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The one I saw was oly framed up, not covered

GalenB

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According to the letter that accomponied the photo of the framed up DV there was another 200% scale version out there... The one pictured here must be it...

FYI -- I have a DV ARF with a 91FX. It's a great flier, but it's hard to transport and since I have moved up to gassers it doesn't get flown much anymore...

SALMONBUG

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A double sized DV with a jetcat on the back could be a wonderfull jet trainer..........

SALMONBUG

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I made some stock work on my DV today and I also filled the triangular gap between the wing and the cowl using some scrap and filler

here are 2 more views of the cowl

I like what I see growing on the building board, any way you build a plane, bashing it or not the most important is to be happy and proud of your work

SALMONBUG

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open all the panels to perform some final inside amenagements and fuel proofing job is a task for a master builder

Strykaas

That is a basic question but which varnish/paint do u use ? It's always interesting to find alternative solutions ...

Personaly, I use G4 Polyurethan 1-component varnish (a Soloplast product) : fuel resistance is amazing but it STIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINKS, and is a little bit expensive...

SALMONBUG

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thined epoxy........, fuel proofing garantee

in the case of this plane, because the exhaust is on top, the wheel wells and nose gear aera will receive a very thin coat to save weight. the engine bay and tank bay a normal one

Mike Wiz

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Thanks for the compliment!

Remember, some of the photos in this thread (those showing retracts) belong to Salmonbug and not me.

It took me about two weeks of spare time to frame it up, but I'm not the world’s fastest builder....... If you just follow the written directions you'll do fine. I didn't find any place in the construction process that was tricky....or required any more explanation than the manual gave.

I would recommend that you make sure you have a large area to work. As you might be able to see in the photos the DV overhung my work bench (a 36" door). This is covered in the directions and they even mention that it will overhang.

I did have a bit of a flat spot where the center panel sheeting met the LE sheeting. This is where it attaches to the main spar. I used some filler and a 10"x4" sanding block to get a smooth curve it that area.

Wiz

SALMONBUG

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this is a pic I took when I was instaling the race expander and the external hhokup of the eagletree stuff, lot of wires and pneumatic lines in that bird

SALMONBUG

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I would recommend that you make sure you have a large area to work. As you might be able to see in the photos the DV overhung my work bench (a 36" door). This is covered in the directions and they even mention that it will overhang.









Yes this is a "problem". I took the oportunity my wife was on hollliday for 3 days with the kids to make the basic airframe on the kitchen's table. Altough I builded a 1/3 spacewalker on it my bilding board was too small !!!

The balsa dust in the kitchen when my wife came back induced a diplomatic incident but I have been able to manage it [>:]

SALMONBUG

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at least I received everithing to finish my DV, here are the wingtips "vortex" style that Bruce Rough cut especialy for me

Mike Wiz

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Those wingtips look fantastic! Do you think they will be fragile?

Wiz

SALMONBUG

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Well, Bruce pointed out the fact that they aren't designed too droopy in order to keep a reasonable ground clearance during flair. He manufactured them in strong balsa

Strykaas

My feeling is that these wing tips are going to be a pain in the *ss to cover... What are your plans SalmonBug ?

SALMONBUG

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well, I already covered several times concave surfaces without any problem. I know it may look difficult, but just use the standard method of a ironing tool working with low eat first and it's piece of cake

SALMONBUG

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Wiz,

About the wingtips, I would like to say also that altough it's my idea to fit the DV with this style of wingtips, they aren't coming out of my imagination. This style of wingtips fit the SIG wonder and the BTE super flying king. Both of those planes are designed by Bruce Tharpe, I simply add the idea to ask Bruce to resize them to fit the DV

For some of my planes I builded them myself. It's a frustrating job, but it's not very difficult. With standard tools it's a one day carving and sanding procedure to make flawless ones

SALMONBUG

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as I expected, ironing those wingtips was a piece of cake as soon you work slowly with a small ironing tool at low temp and a sock on it !

I made a last minut mod on my DV wich I think could interest fellows instaling a retract. Because of the position of the tank behind F2, the fuel lines are very long. I first instaled standard size fuel lines convicted this would be sufficient and that the lost of energy in the tubing would remain unsignifiant. A PM from the valuable member strykass pointing out the potential problems makes me think about it for 2 weeks. I took the oprtunity that the tank access was still easy to change my mind and change standard fuel lines for extra thick one held in place on the tank brass tubing with clips

rajul

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Salmonbug, I am enjoying this thread. Keep up the good work !

SALMONBUG

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I believe that at this time of the ironing and painting work it's judicious to permanently install and make a final check of the gear and to also install elevons and rudderr sevo before covering the top . I'll do that tomorrow and after that I will lay the plane aside for the rest of the week. In fact we have the major belgian static RC airplane show on saturday and sunday. every years I display half a dozen of my airplanes and this yaer my DV will be in the batch. It's interesting for peoples new in models or simply visiting to be able to see how it's done inside. I will teporarly install engine, prop, spiner and fins also.....

I duno what hapened to the colors of this pic, but the blue is much more dark, it's navy blue

SALMONBUG

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I don't have a lot of time to build for the moment, but saturday we have a rc airplanemajor static exposition here in belgium. The only DV in belgium will be there of course, so I temporarly mounted engine and fins

this is how it will be displayed

note the rcu logos, prove that this airplane has been comonly builded by fellows sharing knowledges

Strykaas

Is it the Wavre show ?

I must admit this aircraft, which is slowly approaching the maiden, has a quite unusual appearance. I think you've really turned it into a curiosity : delta wing + retracts + three blade prop + airspeed sensors ... What a look !

OS engines, RCU, Tru turn, Bruce Tharpe Engineering, ... what 's the lastest one ? EagleTree ? You've forgottent Graupner (the propeller/rc gear) ! And Robart ? Oh yes, they do not deserve it, I remember someone told us their valves tend to leak ...

SalmonBug, how did you make that RCU sticker ? Printed with a PC-based color printer or something more professional ?

SALMONBUG

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I made the stickers with my credit card

rajul

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ROFLMAO ! That's what I call Theory of Relativity

SALMONBUG

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I am preparing my planes for the exposition and I introduce you a price winner. Last year the barbie somethin extra received "the award of the public 2003" at the exposition. You see, no need to spend a lot of money to build static winners, juste listen to your childs and make theire dream become reality

SALMONBUG

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I have to admit, that a delta vortex look a bit ridiculous when displayed under the wing of a 23 Ft wingspan super constelation [X(]