scooter

Hi I had to cut away a part of rail bracket andI put more rail ply to lift the wheel out of the wing so the wheel cover would close tothe leg. I also trimmed around part of wing so that it wouldclear the leg

tfarmer96

so im finally happy with the gear doors and the aliron hatch. On to the flaps next

tfarmer96

Thats one wing half done. Gear is in it, geardoors made and mounted, servos linkages done. I pull the RX out and adjusted the control surfaces and tested them. I think im doing fairly well on time. Started it about 8 days ago.....

ram3500-RCU

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Nice work Terry. Good thread.

wphilb

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I love this plane, it's on my to do list for sure.

tfarmer96

It could be done, but I think the leverage would be fairly week. This isn’t going to fly at compition its just for me to fly so I can live with it. The progress is now switching to the other wing. I have the mold on it now for the gear doors so i will be moving to the linkages next.

F4u5

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Ditto that...my thoughts exactly. I know of at least one guy that used scale set-up, with torque rods, etc. It looks good, an you can do it, but like Terry says, for everyday fliers, I set up as similar to Terry here.

Jeff

Rebel Flyer

Two of the Spitfires that flew at WOTR this past year had the linkages set up both ways. You can clearly see them in photos of them together in formation if you go to their website and look at 2012 pics.

I am not competing with mine, so I am doing the exposed linkages on my build. I also used a seperate servo for the steering of the tailwheel. Pull/pull for the rudder.

I cant seem to find a photo of my wings yet.

Rebel

tfarmer96

Ok thats it on the wing. My cockpit kit should be here soon and it will be on with the job to finish the fuse.

tfarmer96

My cockpit kit came in on Friday. I ordered it from Ty's Planes. This cockpit kit was made for the comp arf spit so it will fit without a bunch of mods. i guess im getting lazy...

http://tysplanes.com.p2.hostingprod....e_arf_spitfire


So im doing clean up on my shop now and will get back to work tonight on the fuse.

wphilb

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Cleaning up your shop? That's it, I'm unsubscribed.... Trying to make the rest of look bad like that, you are breaking solidarity my friend, breaking I say! 

tfarmer96

Man it was getting so bad I had to go outside to change my mind. Well it’s all clean and I even got my build plans organized. I got a whole shelf in my supply closet back by putting the plans in my office in a real blueprint rack.

dpav8r

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Terry, Saw a flyer for a warbird event in Monroe, La, Jeff Naul territory. Any plans for that?  Its on my list.
Dave

tfarmer96

Im there man. I already have a room booked. Those guys are a bunch of fun and the site is all grass very very nice grass. I hope to have 4 new warbirds by that event. this spit makes 3 and im getting close...

tfarmer96

I got my cockpit kit unpacked.

tfarmer96

I am going to hide my switches air and gas fill in a hatch. The spitfire has a very nice one behind the cockpit. I have used this location in other spitfires. Step one is make a mold for the hatch. so spray it down with pva... just a little dab will do you. Thats it for tonight in the morning the mold will have cured and im set.

InboundLZ

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Learning some great tricks here.... Do you think the Cockpit kit would fit a Yellow Spit?

fockewulf37

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Dave,
I have a cockpit for the ESM 50 cc spit that might fight. It is a little smaller than the 50cc one... I would need to know the measurements.

you can email me from my website...


http://tysplanes.com/esm_50cc_spitfire

Ty

tfarmer96

Pulled the mold off this morning and made up my hatch.

Tony Gag Jr.

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What cloth weight and how many layers for the hatch?

tfarmer96

2 layers of 6 oz cloth.

tfarmer96

And thats my switch hatch done and installed. I have painted my cockpit kit and am waiting on it to dry. After that i should be able to start moving forward again.

tfarmer96

Got her mostly painted up so i took it for a test fit. This is why i went with Tys cockpit kit it was made for this airplane.

tfarmer96

well that job is done.

tfarmer96

on to the servo trays and air and gas take platforms