TomCrump

Glenn, this post is over a year old. I hope that all is well.

If so, have you made any progress ?

sebo

St 3000 fits entirely inside cowl.

smithfj

Sebo, Nice looking work. Is that a Super Tigre 3000 twin ? Never saw one of those as I had a Super Tigre 3000 which was a single cylinder monster.
Frank

willig10

I am still watching this thread. I got infected by "Harley Davidson" and sold my Cessna last year. Looks like the thread is alive and well and I will keep reading the threads here. I look forward to seeing the maidens and please post some videos when the time comes. Keep up the good work.

Glenn Williams

willig10

Oh by the way I know it's not airplane related but here is my new toy.

Glenn Williams

sebo

No...it is a saito 300td.

TomCrump

Nice bike !

I went the other way. I sold my bike and took up RC.

mstcitabria73

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I have a hard timeto decide on flying or riding, love to do both!

sebo

You are a smart man.

smithfj

I made a little more progress in the covering department. Here's pictures of the flap which took me parts of three days to do. First I covered the flap completely with Monokote, laid out my corrugations, and used a chisel point on the soldering iron to cut the monokote where the 1/16 balsa strips went. I tack glued them in three places with medium CA and cut Monokote strips to iron over them. I took my Top Flite trim tool and ground a groove in the rounded tip (long wise) a little larger than the 1/16th strip and ironed them down. Used a regular sealing iron to finish the ends and Clear nail polish to seal the back edges. Well, I got an Internal Server Error 500 when I tried to load the picture two times so I guess pictures will come later or you can email me.
Frank

smithfj

Here's the flap pictures.
Frank

TomCrump

The flap looks great !

sebo

Beautiful job........what did you use for the riblets? I used plastic triangle stock on mine.

slevin1

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Frank the flap looks great. I really like the fact that you were able to get a picture of it from the trailing edge perspective. I can now see the proper curve that is required on the inbound portion of the flap near the rear windshield.
Saul

smithfj

Thanks guys. As we all know pictures are deceiving sometimes. I used 1/16 balsa stripped to 1/16th squares. I am not sure if the inboard end of the flap is correct but it looked that way to me. You really have to watch that area and the top of the fuselage to make sure you get the proper deflection.
Frank

sebo

The inboard of my flap was straight. It matched up perfectly with the fuselage.
I don't have the original plans but I think that I followed them correctly.
If not, who cares, it is ready for the maiden.......now the weather has to cooperate.
I'm following this thread and will post when that flight takes place.
I have another Hostetler C150 cut and ready to build but otherplanes will preceed it.
I'm going to cover it with a plastic film and not sheet it......I want it to come out really light.

I have the "SloGo" on my flaps.......looks really neat when they are going up or down..........you can adjust their speed too!

smithfj

Some of the earlier 150's did have a straight flap. I think mine may be over exaggerated some but the top view of the fuselage plan shows the curve I used. Here's a picture of one a fellow sent me.
Frank

sebo

Mine definitely isn't like that.............that's kinda cool but looks like a lot more work.

rsteeves

Frankie, you are just a pain ole Bud God you do good work. Hope you get it airborn this summer...

smithfj

Here's a couple pictures of the left wing panel. Don't look to close as my covering is not the best in the world but it works. At 400 feet you can't see the faults. You can also see where you have to be careful with the inboard edge of the flap. I may have to sand the top more to get my 35-40 degrees. Won't know untill I get the hinges glued in. Pardon the mess.
Frank

flyinucrazy

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Looks great to me! How did you do the corrugations on the flap and aileron?

Tim

smithfj

Thanks Tim. Check post #160 for how I did the corrugations. It's time consuming but not to hard to do.
Frank

slevin1

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Awesome job. Those wing tips are a ***** to cover. The compound curves makes the covering to want to wrinkle. What are you using to cover the plane with? Are you glassing?
Saul

smithfj

Saul, I am using Monokote since I can't paint indoors and when I do paint it's a mess for me. My problem is I can build great and sturdy but I get to rushing on the finish part. I can't seem to break myself of that habit. The inside of the tips are the worse to do in Monokote. I did manage to get most of the wrinkles out.
Frank

sebo

On your next plane consider Ultracote.....I like it better than monokote although I have both.