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I am begining the start of my Byron Corsair build. I am in no rush, have lots to fly this year, but will build hopefully on a steady basis. The fuselage has been sanded and washed. The wheel wells have been cut out, as well as the two access hatches in the bottom. Right now I am playing with the retracts. I have an older set that fit pretty good, however some repairs are needed. They are good for fitting in the landing gear supports. First issue is they will mount good, but they will not be able to be removed. The rotating nuckle at the front end will cause an issue to remove, due to the tight fit. I will remove some of the landing gear rail, so I can remove the gear, for maint and repairs. After installation I will reinforce the rail.
Thanks guys for posting. Spent a bit of time working on the rails, drilling and mounting the gear. This will all be put together inside the fuselage. I thought that rough aligning now, would save me time when I actually install the formers. I also removed the plywood at F3 for the landing gear strut, before it is installed. Still more to do before I glue it in. I was thinking on using GOOP glue to secure it all, then glass it over after it is set. I have posted a few pictures.
More progress this evening. I managed to get F2 into location. Took a bit of fiddling around but got it in, now resting on the leading edge support rods. needed to trim a bit at the outer corners due to the resin build up. Inserted the gear and rails and inserted F3. Was a bit of twisting, bending, but managed to get it in. No glue as of yet and I will tell you, what a solid structure. When she is all glued and glassed on the inside, should be a pretty solid structure. Begining to look like a Corsair with it resting on the gear
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Back in the day we attached all wood formers by rough sanding the area and used 3/4 oz fiberglass cloth and wicked medium ca. We used this method on all the byron planes from warbirds to jets in fact I still have my original f16 that has so many flights I stoped counting and never had a joint failure. Ibuilt the plane in 1982.
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Looking good so far, keep up the good work. I'll be watching this thread with great interest. I picked up a mint Byron Corsair kit and retracts about 6 months ago here on RCU. I just finished up a Byron P-51, maiden flight will be this spring. I'm working on finishing up some other projects and probably will start on the Corsair after that.
I am planning on using a G-62 for power. My intensions are to epoxy and glass a donut ring in the front of the fuselage. The attach a firewall to that. This would alow me to remove the firewall, engine, fuel system and servo. These items will be attached to the back of the firewall, for easy access. I hope to tack in former F2 this evening, then glass the inside for strength.
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Definitely the way to go. I did something similiar on my P-51. I can pull the tank from the front and I added a hatch for radio access under the scoop. The thought of accessing the tank and radio gear thru the canopy was a no-go for me. Besides, I did a full cockpit interior. I've seen several Corsairs fly with a G-62, it's a great combo.
Did some work on the corsair tonight. Glued in F2 with the GOOP and the firewall ring that the firewall will be attached to. Also worked on the double servo trays. Checked them for size, and had to open them up a bit for the servo's I am using. I also took this opportunity to drill the screw holes out, so installation will be easier when they are installed. I was also looking at the mounting rails, trying to figure out how to get the wires from the servo's inside the fuselage to plug into the receiver. I will drill a hole on the double servo tray before installing so this will not be an issue.
Craig
< Message edited by Canuck1 -- 1/15/2008 6:16:38 AM >
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Craig, you will have that bird finished before I'm done with my 47
Nice work so far. What is the "goop" you are refering to? Take it you are not epoxing the formers in place?
Gee just had a look at the Iron Bay website where they have it listed. A lot of $$$ though would rahter one of those then the TF GS Corsair I have sitting on top of the cuboard. hmmmm
anyway I have so many projects to do I will have to be content with what I have already. Then again I could sell the TF kit, I can reuse the Robart retracts I already have. mutter mutter mutter
Goop is a glue that I am using to secure the wood to the inside of the fuselage. I will glass with polyester resin on the inside to give it adequate strength. I was thinking on the TF Corsair, doing folding wings and stuff. but then came across the Byron.
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