CARF F4U-1 Corsair build thread
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Hi Gary,
I just signed up. The Corsair build is magnificent. A suggestion on counter sinks. Get a deburring tool from Aircraft Spruce or some other aircraft tool supplier. You can control the depth of the counter sink very accurately. I am not sure of the angle but I think it is correct for most common flat head screws.
Looking forward to the next update.
IR3
I just signed up. The Corsair build is magnificent. A suggestion on counter sinks. Get a deburring tool from Aircraft Spruce or some other aircraft tool supplier. You can control the depth of the counter sink very accurately. I am not sure of the angle but I think it is correct for most common flat head screws.
Looking forward to the next update.
IR3
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Hi Gary,
Any updates on new parts or your website? I am starting back up on my bird, got my gear doors and permanent covers cut out. Doing some final fitting and tweaks. Gear is in. Looks they just fit. The tabs for the cylinder mount touch the spar. I am wondering if it save to grind a bit off to gain a touch more clearance? Have yo done this. Another alternative would be to take a little off the inside of the gear doors.
I am interested if you are planning on offering more scale hinges for the doors?
Thanks,
Woody
Any updates on new parts or your website? I am starting back up on my bird, got my gear doors and permanent covers cut out. Doing some final fitting and tweaks. Gear is in. Looks they just fit. The tabs for the cylinder mount touch the spar. I am wondering if it save to grind a bit off to gain a touch more clearance? Have yo done this. Another alternative would be to take a little off the inside of the gear doors.
I am interested if you are planning on offering more scale hinges for the doors?
Thanks,
Woody
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Hi Gary,
Update to my hinge question. What materials are the ones you have used made from. I am thinking making a set from aluminum as I have a small mill. They seem fairly simple. Aluminum may be overkill but I think that they are small enough that weight won't matter. Also if you have updated pricing I am interested in your leather covers.
Thanks,
Woody
Update to my hinge question. What materials are the ones you have used made from. I am thinking making a set from aluminum as I have a small mill. They seem fairly simple. Aluminum may be overkill but I think that they are small enough that weight won't matter. Also if you have updated pricing I am interested in your leather covers.
Thanks,
Woody
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Hi Gary,
Update to my hinge question. What materials are the ones you have used made from. I am thinking making a set from aluminum as I have a small mill. They seem fairly simple. Aluminum may be overkill but I think that they are small enough that weight won't matter. Also if you have updated pricing I am interested in your leather covers.
Thanks,
Woody
Update to my hinge question. What materials are the ones you have used made from. I am thinking making a set from aluminum as I have a small mill. They seem fairly simple. Aluminum may be overkill but I think that they are small enough that weight won't matter. Also if you have updated pricing I am interested in your leather covers.
Thanks,
Woody
As for the gap covers, he was working on finding a material that would look like leather, but be thinner and more scale like yet flexible. He found it and it has far better elasticity than does actual leather as we used before. The result is that the strut cover can be fixed to the gear because this material stretches over the slightly larger gap. We are installing these on these currant builds and if it works as we think, they will be made available to you all.
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Yes. But think about scaling down leather so it is pliable. The challenge in modeling. Some materials can't be scaled down. So we found a leather like material that is more to the scale thickness and thus pliable and stretches some so less bunching is necessary. This will be even more important if a modeler uses HB's method of hinging the cover to the leading edge. Not much room there for bunching anything.
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Hi Gary,
Thanks for the info, I am actually referring to the actual gear door hinges. I want to do something like the ones you got from Graham Mears offset hinges. I thought you were making something like that as well.
Thanks,
Woody
Thanks for the info, I am actually referring to the actual gear door hinges. I want to do something like the ones you got from Graham Mears offset hinges. I thought you were making something like that as well.
Thanks,
Woody
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Ahh, not yet. A lot of work in the molds for those that I just don't have time for right now. I am salivating over these 3D printers and think they could be used for things like this. I want one that is designed for dummies like me that could not write the programs. I'm waiting for an affordable one that scans the object and then duplicates it. I know they exist now, but the price is way more than I can afford. What a tool that would be for scale builders!
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Well, I guess that means I have no excuses to not make it myself . I have a small tabletop cmc mill, not sure about cutting fiberglass on the mill so I will likely make them from aluminum.
Thanks for the info,
Woody
Thanks for the info,
Woody
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I would like to have that equipment and skill set. Feel free to post pictures of them here. We would all love to see what you come up with. The Robart aluminum offset hinges would do the trick, but hardly look scale. The ARF version comes already hinged in an unscale fashion, but can easily be retrofitted.