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RE: My A-10 Warthog Project - 6/28/2005 4:26:20 AM   
p47dman


 

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Status: offline 		Hi Paul, yours looks pretty darn good to me!!! Frame up looks great. Not long before you install the 30mm ammo, I have a few left if you'd like to borrow some
Dave.

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RE: My A-10 Warthog Project - 6/29/2005 12:52:34 AM   
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Look'in good there Paul...those are definatly some air brakes Ya got there!


Thanks Dean. Yeah, they'll slow'r down, that's for sure! I guess I'll need to limit the travel a bit.
By the way, I've passed on a lot your Hog building insights to fellow A-10 builders. Thanks again.

Paul



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RE: My A-10 Warthog Project - 6/29/2005 1:06:02 AM   
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Hi Paul, yours looks pretty darn good to me!!! Frame up looks great. Not long before you install the 30mm ammo, I have a few left if you'd like to borrow some
Dave.



Thanks Dave. A few of those 30mm rounds of yours would solve my tail-heavy problem! All kidding aside, I was amazed when I ran the numbers that even at 1/9th scale, those rounds would be over 1" long. At your scale they must be 2".

Paul

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RE: My A-10 Warthog Project - 7/17/2005 4:57:24 AM   
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Status: offline 		Aileron servo installation. First, I built two removable servo trays to side-mount the servos. Then, I built permanent trays to be glued in the wing.

Paul

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RE: My A-10 Warthog Project - 7/19/2005 9:08:49 PM   
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Status: offline 		Guys,

My A-10 project is coming along, too. It's about 1/10 scale so it's a bit smaller than the Miller, but is supposed to be powered by the same fans and engines. According to the plans, which were given to me with no designer listed, it is supposed to weigh 14.5 lbs when ready to fly. Not sure I believe it. The wingspan is 69.5". I has 706-ish sq. inches of wing area so my take is the wing loading is going to be high. In the picture, I haven't cut out the plywood nacelle rings because I haven't decided how to power it yet. If I put regular IC engines in the pods, the biggest prop I could get on is a 9". That's not going to work. Guess I could go Combat Models style... . The A-10 airframe is cool and I think it'll look good anyway it's powered. Thanks for the inspiration, guys!

Will

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RE: My A-10 Warthog Project - 7/19/2005 9:29:38 PM   
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Status: offline 		Not quite te A-10 minigun, but almost just as cool

Take a look at this:
http://www.big-boys.com/articles/iraqfootage.html

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RE: My A-10 Warthog Project - 7/20/2005 1:53:01 AM   
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Guys,

My A-10 project is coming along, too...

Will


Look's good, Will. Keep us posted on your progress.

Paul


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RE: My A-10 Warthog Project - 7/22/2005 12:58:17 AM   
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Status: offline 		Paul, these pics are not intended to hijack your excellent building thread, but I thought you could use them to keep you motivated as you continue to build yours. This is my George Miller A-10 just finished(still in primer) a couple months ago. Mine is powered with two Artes SuperBee turbines. It also has functional flaps, retracts, wheel brakes, full depth cockpit, operational canopy and working weapons pylons. I am waiting for the weather to cool down before I maiden her. After the maiden I will paint her in European green camo 23rd TFW.

John

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RE: My A-10 Warthog Project - 7/22/2005 2:17:49 AM   
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Status: offline 		Nice job there John. That size is easier to handle also. Mine have been hanging for two years now! Just too much trouble to take to the field without help. All my friends started running when they saw me comming their way!

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RE: My A-10 Warthog Project - 7/22/2005 3:08:32 AM   
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Paul, these pics are not intended to hijack your excellent building thread...



No problem at all, John. In fact, I'd like to see more, especially of the cockpit. I'll be working on that soon. What did you do for a pilot? So far, I haven't found something close to 1/9th scale. I was hoping for a full figure pilot. Anyway, your plane looks great. Very nice build.

Paul


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RE: My A-10 Warthog Project - 7/30/2005 5:29:38 PM   
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Status: offline 		John,
How did you make the Avenger cannon?

Thanks,
Doug

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RE: My A-10 Warthog Project - 9/3/2005 11:13:11 PM   
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Status: offline 		A wee bit more progress -- sheeting the nacelles. After cutting the 1/64" ply close to the final dimensions, I clamped one edge only and thin-CA'd that in place. I then rolled the ply a little further into the curve and CA'd that section. Finally, the outter edge gets clamped and CA'd. The last step was to cut away the excess ply around the edges.

Paul

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RE: My A-10 Warthog Project - 10/10/2005 12:10:58 AM   
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Status: offline 		Well, this project is certainly taking me into areas I have never been before. I wanted to make a canopy frame, so after a quick trip to the "Sratch Build" forum, I learned of a method using fiberglass cloth. I actually wanted to make in internal frame, but liked this idea for making an external frame as well, so that's what I did. I still want to make an internal frame, but haven't figured out how as yet.

The first step in this process is to wax the outside of the canopy. I still got some fogging afterward, but nothing that can't be buffed out. Next, you apply three layers of fiberglass cloth and resin (one at a time, of course). In hindsight, I either should have used heavier cloth or added another layer or two. My frame is quite thin, but maybe that's good for a jet. Still, you can see the thickness of the outside frame on a real A-10. After the third layer cures, you end up with a very nice fiberglass shell of your canopy. I sanded between layers to keep it as smooth as possible.

It turns out that the most difficult part of this whole process was transferring the frame outline from the pla