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RE: Another Cuda Build - 8/7/2006 1:40:11 AM   
ibow24


 

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Status: offline 		Here a couple pics of the twins mocked up one final time before finishing.
There is very little left to do on both the planes other than final sanding and covering / painting.
hopefully I can start covering by next weekend.

Steve

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RE: Another Cuda Build - 8/7/2006 2:44:02 AM   
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Status: offline 		looking good,

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RE: Another Cuda Build - 8/21/2006 1:06:49 AM   
ibow24


 

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Status: offline 		Today I did all the paint work for both Cuda's. What a long day. Well, not all of it. Everything was primered and sanded and ready for color before today. 6 Different colors plus clear.
The orange/black/sliver and white is for my Cuda. The Red/black/yellow is for my friends Cuda.
I really hate painting and I'm glad it's out of the way. Now on to Covering.
Mine is going to wait. My friend is anxious to start flying his. I promised mid August and already missed that soooo.
anyway, here are some pics. That dining room table comes in handy.

Steve



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RE: Another Cuda Build - 8/21/2006 1:59:13 AM   
Flyin Woodbutcher


 

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Status: offline 		OOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHH looks smotth and sliky. But you know that the painting is the easy part , the prep is the beotch.

Kent

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RE: Another Cuda Build - 8/21/2006 10:57:31 PM   
ibow24


 

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Status: offline 		ok..I hate painting and prep. Too much mixing and gun cleaning and clean-up during the paint part too.

Here is a picture of my cowl and wheel pants with the graphics on. In case you didn't guess by the orange black and white scheme
this is a Harley Davidson themed Cuda.
Instead of a DA50 I'm putting a 96 cu. in. Harley V-twin in it. Should pull it well but weight will be an issue.
the graphics are from Bryan Zang at Aero Graphix.

Steve

I wasn't going to post any pictures until it was complete but I think it looks pretty cool soooooo



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RE: Another Cuda Build - 8/21/2006 11:39:55 PM   
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Steve,

That's really cool Hard to picture the Harley theme, until now great job

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RE: Another Cuda Build - 8/22/2006 2:33:45 AM   
ibow24


 

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Status: offline 		thanks Ward,
Still not 100 % sure of the final design for the covering part but hopefully it will all come together nice.

Steve

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RE: Another Cuda Build - 8/22/2006 2:44:51 AM   
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Status: offline 		Looking great Steve. Will you have it done for the Shawnee Imac in Sept? I got to fly Rob's Cuda at the Milford contest. You will LOVE this plane.

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RE: Another Cuda Build - 8/22/2006 3:11:09 AM   
ibow24


 

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Status: offline 		I doubt mine will be finished. I got to finish the other one first so now that the paint work is done mine is on the back burner while I finish the other.

what date in September?

Steve

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RE: Another Cuda Build - 8/22/2006 3:48:08 AM   
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RE: Another Cuda Build - 10/4/2006 2:09:19 AM   
ibow24


 

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Status: offline 		Well, it took awhile. Funny how life gets in the way sometimes. Anyhow, I finally got my friends Cuda covered.
Now it's just matter of installing the hinges, servos, hardware etc.

here's a quick pic of the covered plane. Not a great picture..but I wanted to show the covering.
the next entry will have a couple pics of engine and "control room" along with some finished shots.

Steve


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RE: Another Cuda Build - 10/4/2006 6:59:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		In what order did you cover your friends fuselage - Red, Yellow then back? Or did you start on the bottom and work up?

Thanks,
Joe

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RE: Another Cuda Build - 10/4/2006 7:55:34 PM   
ibow24


 

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Status: offline 		normally I would start at the bottom and go up but because of the black stripe I did the yellow bottom , red top and then the black stripe last.
If I did the black before the red, the black would have shown through the red where they overlap.
The yellow on the bottom and sides is one piece. I started on the bottom side the fuse and just ironed and stretched a little up around both sides.
It's sort of a pain but looks nice than using 3 different pieces.

hope that helped

Steve

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RE: Another Cuda Build - 10/5/2006 7:58:36 PM   
ibow24


 

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Status: offline 		got all the control surfaces hinged and installed yesterday. This weekend I should get most of the final assembly done.

Steve

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RE: Another Cuda Build - 10/11/2006 12:52:34 AM