Horsepoweraviation

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Dam you ART! .................I just spit Mountian DEW all over the key board and the monitor !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HPA

R/C Art

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Now that's funny!

.....by the way, I'm not out of the woods yet - one of the hinge bearings somehow got out of round and is binding a bit on the rudder post.

CRAP! NOW I GOTTA MAKE ANOTHER ONE! (that might take another two weeks at my pace - yikes!)

looks like the seas just got a little bit rougher

jack steward350

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Uhhh,....try a large iron mallet? That's usually works as a great fix for me.

FokkerD7

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Art did you tell us what color scheme your doing. Think I might of missed it. Looks good bud.

stevegauth30

BFH. That'll fixer.

metaldriver

First thongs first Art get out of the bathtub and stop playing with the rubber ducky. Second step away from the large hammers you will only hurt yourself

metaldriver

that should read things not thongs

R/C Art

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uugggh! Allen, that conjures up an image - no don't look!

R/C Art

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Jack, that'll work! Is that a gentle way to say "redo it" ?

Like Steve says - a BFH.

OK, consider it done

Doug, the color scheme is going to be Victor Chapman's plane as done on the Rhinebeck reproduction.

Horsepoweraviation

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WOW! .....Big shocker!...Crayon a simple "C" and "Voila!" ....your done!
You know the sad part.............you will still probably only be able to muster up to put it on ONE side! LOL!

Cheers,
HPA

stevegauth30

ooohhh, feel the love.

FokkerD7

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HPA so what scheme are you doing? Hmmmm. That's what I thought. Like the scheme Art. Think it's time to put on a full court press? OPD not far off

jack steward350

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Zigomar......Zigomar.....Zigomar.....and the curse of the red rooster! Zigomar!

Horsepoweraviation

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This is going to be the BUSA Mick Camel getting finished in the next 10 days......















I will post a pic of the 1/2 scale D6 when I find it later...........


HPA

cocobear

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I like the scheme HPA! (hug Hug) Artin a thong, GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHH exuse me while I wash my eyes out with acetone.

stevegauth30

you guys crack me up

R/C Art

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(I think I'm goin' out to the shop - looks like things could get a little rough around here!)

kochj

Q's.....

It looks like regular solder, not solder with a percent of silver? (silver solder) I don't know how the 2-straps on the rudder hinge will hook up, but I would think there would be some verticle forces on the rudder.
Would the solder joint give way???
I had used regular solder on 4-point gear for Piper cub on floats, and it held well, until a unexpected engine out hard landing, pulled 1-of the 4-joints out...
Perhaps brass will hold better, I used steel piano rod.

I don't want to claim it will NOT hold..... Just wondering what your thoughts on this...

R/C Art

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I hear what you are saying..........and there was considerable head scratching on this. I think the flight loads imposed on the rudder will be of a horizontal or pulling direction and not vertical. If the plane flips over on landing and ends up on the rudder, well maybe then its a problem........but probably wood will be breaking before the solder joint fails.......that's my take on it.

Billy Clink

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Dang , I logged on to see a plane being built . and I must be on the wrong build site . Nope no plane being built here ! Ill try back some other time !

stevegauth30

Tough crowd here.

R/C Art

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Billy, you made me laugh! Thanks, I needed that.

Steve, yep sometimes it get's a little bit of a tough crowd -------- mostly deserved

R/C Art

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working on the rear fuse / rudder post / hinge area.......can't seem to be able to post any pictures

R/C Art

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The pictures I couldn't post earlier.

This is the intended way to attach the rudder.........drill through the brass straps.........drill thru the fuse.......insert short section of dowel rod........drill thru dowel rod.......insert brass bushing into dowel......then bolt rudder to fuse.

Easier said than done...........still in the development stage.

R/C Art

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I need to tidy up the design so that the hinges are free and the rudder is still attached firmly.

If it doesn't work out or seems like it is taking way too long (which it has already) I might just use 6 or 7 large Robart hinge points and hope that it actually will fit into the van when it is finally finished.