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10-12-2014, 01:08 PM
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Yea, Joe.
We tend to look at the world thru the entirety of our experience, even our hobby.
That's what's so cool about these build threads. We get to look thru someone else's eyes and broaden the world of our hobby.
I know so much more than I did looking thru others eye's. Grateful I am.
Kevin
We tend to look at the world thru the entirety of our experience, even our hobby.
That's what's so cool about these build threads. We get to look thru someone else's eyes and broaden the world of our hobby.
I know so much more than I did looking thru others eye's. Grateful I am.
Kevin
10-13-2014, 06:47 AM
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Yea, Joe.
We tend to look at the world thru the entirety of our experience, even our hobby.
That's what's so cool about these build threads. We get to look thru someone else's eyes and broaden the world of our hobby.
I know so much more than I did looking thru others eye's. Grateful I am.
Kevin
We tend to look at the world thru the entirety of our experience, even our hobby.
That's what's so cool about these build threads. We get to look thru someone else's eyes and broaden the world of our hobby.
I know so much more than I did looking thru others eye's. Grateful I am.
Kevin
10-13-2014, 04:52 PM
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Well nothing interesting to post tonight.
What I did do today is fill and prep the fuse. The entire fuse has a seal coat of resin on it and is ready to glass. WOOHOOOOO!!!
That makes it ready for gluing the tail feathers on. I might want to cover the feathers before gluing them down. Still pondering that. Will probably decide that over coffee in the morning.
Kevin
What I did do today is fill and prep the fuse. The entire fuse has a seal coat of resin on it and is ready to glass. WOOHOOOOO!!!
That makes it ready for gluing the tail feathers on. I might want to cover the feathers before gluing them down. Still pondering that. Will probably decide that over coffee in the morning.
Kevin
10-14-2014, 01:08 PM
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While sipping on my morning coffee. I decided to cover the tail feathers first then glue the tail group to the fuse.
While putting the covering on, it became apparent that was the right call
Once the glue dries I will fill and feather the joints and glass over them when fuse gets glassed.
Kevin
While putting the covering on, it became apparent that was the right call
Once the glue dries I will fill and feather the joints and glass over them when fuse gets glassed.
Kevin
10-14-2014, 03:24 PM
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Joe,
When I made the elevator and rudder. The hinge edges were made as a lamination. The hinge slots were put in before assembling the tail feathers.
Page 13, post 318.
Kevin
When I made the elevator and rudder. The hinge edges were made as a lamination. The hinge slots were put in before assembling the tail feathers.
Page 13, post 318.
Kevin
10-15-2014, 10:01 AM
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I missed that Keven! ,when it came to bigger planes i use the larger hinge points and just drilled a hole for them with a block of balsa glued behind for more to glue to,deaper hole . If its a choice between slotted hinges and hinge points iam going the easy rought and have never had one pull out. Either way the tail looks great but cant wait to see some color on her soon. joe
10-15-2014, 11:27 AM
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Thanks much Mike
Magwie, I'm using Solatex. It is the first time for me to use this. Mono Coat went on my other 2 builds.
Joe, I originally was going to use the hinge points. But when I came across this way to do hinging on another build I wanted to try it. I really like this way.
It takes a little prep work but the hinging is dead on. Another benefit is with the ply center sandwich. That laminated edge stays straight and is very strong.
The color thing has really got me flummoxed. Still have not come up with a paint scheme. I may default to the usual. But if I do that, as soon as the last coat is on a really cool scheme will come along and I will kick myself.
I am open to scheme suggestions. I'm not proud.
I have looked at 100's of planes and have only come up with this as something that might work.
Picking colors is not my nitch.
Kevin
Magwie, I'm using Solatex. It is the first time for me to use this. Mono Coat went on my other 2 builds.
Joe, I originally was going to use the hinge points. But when I came across this way to do hinging on another build I wanted to try it. I really like this way.
It takes a little prep work but the hinging is dead on. Another benefit is with the ply center sandwich. That laminated edge stays straight and is very strong.
The color thing has really got me flummoxed. Still have not come up with a paint scheme. I may default to the usual. But if I do that, as soon as the last coat is on a really cool scheme will come along and I will kick myself.
I am open to scheme suggestions. I'm not proud.
I have looked at 100's of planes and have only come up with this as something that might work.
Picking colors is not my nitch.
Kevin
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10-15-2014, 01:53 PM
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Thanks much Mike
Magwie, I'm using Solatex. It is the first time for me to use this. Mono Coat went on my other 2 builds.
Joe, I originally was going to use the hinge points. But when I came across this way to do hinging on another build I wanted to try it. I really like this way.
It takes a little prep work but the hinging is dead on. Another benefit is with the ply center sandwich. That laminated edge stays straight and is very strong.
The color thing has really got me flummoxed. Still have not come up with a paint scheme. I may default to the usual. But if I do that, as soon as the last coat is on a really cool scheme will come along and I will kick myself.
I am open to scheme suggestions. I'm not proud.
I have looked at 100's of planes and have only come up with this as something that might work.
Picking colors is not my nitch.
Kevin
Magwie, I'm using Solatex. It is the first time for me to use this. Mono Coat went on my other 2 builds.
Joe, I originally was going to use the hinge points. But when I came across this way to do hinging on another build I wanted to try it. I really like this way.
It takes a little prep work but the hinging is dead on. Another benefit is with the ply center sandwich. That laminated edge stays straight and is very strong.
The color thing has really got me flummoxed. Still have not come up with a paint scheme. I may default to the usual. But if I do that, as soon as the last coat is on a really cool scheme will come along and I will kick myself.
I am open to scheme suggestions. I'm not proud.
I have looked at 100's of planes and have only come up with this as something that might work.
Picking colors is not my nitch.
Kevin
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10-15-2014, 06:51 PM
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Joe,
Nice looking plane. And how fun to be flying off the water. Was it a kit ? Looks to be electric
It seems to be another stick skill to learn. The peril's of take off and landing seem like they would be ramped up a couple of notches.
Kevin
Nice looking plane. And how fun to be flying off the water. Was it a kit ? Looks to be electric
It seems to be another stick skill to learn. The peril's of take off and landing seem like they would be ramped up a couple of notches.
Kevin
10-15-2014, 07:26 PM
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Kevin colors and schemes has to be the hardest thing we do , trying to find something that don't look like all the rest. I went through that search and started looking at motor homes and found the colors that went together well and used them on my SW. I get a lot of wow's when others see it. A scheme is a lot easier to do if you have the colors you want to use.
No doubt your plane will look as good as the build you are doing, you have came a long way for a rookie, makes me wonder if you ever were.
Leroy
No doubt your plane will look as good as the build you are doing, you have came a long way for a rookie, makes me wonder if you ever were.
Leroy
10-15-2014, 08:14 PM
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Thanks, Leroy
I never thought about motor homes as resource for paint schemes. But come to think of it. It makes sense.
If I was tooling around the country in a MH. I think I would like to look sleek.
Kevin
I never thought about motor homes as resource for paint schemes. But come to think of it. It makes sense.
If I was tooling around the country in a MH. I think I would like to look sleek.
Kevin
10-16-2014, 05:46 AM
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I built it from Ivans plans ,its 100 inch wingspan 1940s short solent seaplane and electric ,weighs less than 8 pounds with the two lipo packs in the nose. Building one of Ivans planes is i building light lesson you will never forget and use the rest of your life. joe
10-16-2014, 07:14 AM
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Guess I will have to start thinking out of the box.
How's this for out of the box ?
Plane name : Betty's Purse. With images of 100 dollar bill's wafting down the fuse.
The only problem with that one is it would be extremely hard to pull off and look right. Not to mention I might get tired of looking at it.
Joe, Who is Ivan. Do you have a link ?
Kevin
10-16-2014, 07:59 AM
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I inherited a Goldberg Tiger 2 and was trying to brainstorm a scheme that was a little different. My grandson inspired me now it will be a two tone covering job with a graphic of Hobbs from Calvin and Hobbs comics crouching waiting pounce. I had 4 decals made two for the fuselage and two for the wings. When gets a little old he can fly it!
10-16-2014, 08:13 AM
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Sorry Keven you can find Ivans site and builds, videos further down and a huge thread about the master Ivan here by Luke Z http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=710485 FlyerinOKC i built about 5 of these cartoon planes(a Slowly) from free plans from my Germany out of dollar tree foam for my grandkids .lol Its fun to see them all up at once. Callie does great graffics fo planes and anything else very cheap so if either of you need custom stuff made up give her a email . My windows in my sea plane look real with the shading but they are from Callie .All the graffics for my plane was 28 bucks and worth every cent . joe http://www.callie-graphics.com/
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10-16-2014, 08:55 AM
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Mike, If you got a picture of that Tiger 2, do post ?
Joe, Thanks' for the link. Lots of gazing and chin scratching time for sure.
Will enjoy perusing the build threads of his planes.
Kevin
Joe, Thanks' for the link. Lots of gazing and chin scratching time for sure.
Will enjoy perusing the build threads of his planes.
Kevin
10-16-2014, 10:00 AM
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I need to finish it first. I was given a partially completed wing and fuselage and wing with the plans but no other parts. The tail feathers are stick built so no problem there and I was going to make a canopy out of balsa sheet. I have a used engine available so I'm covered there.
10-16-2014, 01:33 PM
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Yep plenty of reading and thinking going on on that thread . I have his larger twin ottter plan and its about half framed up and i hope to get the 84 inch wing span as light as his 6 pounds with batterys but its hard to build as light as him. Check out some of his planes weights and wing loadings it will blow your mind . joe
10-18-2014, 08:56 AM
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Well, I thought I was done sanding the fuse (accepting the fillet area). That is until I decided to attach the cowl. The cowl did not fit the rounds on the top of the fuse very well. It was snug on the top but the left and right rounds of the cowl were much bigger than the fuse. When I skinned the fuse I made sure not to sand any of the nose skin down till I got to this point. Well, did not mater. The other thing about the cowl is flimsy. It is strong in the corners but limp around the perimeter.
So had to do a lot of fill to make the cowl snug. Once it was snug I bolted the motor to the firewall and use the motor to center the cowl. Then fastened it to the fuse. Trouble was no matter how gently I snugged the screws ( wholes in cowl over sized) the cowl edge would pucker some where. So I decided to beef up the sides so they wouldn't pucker. I ended up gluing strips of 1/32 G10 to the sides of the cowl. This stiffened it up considerably. This was epoxied and clamped flat.
Then I decided I did not like the look of the cowl just slipping over the end of the fuse. I think this makes the cowl look like an after thought. The after thought look is magnified by the squarish bigger nose morphing into a round fuse. The planes collide instead of flow. So I decided to build a shoulder for the cowl to rest upon. This eased the colliding planes and made them flow better.
Once the cowl is opened up the engine standoffs will sit on washers that will put the trust plate proud of the cowl.
Here is a look at the shoulders.
Kevin
So had to do a lot of fill to make the cowl snug. Once it was snug I bolted the motor to the firewall and use the motor to center the cowl. Then fastened it to the fuse. Trouble was no matter how gently I snugged the screws ( wholes in cowl over sized) the cowl edge would pucker some where. So I decided to beef up the sides so they wouldn't pucker. I ended up gluing strips of 1/32 G10 to the sides of the cowl. This stiffened it up considerably. This was epoxied and clamped flat.
Then I decided I did not like the look of the cowl just slipping over the end of the fuse. I think this makes the cowl look like an after thought. The after thought look is magnified by the squarish bigger nose morphing into a round fuse. The planes collide instead of flow. So I decided to build a shoulder for the cowl to rest upon. This eased the colliding planes and made them flow better.
Once the cowl is opened up the engine standoffs will sit on washers that will put the trust plate proud of the cowl.
Here is a look at the shoulders.
Kevin
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10-18-2014, 01:23 PM
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Thanks, Joe.
I'm a fit and finished kinda guy. If it don't look fit and it isn't finished. Then send it back.
It would haunt me for it not to have been my best.
Kevin
I'm a fit and finished kinda guy. If it don't look fit and it isn't finished. Then send it back.
It would haunt me for it not to have been my best.
Kevin