Ramstein44

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Wulfs are 60% there.

vertical grimmace

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Got the maiden flight on my Pattern, Sun Fli plane today.Weather was super nice in the afternoon.All went perfect.Now time to get back to the Luftwaffe!

Ramstein44

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That's cool and all but it kinda relates back to your post 648!

glazier808

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My Zero bash is almost complete and ready to join the Axis powers

Casey

Ramstein44

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Real nice! Which designer is that?

glazier808

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It's the 50cc CMP Zero. Full repaint. It has a custom full cockpit. Pilot from Bestpilots. I've added split flaps. Modified the cowl. I glassed the wing. I added panel lines to the wing. I added a scale tail wheel in the scale location. Also has an operable tailhook as well.
I still have a few mods to make, but it's close
Casey

Dowmer

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Looking real nice Casey

roydefiant

my Junkers

glazier808

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Very nice!

Casey

Ramstein44

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I seen the real thing a few years back flying low over the trees in my neighborhood in route to Centennial airport. I almost wrecked the car looking at it. I guess there was an airshow. Would've loved to seen it up close.

JeffH

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Fresh from the molds of bazillion time TopGun winner...Jeff Foley. Thanks Jeff!!!!
He has been showing me the fine art of composite layups. I hope to have this flying later this year. We have already cut the wing cores, and I have already built the stab out of balsa.

rravetrainshop

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Here is one seldom modeled , I have found only 1 other and it is a CL located in lativa ! It is a modified Z stuka JU 87 A - 1 on off build 3 years One of these days I might get it done shooting for this year.

lawrence b

Hi JeffH,
Your 109 fuse looks great, I am curious why Jeff did not incorporate the canopy into his mold. I'll be seeing him down at Top Gun in a few days so I'll ask him. Did he do a mold for the canopy frame separately for you?
I am currently building a glass and foam 109E-4 from my own molds and I went ahead and incorporated the canopy and vertical fin into my mold just to make it a bit easier in the long run.
How heavy is your fuse? Mine came in at 4lbs with a couple of additional glass layers in the nose and wing saddle area.
I also opted for a one piece wing, just to make getting to the radio stuff a bit easier. I'm guessing you will have a hatch in the bottom for access?
Keep us posted on your progress,
Larry B

JeffH

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My fuselage is 3 pounds, 1 ounce. He does have a separate canopy frame mold and that is laid up in carbon fiber.
His also has a one piece wing. The center section is cut away and a balsa belly pan attached to the wing replaces the fiberglass that is cut away. He predicts that this one should come in at 23-24 pounds.

lawrence b

Jeff,
Sounds like you and Jeff Foley have it all figured out! Is your model the same size as the one Jeff is currently flying? I know he wants to build a bigger one. I think the span of Jeff's current 109E is around 80", that explains the weight difference between your fuse and mine if yours is just a little smaller, I went just a bit bigger with a true 1/4 scale size.
How are you going to do your wing saddle? After you cut out the lower section then how will you "beef up" the upper wing fillet area? I went with the old traditional method of making the mold so that I end up with a nice stiff fillet and a flange in the wing saddle area, very old fashion but it works!

Best of luck with your build!
Larry

JeffH

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I can't take credit for any of his design. We are using his molds and I am copying what he did. The vertical will be a carved piece of foam that will get sheeted with 1/32" balsa and will weight a few grams. The rudder post will tie all of the tail portions together.
If I remember right, he has two ply longerons that go down the fuse above the saddle. The wing bolts on through the forward wing former(instead of wing dowels), and then again near the rear of the wing like most planes do. The entire center section of the wing under the fuse is open. If you have ever seen an older BVM F-86, it is kind of that way. There is a beefy main spar that will join the two wing panels. That, along with a hefty gear plate, has proven quite rugged on his through the years.
I am glad to see that yours is an Emil as opposed to the Gustav versions. I will be doing this one as an E-7 that flew on the Eastern Front.

Jeff's is 86" and 1/4.5 scale. The

lawrence b

Jeff,
Jeff Foley has it all figured out, the formers carrying the wing loads should work great. There is no doubt that he can design a good solid model. If things go well I may have my new 109 at the "Warbirds over Rockymount" fly-in this fall. I always try and attend that warbird fun-fly. Last year that event had a beautiful day for flying and I put on a couple of flights with my old 109G-10.
Keep up the good work,
Larry B

lawrence b

Big day today, I got the wing panels joined together, the gear mounted for the first time, and best of all the fuse wing saddle fits the wing airfoil! I just set the fuse on the wing, I still have to install the dowels and wing bolts, but after all these months it's a huge relief to find out it all fits together.
Larry B

Jeff Foley

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Looking good Larry! Hope you can get it done for Warbirds over Rocky mount!

lawrence b

Thank you Jeff! So far the model is coming along pretty good. I was looking at the glass 109 fuse that you and Jeff H made, how in the heck did you do it in 4 quarters? If I'm looking at the photo right it looks like you did the mold in 4 seperate quarters, I can't figure out how you joined all four quarters together.
I'm still stumbling around in the dark when it comes to composities and the tricks of the trade! I'll be seeing you in a few days down at Top Gun,
Larry B

Jeff Foley

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Hi Larry, We can talk about it at Top Gun....but I attached a photo of the molds. As you can see the upper fuse is a simple left and right half. The lower forward fuse had to be done in two pieces because of molding the wing fillets on. And then there is the lower aft piece. It isn't bad to join.....takes a long stick with a brush, a flashlight and just a little bad language. It is all joined in the mold using clecos to hold the mold parts together. There will be one blind seam that you use paste to join and add tape later after the part is popped out.I put three flights on mine yesterday....everything worked great and it is flying well. Hope it stays that way in Florida!!

invertmast

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Jeff,
on those blind seams, put 2 strings of 12k carbon tow on your layup so it forms an "L" (one half of the L on the layup, then it makes the 90* bend so the other half is on your mold flange). Do this for both sides of the seam, then clamp it all together, once it all cures you will have a rock hard joint!

lawrence b

Hey Jeff,
Man do your molds ever look good, compared to my chopped strand matt mess, I guess that's what you get when you know what your doing unlike me! Glad to hear your old 109E is up and running good, I remember you had gear issues last year at Rocky Mount. I have been flying the Fiat every chance I get, so far so good.
It's looking like we may get rained out Friday and Saturday down at Lakeland, I'm bringing an umbrella and rain gear just in case.
See you and Mark in a few days,
Larry B

fokke

Nice moulds, what is the scale of plnes ?

lawrence b

Hi Fokke,
Jeff's 109E is built to 1/4.5 scale giving it a span of 86". Last year at Top Gun he placed second with the model and in the past I belive he placed first, it's been proven to be an outstanding model. My 109E is being built to 1/4 scale, with a span of 97.5", if mine flys good I'll see how it does at several contest's next year. One thing I'm sure of, it won't score as high as Jeff's 109!
Larry B