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Great pictures!! And you are doing a teriffic job? My progress has been slow lately. I do have the tail and fuselage glassed so I am coming. Also made the removal horizonal stabilizer detachable. Have you used a servo to make your tail wheel steerable? I have been trying to think of a good way to do this but none of my ideas seem good. I probably should have thought about this much earlier but I guess I thought that maybe I could get by with a free wheeling tail wheel. Now that I think more about it. It does not seem like a good idea. Do you or any of the others watching this thread have any good pictures or ideas to post?
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Joined: 1/28/2006 From: Canyon Country, CA, USA Status: offline
Hi Bob,
Good to hear your making progress, .....any progress is good progress. Free wheeling would be a scary thing. I modeled my tail wheel after the full sized one. there are cables coming out the back end for steering control, they attach to the rudder servo just inside of the rudder cable going to the rudder in a pull-pull configuration I'm using flex push rod housing at the exits for anti-chaf duty The second photo shows a similar setup on a DO27 model. Third is SIMCO's tail wheel setup with a single push rod control from post #46
Hope that helps, look forward to seeing other Ideas
Scott
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Joined: 1/28/2006 From: Canyon Country, CA, USA Status: offline
Completed the major painting portion of the program. I found at the local hobby store some Metal Masters Paint labled "Burnt Iron" that simulates the titianium exhaust ducts very nicely, has a coppery color to it. Now its on to electronics and power plant integration.
Thats excellent marnochs - looks very sharp. I have been saving all the pics you have posted. I am waiting for some 6ft flat grain 1/2 X 1/4 and 1/4 X 1/4 white spruce to arrive then I can get going on the wing. I may put a new bench together first though.
Have you weighed it yet? Is your horizontal and/or vertical built so that you can remove them?
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Joined: 4/9/2003 From: Bridgewater , VA, USA Status: offline
Hi Marnochs..
A while a go I built and successfully flew a 9.5 ft all aluminum Pilatus...Your Pilatus looks fantastic!! Is the best one I have seen, You are tempting me to build another one!! ..I have a constructive comment....Knowing well the full size Pilatus, I hope you DO NOT leave those nasty looking wheels which will spoil the looks of such a beautiful machine you have built. Big wheels and small rims gives the Pilatus its very distinctive look!!
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Joined: 1/28/2006 From: Canyon Country, CA, USA Status: offline
Hi allmetal plane,
Thanks for the compliment, if you have any suggestions on where to get/buy 6 inch wheels with small hubs, I'm all ears. The Sullivan Skylites were the closest I found so far, and alot better looking than plastic hub wheels. The 6 inch wheels are 1/5 scale of the Goodyear 11.00x12 (32 inch diameter) main wheel tires the fullsize Porter uses.
Progress on the wings - have aileron and flaps hooked up and operating, installed pins in hinges per plans. Carved out a Pitot pickup about the right size and mounted it next to the flap cover, now I just have to be carefull not to break it off. I configured the engine choke to be manually opererated by opening the front passenger door and pulling the upper line in the picture. I'm using Graupner connectors with molded sockets (very secure connection)
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