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RE: AMR 33% Waco YMF-5 Build - 1/3/2013 10:51 PM   
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Status: offline 		A Moki would be sweet. Maybe one of these days I can swap out my 3W-157 for a Moki 250. The 3W is actually more power than the Waco needs and the Moki sounds soooooo good

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RE: AMR 33% Waco YMF-5 Build - 1/3/2013 11:02 PM   
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Status: offline 		I'm sure the 215 and 250 are more than enough! I'm sure the 150 would be just right for scale. I'll post a couple pics soon. Just glued in the aluminum brackets then I'll do the webbing tonight. I just want to get to the fuselage - those pieces are sweet!

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RE: AMR 33% Waco YMF-5 Build - 1/4/2013 2:43 AM   
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Status: offline 		The fuse is fun once you get the box strutcure completed and the cabane wires installed to the top center section. The formers and stringers bring it to life.

Do yourdself a favor and sand the corners off the outside of the stringers before installation. I will show you what I mean and how I do this next week. It makes the job of sanding the fuse for covering preperation much easier.
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RE: AMR 33% Waco YMF-5 Build - 1/5/2013 8:10 PM   
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RE: AMR 33% Waco YMF-5 Build - 1/5/2013 10:59 PM   
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Status: offline 		Strange, I did not get notified of your last post Anthony. Any tips will be appreciated. I will post my weeks' progress tomorrow likely.

Iflytailies - I will definitely consider your panels in the not too distant future

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RE: AMR 33% Waco YMF-5 Build - 1/6/2013 6:42 PM   
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Looking forward to seeing the pics.

Iflytailies , your panel looks really nice but my Waco is modeled after an original 1935 version and I already have a panel to suit.

I received my wood order from National Balsa yesterday. A few of the sticks had some bad splits near the ends but they are usable as I have to cut some down anyways. I sanded one side of the stringers to put a slight radius on and I am installing the stringers now. It took about 4.5 hrs to sand all the stringers while I was watching football yesterday.

I will post some pics later!!
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RE: AMR 33% Waco YMF-5 Build - 1/6/2013 8:36 PM   
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Status: offline 		Brother I hear ya on the sanding. I have three day's on one wing and still not done. Maybe we are a little too anal?
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RE: AMR 33% Waco YMF-5 Build - 1/6/2013 9:46 PM   
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Status: offline 		I hate sanding, I was a hand finisher for 5 yrs working on aerospace parts. Try sanding every day for a living

I only have 5 more stringers to go and the fuselage will be round again I have been trying to minimize my use of CA glue on the Waco. All the formers and stringers have been applied with wood glue. I am sure the CA will come out at some point.
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RE: AMR 33% Waco YMF-5 Build - 1/7/2013 1:31 AM   
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Status: offline 		Well all the stringers are on now. Finally starting to look like a Waco again.

After hunting tomorrow I will start fitting the fiberglass hood and working on the wing fairing bases. I no longer have the templates so this will be an edventure.
Here are a couple pics.
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RE: AMR 33% Waco YMF-5 Build - 1/7/2013 3:39 AM   
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RE: AMR 33% Waco YMF-5 Build - 1/7/2013 3:45 AM   
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Status: offline 		Also, I notice on page 3, your aluminum brackets on the front spar are opposite of what my instructions specify. I have the double hole bracket in front of the spar, and the single hole bracket behind it. That has me nervous

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RE: AMR 33% Waco YMF-5 Build - 1/7/2013 6:12 AM   
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I hate sanding, I was a hand finisher for 5 yrs working on aerospace parts. Try sanding every day for a living



Ah!  Now I finally understand.  It is a pitty you will never enjoy sanding like I do! 


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RE: AMR 33% Waco YMF-5 Build - 1/7/2013 10:50 AM   
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I just checked the pics on page 3 and the 3 hole bracket is behind the front spar. Take a look again the bracket is on the side of the spar facing the rear spar.

Your wing is looking good. The aileron's can be a bit tricky to get the sheeting correct at the tips.

Off to the woods for hunting!
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RE: AMR 33% Waco YMF-5 Build - 1/7/2013 12:12 PM   
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RE: AMR 33% Waco YMF-5 Build - 1/7/2013 5:20 PM   
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Lins,
I just checked the pics on page 3 and the 3 hole bracket is behind the front spar. Take a look again the bracket is on the side of the spar facing the rear spar.

Your wing is looking good. The aileron's can be a bit tricky to get the sheeting correct at the tips.

Off to the woods for hunting!
Anthony


Lol, did you mean 3 or 2 hole? The instructions I have show the front spar aluminum brackets opposite of what your picture shows - 2 hole in front of the spar, and 1 hole behind the spar, or facing the rear spar. Just wondering if it makes any difference with the flying wires in the end. Cheers.

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RE: AMR 33% Waco YMF-5 Build - 1/7/2013 5:34 PM   
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I will have to go back and check the directions against what I have. I didn't have any issues hooking up my flying wires and never noticed the discrepency.


No luck hunting this morning so I am back on the Waco. I am working on installing the sheeting on the fuse over the gear plate. I did just notice that the landing gear was bent just a little on the right gear leg. It has moved out about 3/8". I will try to bend it back if I can if not I will go with it as it is. I just set the fuse up on the gear and you really can't see it.

I am also going to work on mounting the boot cowl today. Fitting all the fiberglass items takes some time.
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RE: AMR 33% Waco YMF-5 Build - 1/7/2013 5:59 PM   
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Well evidently it doesn't
I will have to go back and check the directions against what I have. I didn't have any issues hooking up my flying wires and never noticed the discrepency.


No luck hunting this morning so I am back on the Waco. I am working on installing the sheeting on the fuse over the gear plate. I did just notice that the landing gear was bent just a little on the right gear leg. It has moved out about 3/8". I will try to bend it back if I can if not I will go with it as it is. I just set the fuse up on the gear and you really can't see it.

I am also going to work on mounting the boot cowl today. Fitting all the fiberglass items takes some time.
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That's one thing I hate!  Something that's a little off and it's likely nobody will ever notice, but I know it's there!  "Hmmm... fix it or leave it...?"


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RE: AMR 33% Waco YMF-5 Build - 1/7/2013 6:38 PM   
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Status: offline 		The fix is not easy by any means. I may try and take the gear into work and bolt it down to a good strong table and grab the bent leg where the axle goes thru with a clamp and something substantial to try and bend the leg back. If I am not careful I will destroy the belly fairing as well as the leg fairing in the process.
The landing gear are water jet from 3/8" thick aluminum and machine pressed and are very stout. I am very surprised it bent in the 1st place.

I just trial fit the boot cowl and it looks like it is going to mount up just fine.

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RE: AMR 33% Waco YMF-5 Build - 1/7/2013 7:39 PM   
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Status: offline 		Well the deer hunting is getting on my nerves. Not my usual luck for the past couple of years. I am heading back out for an afternoon hunt in a different woods. Will get back on the Waco tomorrow.
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RE: AMR 33% Waco YMF-5 Build - 1/7/2013 11:04 PM   
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Status: offline 		Skunked again, A couple dogs came thru and got after some deer a couple hundred yds from me and sent them into the next county

Oh well back to the Waco.
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RE: AMR 33% Waco YMF-5 Build - 1/7/2013 11:17 PM   
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RE: AMR 33% Waco YMF-5 Build - 1/8/2013 3:38 PM   
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Last day off work so I am making the most of it on the Waco. I had been dreading making the wing fairing bases since I did not have the templates. The directions show using 2 templates so I made my own template from corrugated cardboard and made one template. I think it turned out better then the 1st time I built the fuse. The fairing base gets mostly covered up but it gives you a good attachment point for the covering and the fairing and it helps support the 3/32 wing saddle.

I will wait until after covering to add the wing saddle as it also gets bonded to the wing fairing and without the wing fairing in place the saddle is very weak and Murpy's Law will come into play and I will break it a half dozen times before I am done.

Now off to add the other side.
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RE: AMR 33% Waco YMF-5 Build - 1/8/2013 4:50 PM   
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In the pics in the previous post you will notice I sheeted from the back of the wing saddle to the next former on the bottom of the fuse. This is not in the directions and it gives you a good base for adding the bottom wing fairing which also ties into the upper side wing fairing. Tring to do this over and open structure and getting the fairing to blend right with the fuse and covering would be a nightmare if not impossible. I used 1/8" sheeting and cut the stringers down to account for the sheeting. The majority of this will be covered by the fairings so you do not need to get it perfect.

I now have both side complete on the fairing bases. I have alot of filler pieces to add for covering and I need to fit the top fiberglass hood and add the screw holes for mounting. The fiberglass hood is mounted with screws only so it can be removed for maintenance. Comes in really handy when batteries need replaced and or fuel tank maintenance. I also plan on adding a smoke pump after the initial flights.

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RE: AMR 33% Waco YMF-5 Build - 1/8/2013 6:15 PM   
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Status: offline 		That came out sweet Anthony.  Wouldn't it be nice to be able to stay home (after retirement) and work on your planes?  I think about it all the time now,  I've got another six years.


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