scale dail

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You get to fly at a real airport? I am Jealous! Jail in the USA for that!

Kostas1

Hehe...yeah...it's the old national airport located in Athens/GR....

Kostas1

And a serious (?) problem.....

A crack appeared on the wood,here:

What do you suggest me to do;

lightning 759

hi
a good solid ply brace , clamps &some good epoxy

andy

Kostas1

Andy,

i thought of using some fiberglass cloth and thinned epoxy to wrap the area that cracked....
unfortunately i find it difficult to cut through plywood, i don't have an electric saw or something!

paladin

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Kostos, the problem is Lt ply in a stress bearing member. In this case you over tightened it. Take some pine or spruce (1/4x1/2 or ¼ square), cut it to fit very tightly between the left and right fuse sides on the wing side. Then push it as close to the holes one on either side (fore and aft) epoxied of coarse.

To prevent this from happening again glue a soft piece of balsa between the new members and the wing. Widdle it down till it fits the wing perfectly. Now when you reach all is tight the torque will rise quickly on the screws giving you a good signal its tight.

Joe

Kostas1

Thank's Joe, always helpful!!!


I will try to find a solution of how to cut the ply portions.

The balsa part should face the wing, right;

Old Erkki

Greetings from Finland

Old Erkki

Kostas1

It turned out really nice.....any other shots;

paladin

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everything needs to go between the prescient blind nuts and the wing.




Joe

Kostas1

OK Joe!

I will post my progress soon.....

stuntflyr

Kostas,
Here are some pics of the fixed gear "Export" Hawk. Those pics from December are all corrupted and RCU disabled edit so one cannot reintroduce them on the same post anymore.
Anyway, I'm after my Dad to finish his P-36 like this, I have drawn out the pants patterns so I can carve them from balsa. I have drawn them like the full pants in the painting.
Chris...

Kostas1

Chris, this setup looks very good.

How can i see your progress;

Kostas1

Now with a Saito FA-150S, waiting for some serious flying!

Kostas1

Here is the fix guys....Waiting for a good calm day to shoot some HD footage!

I also used a portion of fiberglass cloth...

Kostas1

Eventually,

here is the video of the maiden flight!!!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvKH7ni-Kyk&hd=1[/youtube]

Kostas1

But some repairs need to take place, sooo.....

Kostas1

And the other pictures...
I used some patches of fiberglass cloth & applied them with thinned epoxy from Greatplanes-30min.

Kostas1

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NoFlaps

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FYI-
This plane is listed "BACK IN STOCK" on Hobby People's Website (California distributor of BHM).

Kostas1

The picture they use to advertise it, really bogs down it's real appearance. This is too bad IMO.

Kostas1

Ready to be covered!

Kostas1

I just finished the covering job guys. Prices for covering have gone way too high,
so I tried to use whatever I had on my room, choosing between spare pieces!