CHARLES WINTER

Hi Ichy, I am flying a KMP F7F Tigercat and have all the doors functioning with servos. I have the doors off the airplane and trying to decide which Gear and Door selector I want to use. Have you investigated the Jet-Tronics Multi Function Retract and Gear Door Sequencer? This seems like the best one, but I would like to hear from people who have used a system that they think is the Best. Col. Chuck Winter

Ichy

Hello Col. Winter, sorry that I missed your post before. I already had an air valve so I purchased a cheaper unit. The Jet-Tronics unit does look good though. You should post your question in the Jet forum. I bet a lot of them use this or similar. Nice Tigarcat by the way!

I am going to post some pictures taken today for those of you that would not see this on RCSB. It's coming along!

Ichy

Dave, how ya doing? Don't know if you get the Military Channel but they will be having a segment on the A-26.


Aug 07, 10:00 pm ET

(60 minutes)
Great Planes
A-26 Invader
TV-G

In September 1944, Allied Forces in Europe started flying missions in a new light bomber. This was the twin-engine A-26, fast, heavily armed, with a load of 4,000 pounds of bombs.

cbruder

Hello people,

I´ve been trying to purchase a set of plans for Don Smith´s 105" A-26 Invader from Cornell Mitchaels Kit Cutting in Westland Michigan 48186, Tel. 1-734-578-0993 (this is the address given on the Homepage of Harry Katona´s Precision Cuts) but I get no answers to my e-mails or phone calls from them ....

I don´t know if they´re still in business, or just too busy to answer ...

Anyway, could anybody help me out with a set of the above mentioned plans (against hard Alps-currency or US$ of course, incl. shipping to Switzerland) ?? ..... even useable used plans (second hand) would be appreciated ....

Whatever I could find here in Europe regarding the A-26 Invader plans, are only for a smaller 50" "very semi-scale" version with electric or max. of .25 engines ...

Never thought I´d have such difficulties purchasing said plans and I´m pretty well at ends trying to contact anybody from here in Switzerland.

Thanks in advance for your help,

regards

Charles Bruderer
Switzerland
[email protected]

jetfixr

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I don't know anything about the company you are trying to contact, but I know Precision Cut Kits sells the plans for it, and even short and full wood kits. I have never purchased from them, but I have contacted them on a few occasions, and they are always good to respond. Here is a link to the A-26. http://www.precisioncutkits.com/donsmith.htm Good luck.

Jeff

cbruder

Hi Jeff,

Thank you for your quick reply !!

I did send the e-mails ordering the plans to PCK (Harry Katona) but didn´t fill out the On-Line order forms :-(
Probably that´s why they didn´t aknowledged it as an order .... but at least they could´ve mailed me back ...

I just filled out an Online Form for the plans (incl. Payment-info) so I hope it "catches" this time :-)

Thanks again !!

Charles

jetfixr

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Sorry, I didn't realize you were talking about PCK. Hopefully it will work out for you this time. Good luck with it.

Jeff

cbruder

Hi Jeff,

Working on the wings already



But it was quite an expensive adventure with the drawings (damn swiss customs put an extra 38$ duty on the drawings !!), all together I paid ca. 150 $ for them ...

Just about the costs for the balsa ...

Well, it´s the last time I´ve ordered anything from the States for sure ....

Regards,

Charles

Eric Brathwaite

Hi Charles; Glad to see that you got your plans and finally got started. [sm=49_49.gif] How about starting your own thread and keep us posted.

Do not let the import duty get you down, [sm=thumbs_up.gif][sm=thumbs_up.gif]

cbruder

Hi Eric,

thanks for the kind words !!

Maybe I´ll start my own thread as well as soon as I get ahead a bit with building ... first of all I had to do a lot of alterations though regarding converting the plans to standard european (millimeter) material sizes ... [:@]

But you guys´ve really inspired me on this project with this chapter !!

Regards,

Charles

Ichy

That was quick! Glad to see another one taking shape!

cpt nj

Hey Ichy,
I sure hope that this is your page, I was having a problem finding it. Iv'e seen a few birds on this thread and they all look great ! I love airplanes
you just don't see all the time, awsome job you guys. Do you plan on taking that big girl off at the club or the Carson city airport ? he he he .

cpt nj

Hey guys any PROGRESS??????

Ichy

Hello Norm,

Sorry I missed your last post on 5/27! No progress here other than breaking in engines. One done, and am swtiching to another. Have them on a 80" Wild Hare Yak. I had to move my plane out of the shop I area I have at work, cause it is now filled with furniture from my daughter's home. I hope that situation will change, but it will probably not be for 4 to 5 months.

Hope you're still considering the Open House on the 31st.

Dan

Eric Brathwaite

Hi again Ichy; Sorry you got put out.[sm=crying.gif] Hope this does not set you back too long.


How about you Charles; How is your project coming along.[sm=72_72.gif] Let us see how much you've progressed

cbruder

Hi Eric, Hi guys !!

Thanks for your interest in my project !!

Been a very busy little bee since my last report ...

Finished the mid section wing frames and the frames for the engine pods, built the frame for the right wing, but my fingers were really itching to finally start on the fuse ...

Right now I´m attaching the formers of the starboard side of the fuselage, the port side is planked already ...

I´ve decided I´ll build the "C" version with the plexiglas nose cone ... thats why the "funny" cutouts on front of the fuse ...

A question to you good people ...
The 105" plans call for two .90 (15ccm) glow engines ... would there be a better engine size/type like gas engines for instance ... I´ve two new 38ccm gas engines with CDI ignitions but I´m afraid they might be just a touch too large ... any suggestions ??

As for landing gears ... I´m thinking of the EuroKit CRA/15226/000 pneum. set as they´re good for about a little over 15kg ...
These are practically the only available and fairly priced gears in my area ... the struts I can make myself ...
I like the Sierras a lot too, but they´re just too expensive plus swiss customs would have a field day with them before I´d get them ... [:@]

Regards,

Charles

The last pic shows this mornings work ... when all formers are glued in place I´ll pin the starboard side frame flat on the board too and start planking it tomorrow ...

Ichy

That is looking very nice Charles! Love the use of foam and lightening holes. Did you allow for the wing tube to go through the nacelles? That was left out on the plan.

cbruder

Thanks for the note Ichy !!

That was one of the first things I´ve seen on the plans ... it took a bit of measuring and figuring, but finally I got it right (I think ) ...

What was time consuming, was converting/adapting the inch measurements for the standard european material sizes (mm) specially for spruce and avionic quality ply, for instance 1/4" = 6,35mm (standard european sizes = 6-8-10, etc.. mm) so go figure ...[]

For the wing ribs I used 4mm lite-ply, that´s why the bunch of holes in them too, trying to keep the weight down as well ...

In the picture below, I just stuck a short piece of fenol tube through the formers to temporarily mount the engine pods just to see if I´ve screwed something up or not by measuring out their posititions ...

Eric Brathwaite

Hi Charles; How is your project comming along?[sm=confused.gif]
Say Dave, How long before you get started again?[sm=frown.gif]

cbruder

Hi Eric,

thanks for asking !!

For the little time (ca. 2-4 hours daily) I spend on building I think I´m getting ahead pretty well ...

Working on the tail section at the moment ... decided to build the horizontals to be removeable for easier transport ...

Fuse still needs a lot of work, but I just want to get the tail out of the way before I finish the fuse (final sanding and glassing)

I´ve just purchased two Magnum 108 engines (hope they´ll be strong enough with 3,5 HP each) but still looking for the pneumatic landing gears before I start again on the mid section of the wings and the engine pods ...

Eric Brathwaite

Hi Charles:
Have you found the landing gear yet? How is the project coming along? It's looking good up to now. Di you ever check out Ichys thread?
http://www.rcscalebuilder.com/forum/...269&PN=1&TPN=1

cbruder

Hi Eric,

have seen and been following Itchy´s thread for a while now ...

Getting along pretty well myself too, however still couldn´t find any gears ...
I´ve found some on the german E-Bay but somebody just snapped them (again) before I could grab them ...

Been at glasing and sanding all the main parts at the moment and hope to finish the project by coming spring ... there´s still a lot to do ... besides suffocating to death in the dust clouds ...[:'(]

Pics are about 2 weeks old, but looking better every day

wingspar

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Hi all. I've since moved to a smaller house with a much smaller garage. It would be a good year or so before starting on it again and I'm also concerned about doing this in my new small work area.

Thus, A guy in our club is going to finish it up and should be flying by next year. I'll post picks when its done.

Dave

cbruder

Hi Wingspar,

been there, still doing it and hoping for the T-shirt ...

My "workshop" is my single-car garage (for european cars, not Cadillacs !!) so I always keep bumping into myself while working ...
To assemble my plane, even to just see if the parts fit together, I have to carry every part outside separately and put them together practically on the street ...

At least my neighborhood is quite friendly, so they just try to keep the jokes, regarding me and my hobby, down to a tolerably mean level ...

Charles

Eric Brathwaite

Hi Wingspar:
Sorry that you won't be able to finish your build;[sm=disappointed.gif] will your club member be posting any photos of his work progress?
[sm=confused.gif]

Hi Charles:
How is your project coming along? Did you have any more luck with the landing gears? Your last photos looks pretty good [sm=thumbs_up.gif]