Harvard Dead Stick. Now Repair time.
04-14-2009, 07:43 PM
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Harvard Dead Stick. Now Repair time.
Hello gents can't you all have all the fun. Well what do you think? Can it be repaired? Will it fly again? Just started to put the peaces back together and needing to make parts I'll try to keep ya posted on the work..
04-15-2009, 01:37 AM
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RE: Harvard Dead Stick. Now Repair time.
Why bother asking now???? Looks to me like you're almost finished...can it be repaired....bah.....lookin good StingRay
04-15-2009, 07:08 PM
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RE: Harvard Dead Stick. Now Repair time.
Stingray looks like there's no shortage of planes to fly in the mean time
Repais look good keep us posted ...cheers
Repais look good keep us posted ...cheers
04-17-2009, 08:20 AM
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RE: Harvard Dead Stick. Now Repair time.
When you guys do a major repair like this, do you just glue the pieces back together or do you reinforce each area of damage a well? I'm just leary of gluing all the pieces back together, especially if they had glue on them in the first place. How do you guys do it? StikDude
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RE: Harvard Dead Stick. Now Repair time.
Can't speak for the others, it depends whats broken what you are trying to repair. You can piece things back together and use them for patterns for new ones. Structual members like formers are better being replaced.
You are always concerned about extra weight, so its a fine balance between strengh and weight. You find a lot of ARF's are very light around the wing sadle, so I will double this up with say a 3mm ply.The added weight as to a snapped plane seems a good trade. Hope this helps........cheers
You are always concerned about extra weight, so its a fine balance between strengh and weight. You find a lot of ARF's are very light around the wing sadle, so I will double this up with say a 3mm ply.The added weight as to a snapped plane seems a good trade. Hope this helps........cheers
04-17-2009, 08:05 PM
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RE: Harvard Dead Stick. Now Repair time.
I've had a couple of doozys. I try to start from good, straight, sound material. For your project there, it appears that you have assembled the puzzle for the fuse pretty well up to a solid former. Start there and build new structure, then add sheeting over top. http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_7164146/tm.htm . Here you will see some examples of how I replaced broken pieces and also joined together big chunks, the wing centre section...
04-18-2009, 12:44 AM
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RE: Harvard Dead Stick. Now Repair time.
rabraaten thats awesome work is the arrow finished yet or ongoing? I have a classic trainer that is going to have the same treatment. I will be reading your tread and taking notes ..cheers
04-18-2009, 12:47 AM
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RE: Harvard Dead Stick. Now Repair time.
Its still at the stage of the last pictures. I have yet to build the turtle deck but perhaps I'll get to it a bit this weekend. Beginning of the weekend looks kinda crappy weather wise so maybe some building then fly on Monday again....
04-25-2009, 08:15 PM
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RE: Harvard Dead Stick. Now Repair time.
Ok The Plane is all done now. So here are the pics to show the stages. and I reinforce when rebuilding the nose and the air frame.
04-25-2009, 08:19 PM
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RE: Harvard Dead Stick. Now Repair time.
After I builded the nose that night I started to cover the nose more Pics I was up late in the moring but it is worth it.
04-25-2009, 08:29 PM
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RE: Harvard Dead Stick. Now Repair time.
Alright next stage, Now the Plane is coming togeter now have to make sure everything is going to line up and fit good.
04-25-2009, 08:40 PM
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RE: Harvard Dead Stick. Now Repair time.
Ok now the airframe is done. The hard task, how to cover? I read on the forms that some used Masken tape so I went the route and alot of it tooooooo,
04-25-2009, 08:51 PM
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RE: Harvard Dead Stick. Now Repair time.
Alright the moment you all been waiting for, Here are the final Pics, The Grauper Havard Texen AT-6 Ready too Fly...
05-27-2009, 05:35 AM
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RE: Harvard Dead Stick. Now Repair time.
Thats awesome! Really nice an clean repair!
I have a harvard too, or a at-6 texan I`m not sure. But do you think it is repairable? It sure will be alot of work hehe
I have a harvard too, or a at-6 texan I`m not sure. But do you think it is repairable? It sure will be alot of work hehe
06-09-2009, 10:15 PM
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RE: Harvard Dead Stick. Now Repair time.
Murdoc sorry to see a good plane damaged, Sorry it took me too long to reply, but working on another plane repair. A club member flew his bird right in the Mountan. It is worst shape than your At-6, and yes it is worth repairing, I like fixing them better than new and stronger,, Happy building.
06-10-2009, 05:20 PM
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RE: Harvard Dead Stick. Now Repair time.
The british commenwealth considered them the Harvard, thus in Canada this was our WWII trainer. In the states it is the A6-Texan.
That is the difference, and a few external and internal differeances, like comparing a ford focus LS against a ford focus LST in my humble opionion. I will be corrected as we do have members that know more about these birds than I do.
That is the difference, and a few external and internal differeances, like comparing a ford focus LS against a ford focus LST in my humble opionion. I will be corrected as we do have members that know more about these birds than I do.
