one side of the fuselage.

fritzke

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Matt,
Well, it always makes my day to see actual construction
happening from those old plans. Keep us posted on progress.
BTW, if your printer has big fat "margins" set and
you print to fit the available space, it will shrink the plans a bit.
Best to set the print to "actual size" and set narrow margins
to make sure it all shows up on the page. I have my printer margins
set at the actual "hard clip limits" of the printer.
Dave

buzzard bait

If I had to choose one Laumer design this would be it. Hope to do it at 150% (= 36 inches) someday. I'll enjoy watching you do yours.

Jim

tangerine-jack

Nice Tripe. The bipe looks good too, I can't wait to see the finished product.

mgnostic

The tripe is an old Apple Models Kit I got at an estate sale. All printwood with machine cut wing ribs. It needs a very short muffler front to back to clear the firewall. Either that or go electric.

tangerine-jack

you could get a side discharge muffle for the tripe. I had one on a P-51 years ago. I don't know if they are still available or not, I haven't had any reason to check lately. Electric would be Ok I guess, but that is a WWI plane, so it needs to make noise!!!

Keep us posted

Brian C

Nice start on the LullaBi. Looking forward to following the progress of the build. Just wondering what the dimensions came out to with the reduced size print.

Keep up the great work and keep us posted too!

Brian C.

mgnostic

The upper wing is about 23.75 in and the fuse is about 21 in long not counting the engine. This was just a quickie estimate with a grade school ruler. The plans show differing lower wing halves, one version would be about the same span as the upper wing and the other would be about 21.75. I didn't get much done this weekend. Saturday I went to an auction and got out bid on a basket case early 60's Austin A30 and an early 70's MG midget project car. I also missed out on a Cox clone of the Clancy Lazy Bee. It was a little dirty and it looked like it might have been flown. Just a little too nasty for a collector. I know the guy that bought it. He is into toys, mostly antique stuff. He has snagged me a Holy Smoke 40 and BUSA Force One kits. I can probably talk him out of it when he gets tired of looking at it. Sunday we did family stuff for mothers day. We took the mom and mother in law, my family and my step son's family out to the ranch for a picnic and fishing. My two and a half year old grandson caught his first fish. I'm planning to finish framing the fuselage of the Lulla Bi by the end of the week and start cutting wing ribs.