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McCuddens SE5a - 3/5/2008 6:06:57 PM   
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Status: offline 		Well, I've started working on this again after a year. It is a 1/4 scale Dennis Bryant SE5a and sold by Bob Holman plans. I am using a Roto35 for power. I'll be starting the wings next which is really the last major thing to build. Everything else is finishing details which there are a ton of. McCudden shot down an LVG and had the spinner put on his SE5a for those of you who don't know the history. The Dennis Bryant plan shows the Worseley Viper engined version but I am making the Hisso. version because that is what McCudden had. Here's some pic's.

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RE: McCuddens SE5a - 3/5/2008 6:08:47 PM   
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RE: McCuddens SE5a - 3/5/2008 6:10:48 PM   
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Status: offline 		Working on the radiator. Have to add the shutters next. I am using mesh from some old outdoor stero speakers because the holes are round like the full scale.

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RE: McCuddens SE5a - 3/5/2008 6:14:24 PM   
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RE: McCuddens SE5a - 3/5/2008 10:52:08 PM   
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Status: offline 		Great Job, John! I have the Dynaflite SE5a painted up the way shown on the box. I don't think anyone really knows who's plane it was. It's the same one as on the cover of the Squadron Signals SE5a book. It's a Hisso version and has "V"s on the fuselage and wings. I covered mine with Supercoverite which I think looks like the natural fabric used on the undersides of the wings and horz. stab. I painted it with house paint in as close to PC-10 as my eyes would let meand overcoated with Luster coat to fuel proof. It's powered with a Saito 100.

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RE: McCuddens SE5a - 3/8/2008 2:55:18 PM   
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Status: offline 		I'm getting the shutters done. Made the frame from sheet aluminum but the shutters are thin plywood. The frame is screwed to the plywood backed mesh and the shutters are CA'd to the frame and mesh. The spinner will cover the top so I won't go all the way with the shutters because they will never be seen.

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RE: McCuddens SE5a - 3/9/2008 1:46:48 AM   
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Status: offline 		Almost done with the nose now. Added the brass radiator top which I made by gluing some thin brass sheet to a piece of plywood. The shutters will be removable so the engine can be accessed.

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RE: McCuddens SE5a - 3/14/2008 4:01:03 AM   
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Status: offline 		Wanted to make the linkage for the elevators more simple than the plan shows. So, next pics show my solution.

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RE: McCuddens SE5a - 3/14/2008 4:05:36 AM   
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Status: offline 		There were to many connections originally so I am replacing it all with a torque rod that will be connected to the leading edge of the elevators and will be operated by the push rods inside the fuselage. I will make dummy control cables to duplicate the full scale. The push rods are made from carbon arrow shafts.

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RE: McCuddens SE5a - 3/27/2008 5:19:31 PM   
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Status: offline 		Well, the small stuff always slows me down. I am working on the dummy elevator control horns which I am making from G-10 and wood dowel. I am using the drawing from the copy of the original RAF SE5a parts catalog I am lucky to have. I have also changed the way I am operating the elevators and going with a single servo and push rod so the pictures I posted above are now incorrect. I have connected the two elevators with piano wire and brassed a steel control horn to it which I will connect the push rod to. I'll post pictures of that later.

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RE: McCuddens SE5a - 3/27/2008 5:43:18 PM   
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Status: offline 		Can't get a good pic of this but you will get the idea. Nothing fancy. I drilled a hole to slide it onto the piano wire and bent the top over. This gave me more area to brase the horn onto the piano wire.

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RE: McCuddens SE5a - 3/30/2008 5:04:24 AM   
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Status: offline 		Finally done with the radiator shell. PC10 is from Mick Reeves and I used gray, auto. primer.

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RE: McCuddens SE5a - 3/30/2008 12:24:47 PM   
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RE: McCuddens SE5a - 3/30/2008 1:47:54 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks DJ, Hope to have the fuselage done soon.

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RE: McCuddens SE5a - 4/19/2008 2:14:48 PM