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"DON SMITH " B-17'S? - 12/26/2003 4:48:07 AM

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wanting to see any and all don smith b-17's in any stage of being built, come on guys lets see those big birds....

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RE: "DON SMITH " B-17'S? - 12/27/2003 3:51:19 AM

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Check out rcscalebuilder.com. They have a real nice B-17 build underway by a guy nic-named Heavy Date. Its in the forum for Don Smith Plans. Its a beautifull job and has to be seen to be believed.

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RE: "DON SMITH " B-17'S? - 1/3/2004 6:42:26 AM

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check out my club websight www.condorsrc.com for pics of a b17 build. this plane is 5 yrs old with 310 flts. uses g23s robarts 16-8 3-blade graupners. flies great. tough to transport. flew in halftime at top gun. great bunch of guys.only problem encountered was strength of tailwheel assembly. glad to answer any questions.

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RE: "DON SMITH " B-17'S? - 2/1/2004 1:33:31 AM

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Here is my start on the fuse..Im doing it a diffrent way as you can tell...That is a 1.25inch tube that each former is slid onto..It cannot be crooked..Works great..I redrew each former on a cheepy cad program from office depot and then printed and cut Michael

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RE: "DON SMITH " B-17'S? - 2/3/2004 5:28:23 AM

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And here are my work horses..OS 91 fs with the pump.Notice the long exhaust pipe..That will go down the side of the nacs and exhaust to the rear..Michael

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RE: "DON SMITH " B-17'S? - 2/7/2004 4:41:02 AM

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Here is a picture of the formers on the 1.25inch sq. tubing and then squaring them up..Michael

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RE: "DON SMITH " B-17'S? - 2/8/2004 6:06:23 AM

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Just one more shot..Michael

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RE: "DON SMITH " B-17'S? - 2/8/2004 6:17:06 AM

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B17mik,

Interesting idea and looks great. Just curious, do you plan to remove the tube or will it stay in place?

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RE: "DON SMITH " B-17'S? - 2/8/2004 7:06:42 AM

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No ..the tube will go because it is solid steel..If you look at each former,there is three 1\4 inch spokes and those will be cut out and then the tube will slide out.But i will do this after a good part of the fuse is sheeted..Michael

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RE: "DON SMITH " B-17'S? - 2/8/2004 8:16:01 AM

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Yeah, I guess its not a good idea to leave solid steel in there, lol...I guess I assumed it was a light aluminum tube. Great idea though...would be interested in following your progress.

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RE: "DON SMITH " B-17'S? - 2/11/2004 2:28:52 AM

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Here is a shot at where I am on the wing..Ill keep updating on this project as soon as there is something to report..Michael

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RE: "DON SMITH " B-17'S? - 2/13/2004 2:03:56 AM

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Here is a shot on how the engines will fit..Looks like the valve cover will be outside the cowl by just a bit

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RE: "DON SMITH " B-17'S? - 2/15/2004 2:53:26 AM

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Another shot. The waist gun area ,I wanted to do extra special,so I created true scale formers as on the real airplane with my CAD program..It is easy to draw the circles you need ,You just need to know the deminsions to scale..Anyway when you lookinto the window ,it will look a lot better than leaving the plan formers in there.. Michael

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RE: "DON SMITH " B-17'S? - 2/23/2004 4:42:12 AM

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here is the way that I did the tail wheel assembly I hope someone is interested in this..Michael

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RE: "DON SMITH " B-17'S? - 2/23/2004 2:41:45 PM

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mike im very interested in your build, anyway you could send me the cad drawings for the formers like yours on a disk? planning on building my smith b-17 sometime this summer, thanks donnie in texas

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