3 Giant Warbird Builds 1-P-40 2-Corsairs
09-11-2010, 01:17 PM
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RE: 3 Giant Warbird Builds 1-P-40 2-Corsairs
Here you go I have made some progress. The wing is not set yet but it is very close to where I can epoxy in the hold down blocks add some balsa filler and make the 1/32" liners for the saddles. I am still not completely happy with the fit at the LE. I want at least +2 degrees incidence and right now I have almost +1.5 degrees. It will be soon though. It take time being careful not to take to much off. I test fit my home made cowl and the custom canopy I had Graham Buchanan from Tiger Models make for me. He is the one that sells the all composite 122.8" Corsair. He modified one of his into a F4U-5N and out of the kindness of his heart when he made his special canopies he made me 2. Just in case one gets damaged. You can see the workmanship he put into the one on the plane. It has a real aluminum frame and rivets. No Flite-Metal on this one. The canopy is thick and the frame is too. More to come soon! After the wing is set and I move the instrument panel toward the LE so it is scale I will finish sheeting the fuse. Then onto the wing tip panels.
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09-22-2010, 05:07 PM
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All the way and I mean all the way!!! I've been sandin more and more of the saddles so the wing dowel lines up with the hole in the fuse. It started out 3/4" to low which would off given me negitive incidence. I have bee slowly sanding a little bit off each side and then putting the wing back on to see if I sanded even and it was still level. I ended up sanding 3/4" off the front 1/3 of each saddle to get the dowl in the hole. I then sanded anoth 1/32" for the liner to have space. I still have a gap in the middle of about 1/8" but with epoxy and microballons it will make a perfect wing saddle. I went to a cabinet shop where I always go to get thick maple or whatever type wood I need. Today I went there and asked for 8/4" maple and all he had was a fireplace mantle out of a church that was built in the mid 1800's around 1865 before heat. He said he wouldn't part with it but for his project he only needed 8" so he gave me 2 feet for free out of the 12 foot mantle. Turns out it is 3"x8"x24" And is over 145 years old. Now that is what I call aged wood. Plus it's clear. Not one knot in the whole 12 foot board. Here it is before I start chopping it up for hold down blocks.
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09-24-2010, 12:14 PM
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The 3/4" dowel is just to line up the wing. I posted earlier that the wing will be held by 4 bolts. 2 at the LE and 2 at the rear spar. That is just there to help me find the bolt holes. Here are a few pictures of my method on a differnet builders 93" Ziroli Corsair.
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09-27-2010, 12:18 PM
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I finally got the rear wing hold down blocks cut with the correct angles to fit in the weird shaped saddles. The front ones will also be a pain.
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10-01-2010, 11:05 AM
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I finished all of the hold down blocks for the fuse and center section and am waiting on epoxy from Tower so I can glue them in and fill in over them with hard balsa. Then once the liners are glued in above them I can flip the fuse over and pour in epoxy to fill the gaps on the one side of each block. I am also drilling small holes in about 1/4" deep on all sides for the epoxy to flow into for a more secure bond. This is the way Ziroli shows to do it except they don't mention the bonding holes.
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10-11-2010, 12:11 PM
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I got sidetracked but am back in the saddle. I finished up the blocks and put balsa over them. It took some sanding to get the front ones right but they turned out well. The wing still sits level so now I need to add the liners of 1/32" plywood. I want to start that today. I used poster board to make a rough outline for the liners. I'll cut them out and after a test fit either sand or cut them closer to shape. Then just glued them in and re-fit the wing.
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08-09-2012, 01:31 AM
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RE: 3 Giant Warbird Builds 1-P-40 2-Corsairs
hi guy's , does any one out there know if the Evolution 9 cyl 99cc radial will fit inside the Ziroli corsair glass cowl??
08-09-2012, 09:48 PM
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RE: 3 Giant Warbird Builds 1-P-40 2-Corsairs
Hi Barry
are you still working on the monster corsair , what are you planning to power it with ,
if i read it correctly you scaled up a set of micks plans by 33.3% is that correct as i am interested in following you down this route
strange i was also looking at the evolution 260 7 cylinder rotary as well , at just on 13 inch diameter would this fit under the cowl that you built for your one
also interested as to how your retracts came out
phil
are you still working on the monster corsair , what are you planning to power it with ,
if i read it correctly you scaled up a set of micks plans by 33.3% is that correct as i am interested in following you down this route
strange i was also looking at the evolution 260 7 cylinder rotary as well , at just on 13 inch diameter would this fit under the cowl that you built for your one
also interested as to how your retracts came out
phil
