ROAD TRIPS: 2010
05-04-2010, 09:44 PM
#26
RE: ROAD TRIPS: 2010
PM planes for 1st road trip to Joe Nall.
Ziroli P-47:
pic 1:
Engine ready to be re-inserted after checking internal hardware.
pic 2-4:
new prop drilled and balanced.
pic 5:
Ready to fly.
Ziroli C-45.
After all winter, 'air' still in the retracts.
pic 6-8:
Fun to fly, a pain to disassemble and work on.
pic 9/10:
Wing mount loose and re-epoxied back into place.
pic 11:
two new 3000 ma batteries replacing '4 year olds'.
Ziroli P-47:
pic 1:
Engine ready to be re-inserted after checking internal hardware.
pic 2-4:
new prop drilled and balanced.
pic 5:
Ready to fly.
Ziroli C-45.
After all winter, 'air' still in the retracts.
pic 6-8:
Fun to fly, a pain to disassemble and work on.
pic 9/10:
Wing mount loose and re-epoxied back into place.
pic 11:
two new 3000 ma batteries replacing '4 year olds'.
05-05-2010, 07:47 PM
#27
RE: ROAD TRIPS: 2010
C-45 PM (Cont)
I'm glad that I'm PM'ing this plane as there are a lot of problems.
The oleo on one gear wouldn't move.
After taking the gear apart, the oleo was rusted.
Some fine sanding and white lithium grease fixed it.
All the side screws were loose with two missing and some with too large of heads so I made some new ones cutting off 6X32 button head screws and scrounging through my 'stuff' to find some flat head screws for the missing 'side' ones.
Also, one gear mount was loose.
Late, last season, an air line came off (fortunately just starting to taxi) and broke the doors on one main so that needed fixing. Since the gear was out, all air lines were replaced in the wing.
Fuels lines replaced to engine and refill and one of the 'kill' switches had a wire broken off.
This plane has about a total of 100 flights so the yearly PM was definitely needed.
pic 1:
new fuel lines.
pic 2-4:
Retract oleo rusted and missing screws.
pic 5:
When the retract folded due to no air, the door area got damage, so I used some 1/64" thick ply on the underside to re-enforce the area.
pic 6:
Kill switch wires fixed.
pic 7:
Ready to fly.
Balsa USA 1/3 scale Nieuport 28:
pic 8:
Bought a new cowl as the old one had heavy weights on it and caused severe cracking of the aluminum, even after re-enforcement with rivets and additional aluminum.
After about 70 flights, the old cowl is 'shot'.
pic 9:
New weight box created.
I'm glad that I'm PM'ing this plane as there are a lot of problems.
The oleo on one gear wouldn't move.
After taking the gear apart, the oleo was rusted.
Some fine sanding and white lithium grease fixed it.
All the side screws were loose with two missing and some with too large of heads so I made some new ones cutting off 6X32 button head screws and scrounging through my 'stuff' to find some flat head screws for the missing 'side' ones.
Also, one gear mount was loose.
Late, last season, an air line came off (fortunately just starting to taxi) and broke the doors on one main so that needed fixing. Since the gear was out, all air lines were replaced in the wing.
Fuels lines replaced to engine and refill and one of the 'kill' switches had a wire broken off.
This plane has about a total of 100 flights so the yearly PM was definitely needed.
pic 1:
new fuel lines.
pic 2-4:
Retract oleo rusted and missing screws.
pic 5:
When the retract folded due to no air, the door area got damage, so I used some 1/64" thick ply on the underside to re-enforce the area.
pic 6:
Kill switch wires fixed.
pic 7:
Ready to fly.
Balsa USA 1/3 scale Nieuport 28:
pic 8:
Bought a new cowl as the old one had heavy weights on it and caused severe cracking of the aluminum, even after re-enforcement with rivets and additional aluminum.
After about 70 flights, the old cowl is 'shot'.
pic 9:
New weight box created.
05-06-2010, 08:20 PM
#28
RE: ROAD TRIPS: 2010
Nieuport PM.
With a new cowl, I transferred the mount holes to the fuse an inch onto tape so I could locate them on the new cowl. The 'kill' switch was moved from the cowl to the fuse so no hassles when removing the cowl. A choke rod was also added for ease of closing the choke versus the old way of sticking a finger in a cowl hole to close the choke.
I had to move the white cabinet to the right about 4" as the C-45 tail was too close to each side with no padding.
pic 1/2:
New cowl and 1" transfer marks.
pic 3:
kill switch mounted on some brass sheeting on the fuse.
JB weld put around the solder joints on the back of the switch to help prevent breakage via vibration.
pic 4:
Checked the carb filter screen and it had some crud in it.
pic 5:
choke rod added.
pic 6:
Bottom tail tie rod was broke.
pic 7:
main landing gear removed, adjusted and wood slats re-epoxied back on.
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trailer prep (cont)
pic 8:
C-45 tied down at each main axle with foam under the fuse for oleo relief.
pic 9:
white cabinet moved to the right 4".
pic 10:
P-47 secured at all four corners.
pic 11:
Just about ready for Joe Nall.
Heading out early Saturday morning.
With a new cowl, I transferred the mount holes to the fuse an inch onto tape so I could locate them on the new cowl. The 'kill' switch was moved from the cowl to the fuse so no hassles when removing the cowl. A choke rod was also added for ease of closing the choke versus the old way of sticking a finger in a cowl hole to close the choke.
I had to move the white cabinet to the right about 4" as the C-45 tail was too close to each side with no padding.
pic 1/2:
New cowl and 1" transfer marks.
pic 3:
kill switch mounted on some brass sheeting on the fuse.
JB weld put around the solder joints on the back of the switch to help prevent breakage via vibration.
pic 4:
Checked the carb filter screen and it had some crud in it.
pic 5:
choke rod added.
pic 6:
Bottom tail tie rod was broke.
pic 7:
main landing gear removed, adjusted and wood slats re-epoxied back on.
========
trailer prep (cont)
pic 8:
C-45 tied down at each main axle with foam under the fuse for oleo relief.
pic 9:
white cabinet moved to the right 4".
pic 10:
P-47 secured at all four corners.
pic 11:
Just about ready for Joe Nall.
Heading out early Saturday morning.
05-07-2010, 06:38 PM
#31
RE: ROAD TRIPS: 2010
props mounted on door and new wing bags.
pic 1/2:
props mounted on back doors using carriage bolts and wing nuts and 1/4"x4"x4" ply.
Nieuport wing bags:
pic 3-7:
Bought some duct insulation material at HD.
Got the 4' wide x 25' long and some duct tape for this material.
Hot glue gun secured the velcro on the tabs.
C-45 wing bags.
pic 8-11:
All packed and ready to head to Joe Nall tomorrow morning around 6 AM (Saturday).
pic 1/2:
props mounted on back doors using carriage bolts and wing nuts and 1/4"x4"x4" ply.
Nieuport wing bags:
pic 3-7:
Bought some duct insulation material at HD.
Got the 4' wide x 25' long and some duct tape for this material.
Hot glue gun secured the velcro on the tabs.
C-45 wing bags.
pic 8-11:
All packed and ready to head to Joe Nall tomorrow morning around 6 AM (Saturday).
05-16-2010, 10:39 AM
#32
RE: ROAD TRIPS: 2010
Road trip 3:
Joe Nall
460 miles.
Well, I had a great time.
Stayed from Saturday to Saturday.
Started cool but got into the 90's by mid-week.
I think there were about 930 registered pilots.
Unless, more land is developed, I think they have maxed out: there were RV's and campers over the entire premise.
My new trailer handled well on the road and it's a real pleasure having more space.
The only negative is that I lost 5 miles per gallon from 21 MPG to 16 MPG going 55 MPH with my full size truck.
Carl's C-119 boxcar videos:
Taxi:
http://www.rcuvideos.com/video/c-119-taxi
Takeoff:
http://www.rcuvideos.com/video/c-119-take-off
Landing:
http://www.rcuvideos.com/video/c-119-landing
taxi back:
http://www.rcuvideos.com/video/c-119-taxi-back
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Twin WW I bomber:
http://www.rcuvideos.com/video/twin-bomber
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My Nieuport ready before 'sun up'.
Joe Nall
460 miles.
Well, I had a great time.
Stayed from Saturday to Saturday.
Started cool but got into the 90's by mid-week.
I think there were about 930 registered pilots.
Unless, more land is developed, I think they have maxed out: there were RV's and campers over the entire premise.
My new trailer handled well on the road and it's a real pleasure having more space.
The only negative is that I lost 5 miles per gallon from 21 MPG to 16 MPG going 55 MPH with my full size truck.
Carl's C-119 boxcar videos:
Taxi:
http://www.rcuvideos.com/video/c-119-taxi
Takeoff:
http://www.rcuvideos.com/video/c-119-take-off
Landing:
http://www.rcuvideos.com/video/c-119-landing
taxi back:
http://www.rcuvideos.com/video/c-119-taxi-back
==========
Twin WW I bomber:
http://www.rcuvideos.com/video/twin-bomber
==========
My Nieuport ready before 'sun up'.
05-16-2010, 11:30 AM
#38
RE: ROAD TRIPS: 2010
Joe Nall (cont)
Mac Hodges B-29.
Went through the 'smoky mountains' to get there.
My Robart Ziroli P-47 flew great all week.
Last year's Propwash video of my C-45:
http://www.rcuvideos.com/video/zirol...win-beechcraft
Mac Hodges B-29.
Went through the 'smoky mountains' to get there.
My Robart Ziroli P-47 flew great all week.
Last year's Propwash video of my C-45:
http://www.rcuvideos.com/video/zirol...win-beechcraft
05-16-2010, 09:26 PM
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RE: ROAD TRIPS: 2010
Lovely pictures...Sir
What was the pilots name of the half scale? and that breath taking DR1 1/3 scale done in the Josef Jacobs theme?[sm=wink_smile.gif]
What was the pilots name of the half scale? and that breath taking DR1 1/3 scale done in the Josef Jacobs theme?[sm=wink_smile.gif]
05-17-2010, 06:10 AM
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RE: ROAD TRIPS: 2010
ORIGINAL: samparfitt
Here's a picture of what he looks like:
Here's a picture of what he looks like:
05-17-2010, 09:52 AM
#44
RE: ROAD TRIPS: 2010
Sammy,
I think he's baiting you.......don't fall for it, I know this guy....He's also got a picture in the Post Office...LOL. Thanks for a great week, too much fun.
Barry
P.S. I really liked the Dr1 flown by Hans Korner better..
I think he's baiting you.......don't fall for it, I know this guy....He's also got a picture in the Post Office...LOL. Thanks for a great week, too much fun.
Barry
P.S. I really liked the Dr1 flown by Hans Korner better..
05-23-2010, 07:37 PM
#45
RE: ROAD TRIPS: 2010
Mini road trip 4:
A friend from another club invited me up to his field.
The WORKS field is only about 20 miles from my house.
It's private full size runway that's not used anymore except for RC.
It was about 90, sunny and little breeze.
The P-47 engine was running rich in the air so I leaned the high end an 1/8 turn and a new plug and she's purring again.
My two buddies and I had a good time doing some formation flying with their TF P-51, P-47 and my Ziroli P-47. Between the Nieuport and P-47, I got 5 flights in.
pic 1/2:
view of the field.
pic 3-8:
some of the planes.
pic 9/10:
The 'formation' planes.
pic 11/12:
some 'americana' while traveling to WORKS in Carlisle, Ohio.
A friend from another club invited me up to his field.
The WORKS field is only about 20 miles from my house.
It's private full size runway that's not used anymore except for RC.
It was about 90, sunny and little breeze.
The P-47 engine was running rich in the air so I leaned the high end an 1/8 turn and a new plug and she's purring again.
My two buddies and I had a good time doing some formation flying with their TF P-51, P-47 and my Ziroli P-47. Between the Nieuport and P-47, I got 5 flights in.
pic 1/2:
view of the field.
pic 3-8:
some of the planes.
pic 9/10:
The 'formation' planes.
pic 11/12:
some 'americana' while traveling to WORKS in Carlisle, Ohio.
05-26-2010, 09:24 PM
#47
RE: ROAD TRIPS: 2010
PM.
I had to take a few days off my builds to get ready for this weekend flying.
The Nieuport weight box came loose and the smoke pump stopped working due to both fuel lines to the pump came off. Strange that the input came off but all's repaired.
An aileron servo went south on the C-45 at Joe Nall.
Since I've replaced all servos in the wing, I figured that I should do the same with all the servos, especially, since I just found out that the plane is 11 years old.
pic 1:
The old 1/4 scale big servos replaced with HS-645's.
pic 2:
Rudder. elevator and rudders now have all HS-645's.
pic 3:
Both throttle servos replaced with HS-225 mini servos.
New servo trays made up for the smaller servos and screwed over the old 1/4 scale servo holes.
pic 4:
Tomorrow, the engines gets test run and sync'ed.
I had to take a few days off my builds to get ready for this weekend flying.
The Nieuport weight box came loose and the smoke pump stopped working due to both fuel lines to the pump came off. Strange that the input came off but all's repaired.
An aileron servo went south on the C-45 at Joe Nall.
Since I've replaced all servos in the wing, I figured that I should do the same with all the servos, especially, since I just found out that the plane is 11 years old.
pic 1:
The old 1/4 scale big servos replaced with HS-645's.
pic 2:
Rudder. elevator and rudders now have all HS-645's.
pic 3:
Both throttle servos replaced with HS-225 mini servos.
New servo trays made up for the smaller servos and screwed over the old 1/4 scale servo holes.
pic 4:
Tomorrow, the engines gets test run and sync'ed.
05-28-2010, 04:00 PM
#49
RE: ROAD TRIPS: 2010
C-45 PM.
While working on the engines, I noticed one flap hinge movement: a little firm movement and it broke.
Some brass tubing was used to extend the hinges so I just drilled out the old hinge and epoxied a new one in its place.
Yesterday, while trying to adjust the engines, I had a lot of problems getting them to sync.
Today, instead of trying to use the transmitter to sync them, I went back to the basics: low/high screw adjustment and throttle ball link adjustment. The right engine was about 300 rpm's faster than the left so I adjusted the low/high needles to match the faster to the lower. Got them both running at 1800/6300 RPM's.
I also had problems with one carb fuel butterfly sticking. Must of been some burr on the shaft as it's working OK after some dis-assembly. I also turned the shaft an extra turn to get more spring tension on the low rpm side.
With multi-engines, any 'quirk' on one engine is very noticeable when both engines are running so a lot of extra time is always needed on twins.
pic 1:
Flap hinge broke (fortunately on the ground).
pic 2/3:
Drilled out the old pin and epoxied a new robart in its place.
pic 4:
I swapped engines (right to left and vise versa) to put the faster engine on the slave channel.
pic 5:
Before removing the butterfly, I put an arrow on it so I can put it back the same way it came out since one edge is beveled.
pic 6:
Engines finally all sync'ed (after two afternoons work)
engine test video:
http://www.rcuvideos.com/video/zirol...beechcraft-eng
While working on the engines, I noticed one flap hinge movement: a little firm movement and it broke.
Some brass tubing was used to extend the hinges so I just drilled out the old hinge and epoxied a new one in its place.
Yesterday, while trying to adjust the engines, I had a lot of problems getting them to sync.
Today, instead of trying to use the transmitter to sync them, I went back to the basics: low/high screw adjustment and throttle ball link adjustment. The right engine was about 300 rpm's faster than the left so I adjusted the low/high needles to match the faster to the lower. Got them both running at 1800/6300 RPM's.
I also had problems with one carb fuel butterfly sticking. Must of been some burr on the shaft as it's working OK after some dis-assembly. I also turned the shaft an extra turn to get more spring tension on the low rpm side.
With multi-engines, any 'quirk' on one engine is very noticeable when both engines are running so a lot of extra time is always needed on twins.
pic 1:
Flap hinge broke (fortunately on the ground).
pic 2/3:
Drilled out the old pin and epoxied a new robart in its place.
pic 4:
I swapped engines (right to left and vise versa) to put the faster engine on the slave channel.
pic 5:
Before removing the butterfly, I put an arrow on it so I can put it back the same way it came out since one edge is beveled.
pic 6:
Engines finally all sync'ed (after two afternoons work)
engine test video:
http://www.rcuvideos.com/video/zirol...beechcraft-eng
05-30-2010, 07:16 PM
#50
RE: ROAD TRIPS: 2010
another mini road trip 5.
Several of my buddies and I joined the TORKS club south of Columbus, Ohio.
Today, we went up there for some flying.
About 90, hardly any wind and sunny but good flying.
We were there about 8 hours.
pic 1-4:
Club house and 1000' runway and no trees.
pic 5/6:
some of the Americana to see in Ohio.
Several of my buddies and I joined the TORKS club south of Columbus, Ohio.
Today, we went up there for some flying.
About 90, hardly any wind and sunny but good flying.
We were there about 8 hours.
pic 1-4:
Club house and 1000' runway and no trees.
pic 5/6:
some of the Americana to see in Ohio.