Canuck1

After spending most of the day doing chores, managed to get some work done as well as three flights on my P-47
Rubbed the wings and ailerons down with some 400 grit wet paper, smooth as a baby's bottom. Alost ready for the trim and booster tabs. Put the servos in and attached the ailerons. They will be glued in at a later date. Nice fit with the required amount of deflections that the instructions call for.
Fuselage attachment seam is slowly being filled, comming along nicely. I will have to primmer the whole fuse, to check for all those pesky pin holes[:@]

Craig

Peter_OZ

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another work of art mate

Canuck1

Primed the fuse last night, a few pin holes that I missed before. Put on some spot putty and will wet sand again tomorrow. So many small things to complete, but will get there eventually.

Craig

The Ghost

Craig, It looks exactly the same as the Byron F-16 fuse that I have. Byron must have used a lot of effort to get all the pin holes in all of their models Just takes time(A LOT OF TIME) to get them right. It looks really good by the way.

Cheers

Peter_OZ

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they have this roller thing with pins in it that they simply run all over th fuz to make sure it has exactly the right amount of pin holes in it!

Canuck1

Thanks Ghost, takes a while but the end result will be worth it.
I think you are right with the rolling pin......Peter.

Craig

Peter_OZ

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shhhh should not give trade secrets away!

The Ghost

It's alright Peter, they don't exist anymore, so trade secrets can be given out.

Cheers

Peter_OZ

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awwwwhhh just when I thought I was onto something. I could almost hear the black helicopters coming in . . .

woka woka woka

Canuck1

Rubbed down the fuselage again this evening. Then went over it with some 400 grit wet paper. She seems good. I will apply another primer coat, then sand it down to a nice smooth finish. Then is should be good, for now.

Craig

Canuck1

Finaly got some time to do a bit on the Corsair. Kitchen is pretty much done, time for some airplane fun. Rubbed down the fuse, looks pretty good, still have a few pesky pin holes [:@] I will deal with them later.
Worked on the elevators...........boxed in the control rods, works well. Just need to final shape, then I can cover them, and add the trim tabs. Hope to progress at a faster rate than I have been.

Craig

Peter_OZ

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might be worth taking the dremel to the tail feathers and cutting out some non essential timber to save nose weight . . .

Canuck1

Did a little work on the elevator trim, and booster tabs. They are slowly taking shape. I still need to seperate the booster tabs from the trim tabs, was also thinking on making the booster tabs functional.
Before I cover the elevators I will definately remove some unwanted balsa, to reduce the weight.

Craig

rt3232

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Hi Craig

Your bird is looking great[sm=thumbs_up.gif]

If you mskr the boost tabs functional , Please take lots of pic's, thinking about challenges for my next project.


Bob T

Canuck1

Bob
Booster tabs are still in the thinking process, need to figure size of linkages, etc. Probably some small linkages for small electrics may be the ticket.
Almost ready to cover the elevator's. Think I will use coverall and dope, nice and light, produces a nice finish.

Craig

Peter_OZ

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if you check out Neils thread on the tempest on the UK forum he has done all of that as has Phil Clarke with his 1/3 skyraider

Canuck1

Peter

I was wondering if you had a link to that site?

Craig

Peter_OZ

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think the skyraider is on rcscalebuilder.com, not sure of the thread number

LINK

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Well I just found a brand new kit complete with the purpower set up and a Sachs 4.2 with the robart retracts and scale cockpit. All is new in the box, what a find, I cant wait to get started.

lear31A

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Link< where did you find it? I am right up the road, bring it to me and I will build it for me! Deal?

Canuck1

I hate it when work gets in the way of my airplanes.
Hope to get back to the corsair within a few days.

Craig

Canuck1

Elevators are pretty much done, and ready for covering. The dremel tool and sanding disk made the task of removing excess balsa pretty easy.

Craig

rt3232

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Craig

I'll go with about work, but I'll add a Barf I guess there are some that go together quick and then there are thuse like the ona I got, I guess I got what I payed for (not much)

did you get the weight of the elv's befor you did the surgery and then after?

Bob T

Canuck1

Bob
I did not weigh the elevators before I removed the extra wood. I dont think it matters that much, as I know I will need to add nose weight anyways. The more I can remove the better.
Got the elevators covered, and am currrently caping off the vertical fin. The rudder is almost ready to cover as well. I am using some solar tex that I have laying around, looks pretty good. Still need to do the pinking on the control surfaces as well as the trim tabs. Still plenty to do, but the list is getting shorter.

Craig

Canuck1

More work completed on the emphanage. The wood caps on the vertical stab and on the bottom of the rudder area are now in place, glassed and primed. I went over the fuselage with a light and found another 50 or 60 pin holes, filled, sanded and gave the fuselage another coat of primer which will be sanded off prior to detailing raised panels etc. Just need to cover the rudder after I remove some extra balsa to reduce weight.

Craig