horace315

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I got this model almost finished but, it had sat for 8 years between working with it. the man that started the build was an expert builder a genteel man and courteous fellow flier, for MR Davis. I will post photos of what I made finishing up the build.

horace315

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I went with bolt on wings with 1/4 nylon screws I reinforced the rear bulkhead under the wing with some 1/4 birch drilled and tapped .then used some 1/2x1/4 balsa stick and glued that on top of the wing mount. my aim wasn’t good on drilling but I managed to hit wood and good threads hardened with ca glue. when I covered the bottom and outer center of the wing I used the bolts to hold the wing square. I used a mixture of ultra coat and mono coat. the mono coat on the top. all of the trim is mono coat.i reinforced the front and rear wing with balsa and thin hard wood. also the hard wood pieces for the rudder are 1/8 I think it called for 1/16.i also beefed up the rudder post since I am going to epoxy the tale group in place. the front wing hold down has been doubled and tapped for 2 1/4 inch plastic screws. also I made a doublers for the engine mount and epoxied that in, if I ever do fly this I will use a .15 tt engine. I added a little weight, but wanted it to be a little tougher.

horace315

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photos

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I will post more photos if anyone is interested to see how it is coming. my daughter is making the decals out of monocot so whatever she adds at a time.

djr1007

Can't speak for all, but I'd love to follow along and watch your progress. It's how I learn and get better at building. I've got a long way to go, I'd eventually like to be good enough to do a scratch built scale.

horace315

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fuse coverd,side view

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the elevators, the rudder/ vertical and horz stabilizers I had to build from scratch.belive me 1/8 in x 1/16 is hard to work with, specially since I had to laminate them together. thank goodness the wingtips were already done on this model all I had to do was re glue some joints and light sand. I opted for slightly thicker wood for the rudder and added thicker cross braces for the wing. with the modifications to the bolt on wing and reinforced wing sections. I think I might have added about 4 oz's to this plane, and tried to keep everything in balance. I had to add 1/4 oz to one wingtip and that was before I covered the wing. I always try and let my children get involved with my builds. that in itself is all the reason for being in this sport. I would say overall this build is a royal pain in the but...but...it has been very challanging.this kit is an original Andy Clancy lazy bee short kit. I read about these airplanes and most people said don’t use monocot or this or that. I did the whole plane in ultracoat/monocoat mix and it wasn’t hard nor did it warp the wings. I did stiffen the wings from the original planes just a little but not that much in weight. and I put on the center section sheeting first then bolted the wing down in place, I think that helped with the covering job’s did almost the whole top/bottom with the wing installed.

horace315

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another post,it would appear that this model isnt a very populair one.i got the photos of the rear wing hold down and some of inside the fuse.i have yet to glue on the tale feathers.but the wing graphix are almost ready.this thing is something only a mother would love.i think if it fly's like a slow poke it should be fun at the field.i am adding a 4oz fuel tank and am beefing up the dash board inside because i have to take out about another 1/4 inch x 1 1/2 inches.it will have a doubler on the dash,since that is partial support for the wing hold down doubler.

Scar

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I'm following along, too! Thanks for posting the pictures and your writeup.

I have a big bee (with ailerons) still in the box that I bought from Andy before he hired on with the HobbyShack folks. This may inspire me to put it on the building board.

Best wishes,
Dave Olson

horace315

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here is some photos of the graphfix,im so proud of my daughter she did good on this one. covering with ultra coat as the base helped a lot in covering this model. all the cut outs are mono coat.i am going to have to finally glue the tale section I have made shims to align the horizontal stabilizer with the main wing. I am going to pin the rudder hinges with tooth picks they are dubro's pinned plastic type’s made my tale wheel spring out of some leftover piano wire I had laying around. I also reinforced the rudder post and tale wheel wire doublers. a little more weight but that part takes a pounding.

horace315

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here are the last few photos,and last post unless someone asked any questions thanks.

Scar

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Nicely done, both of you!

So, tell us about the flight characteristics!

Best wishes,
Dave Olson

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I wasn’t going to fly this airplane but my daughter is gnawing at the bit to try it out. I have an older os .15 that I will need to try to find a muffler for because it is one of the oldies that used the flapper over the exhaust. I have several servos to choose from hitec 80's and a 60 I will use for throttle. with a 4 oz tank this thing should fly for almost 20 minutes or better. I haven’t weighed it yet but I will after everything is installed. I will post and let you guys know how it fly’s have an idea it is going to fly like a slo-poke.thanks again.