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RE: Blue Angel - Build - 5/3/2006 9:38:28 PM   
ramcfarland



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Status: online 		Now thats cheating! With the excellent kit parts and your way excellent wood working evident I guess its OK to go with foam cores .( I assume it is a full kit for your "Blue Angel"build. another question any planed finish technique for the wing yet ?

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RE: Blue Angel - Build - 5/3/2006 10:11:19 PM   
8178



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Status: online 		I have the wing tip and root tracing from Ron’s kit so I could have projected the ribs and do the built up wing but the foam wing will be a lot stronger and lighter.

I plan to MonoKote the wing so it will be covered with light 1/16” balsa glued on with Southern’s Sorghum contact cement. The center section will be glassed and painted with MonoKote paint. The process results in a very light and strong wing.

When I do painted wings I glue the 1/16” balsa on the wings with epoxy otherwise the balsa seams will eventually show through the finish but that is not a problem when using MonoKote.


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RE: Blue Angel - Build - 5/4/2006 4:33:32 PM   
Jim_Purcha



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Status: online 		Actually Richard if you read through the entire thread, Mike is building this Blue Angel from scratch using a copy of plans from an original kit. How's your Tiger Tail coming along?

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RE: Blue Angel - Build - 5/5/2006 9:49:09 PM   
8178



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Awesome work by Tony Howard!

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RE: Blue Angel - Build - 5/5/2006 10:41:07 PM   
ramcfarland



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Status: online 		HI J P ::Its coming out nice was just out in back with the wing doing a finish sand before fiberglasing the center section followed by a piece of Sig Ultra lite glass top and bottom . The fuselage is getting prepped for final coat of "Klass Kote"brand 2 part epoxy primer--sprayed--primer before paint. Well this is a "Blue Angel thread and a GREAT one

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RE: Blue Angel - Build - 5/5/2006 10:41:27 PM   
8178



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Status: online 		I could hardly wait to do some rough cutting of the canopy and trial fitting. I somehow avoided cutting my fingers in my excitement! It is really looking like a Blue Angel now!

The canopy started out as a flat .030 sheet of special high impact strength PET-G made by Vivak. It is tough as nails! I put some 15% nitro fuel in the cupped area of a scrap piece and it has absolutely no affect on the plastic.

To be continued…



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RE: Blue Angel - Build - 5/6/2006 5:35:19 AM   
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Status: online 		Here's the pdf on the material: http://www.sheffieldplastics.com/web_docs/8248SHF_VI_DS.pdf
This is one tough canopy.
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The canopy started out as a flat .030 sheet of special high impact strength PET-G made by Vivak. It is tough as nails! I put some 15% nitro fuel in the cupped area of a scrap piece and it has absolutely no affect on the plastic.



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RE: Blue Angel - Build - 5/6/2006 8:18:44 AM   
vasek



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Status: offline 		Great nose-job!

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RE: Blue Angel - Build - 5/6/2006 10:50:23 PM   
8178



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Status: online 		More checking the shape of the nose pieces under the canopy before gluing.

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RE: Blue Angel - Build - 5/6/2006 10:52:19 PM   
8178



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Status: online 		Gluing the nose blocks that are located under the canopy.

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RE: Blue Angel - Build - 5/6/2006 10:56:08 PM   
8178



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Status: online 		After the glue was set I did a lot of sanding to shape the nose and the area under the canopy. I need to do more trimming on the canopy now that the wood is taking shape.

In these views the fuselage is just sitting on the uncovered wing cores and they are missing 1 ¾” on the trailing edge, ¼” on the leading edge, and of course the wing tips.

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RE: Blue Angel - Build - 5/6/2006 10:59:01 PM   
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Status: online 		The horizontal stab tips were glued on, planed and sanded to shape.

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RE: Blue Angel - Build - 5/7/2006 2:31:03 AM   
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Status: offline 		I feel so unworthy when I see the quality of your work. It is truly art in balsa.

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