sir crashallot

Well I recieved a Flair Harvard kit for a very very reasonable price from a chap on here, I will be documenting the build on here in the next few days i am waiting for my new battery for my digital camera to arrive then the build will begin.

Here are a few specs of the Flair Harvard

Specification
Span: 1675 mm (66")
Weight: 2.3 - 3.2 kg (5 - 7 lb)
Radio: 4 Channel
Engines: .30 - .46 2 stroke
.40 - .60 4 stroke
Length: 1070 mm (42")
Wing Area: 41dm2 (634 in2)
Tail Area: 7.8 dm2 (120 in2)

Kit Contents
Die cut parts
Strip and sheet wood
Aluminium cowl
Canopy and pilot figure
Mouldings
Wheels
Fuel Tank
Horns
Hardware
Fully detailed plans and instructions

Centre of Gravity Position.
90 - 100 mm back from the wing centre section leading edge.

Control Surface Throws.
Ailerons - 10 mm up, 8 mm down approx.
Elevators - 16 mm each way
Rudder - 35 mm each way

Ps if you have built one of these or have a detailed photo then please do upload some into this thread as they will be helpfull
and also if you have any ideas or advice then do coment and put your thoughts forward on here to me

spaceworm

I flew a full scal T-6 done in Blue Angels colors. I have fotos and video of that experience if you wish to see them. If for any reason you elect NOT to build this plane and care to sell it tome, please let me know.

Regards,

Richard/SPACEWORM/ARCAV8R/Saito Club 635

sir crashallot

any pictures will be more then welcome, feel free to post them here. iv got allot of ideas i want to put into this model and i need lots of good photos for reference. im being held up with the build as im still waiting for the new battery for my digital camera to arrive from hong kong.just hope it arrives this side of xmass. the kit was sort of a present from my girlfriend. we both chipped to for it but she said its for me so i havent got the heart to sell it especialy when she wants to see me build it. But yeah any photos you have lease do post them on here

sir crashallot

well after checking out the plans, i am going to have to do some seriouse mods to get the retracts to work, the plan shows not a thing about retracts, and if i want them in the scale location il have to seriousley mode the center section and also the fus. This is however not going to put me off the idea but i will be making some very big adjustments to the model and i simply cant wait. just wish the dam batery would hurry up[:@]

sir crashallot

Well the build has started.

heres the pics from the first step of the planes construction in sequence, it is the tank box.

as you can see from the pictures, i reinforced the tank box by fitting some tri stock balsa to the inner edges and the outer edges were applicable.

i have the fuselage sides sat doubled up under pressure waiting to dry, i also have part 6 which is a former under the press with both parts 7 also drying. once dry i will comence with the assembly of the fuselage.

incedently i have created alittle press by using 2 2ft by 2ft sheets of wood and just plonked my band saw ontop to weight the whole thing down. that should see them come out nice and string and straight.

planebuilder66

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Hmmm, that tank compartment seems small, or you have gorilla hands?! So any other progress.

sir crashallot

got ALITTLE (now thats a rare word for me in this situation) work done, the tank box is small but quite long it is 170mm loong and 60mm x 65mm square. il put another couple of pics up in a short while.

sir crashallot

well i fraimed up the front of the fus which was suprisingly quite a fast process. i have also managed to build one rear half of the fus, it is built up in a traditional way using lots of stringers. i have alot of photos to upload in a few minutes so these will show how well the build is going[8D]

sir crashallot

and some more

sir crashallot

well now starting work on the other half of the fuselage side. hopefully in the next 2 hours i will have 2 sides almost identical.

ArrowNaughtic

You are certainly getting after it sircrash.............
Love the pics and am watching this thread with interest.


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spaceworm

At the rate you are building this plane, I don't see how you could have time to get "...ALITTLE.." But you are doing a great Job and keep the build fotos coming. I am looking for my T6 "Blue Angels" full size fotos to send along. It was a few years ago, but I never throw anything like that away; I just can't find them right away sometimes.

Best regards for a Merry Christmas to You and Yours.

Sincerely,

Richard

sir crashallot

thanks guys the coments are appreciated too. iv managed to buikld the other side of the fus at the rear, im just in the process of fitting the two rear halfs together over the plan and inserting the top and bottom braces. once thats set up il be able to join the rear half to the front some time tonight and get some more formers onto the airframe. its quite a quick build if you have some experiance with these kits. i do allot of scratch designing so i find things like this intresting. will put some more pictures up later for you all

spaceworm

Hi, could the plane be scratch built just from the plans? If so, I would like a copy of the plans after you have finished, or anytime for that matter. I am happy to pay reasonable reproduction costs. Even smaller scale copies would be ok as I can scan, put into CAD and print to any size I need. Thanks and good job on the build. Do take time to get "... ALITTLE..." to keep everthing in balance. :-)

sir crashallot

well the plans are just diagrams, there are ful size drawings of the rear of the fus but none of the front section, and i also have full size plans for the wing...... BUT i kept all the part sheets so i could reproduce formers and sides to the fuz and all the wing ribs, the only thing that will be slightly tricky is the fact the lightning hole push outs would have to be placed over the drawing template for the new parts and then traced around. i also have a spare ali cowl and half a spare set of plastic vac formed parts and a spare cannopy and a set of origional flair wheels and under cariges, so in theory if i remade the parts i could build another full model if of coarse i bought all the wood to do so.

Now what i want to do is make a mold of the cannopy and cowl so i could reproduce the part if needed in the future same goes for all the plastics. If you are intrested i could in fact draw up an inventory of all the parts required on paper and i have a spare set of plans minus one sheet out of the 7 sheets. but with the one that is missing i could scan the one i got with this kit. it is a shame this kit is no longer available and if you or anyone else is intrested i may be able to reproduce the cowl in fiberglass, but someone else would have to reproduce the canopy.
so if intrested i could once molds have been made provide you with plans an inventory of parts you need to trace out onto the wood. and just maybee a set of vac form parts. u/c if you needed that too unless your fitting retracts like i am.
PM me and we can talk further if you like

spaceworm

Here are the pics of the T-6 I flew. Also check my PM to you on your T-6 Build

Regards,
Richard

sir crashallot

some great photos there pal, bet it was an experiance of a lifetime. the link also lead to a fair few photos that will be helpfull when i decide what cheme she will be painted in thanks for those bits of info spaceworm.

sir crashallot

here ya go, todays work and thats it for me, il be giving the plane a rest now till tomorow time to work on another project to the left of the harvard in the photo

planebuilder66

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Got anything else done? This seems like a turtle pace for you!

sir crashallot

got quite abit done actualy, il have to upload the pics tomorow, about 30 of them if not more.

so far rear outer formers have been fitted and all the stringers are now in place. oh yeah the front of the fus has all its stringers also in place, the turtle deck has had its formers fitted also aswell as the single stringer ontop of the spine.

tomorows plan, sheet the fus and start with the tail and fin, the hard part and longest part of this build is going to be the center section, thats going to be one hell of a job to fit retracts to. it will have to be redesigned and most likely new ribs cut for the entire center section, then that can be fitted to the fus and fastend and glued in place, then it will be the wing pannels port and star board to build, slight mods to them but its just a case of making them removable from the fixed center section.

sir crashallot

heres just some of the progress theres more after these 12

sir crashallot

and some more

sir crashallot

well there will be no progress tonight, but hopefully il be able to get some work done tomorow night on the texan.

sir crashallot

well over the xmass period iv done bits here and there, got some sheeting done but had to take half off again as it didnt go to plan. started the center section to be able to modify it for the retracts. will put pics up in a short while

buz2au

G’day Crash.

I picked up a full kit on eBay, the fuse was half built but had some damage to the stick work of the back half & had to be stripped back to the front section. I’m going to bash it into a CA16 Wirraway, with retracts, so I’m very interested in how you did yours. I’ll post pics when I get some work done on it, but at the moment the project is on hold for the next month or so. I'll be watching how you go with yours so keep reporting progress & posting picks.

Cheers Buz.