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Well guys,

I know this build has been hit and miss as far as me being consistent but, I worked on it some more last night and took pictures. I left my camera over in the shop however, I hope to build on it some more this afternoon also. I'll attempt to post the pictures tonight. Still have a little learning curve on this NEW RCU but, I'm starting to understand it better.

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I have some pictures to post tonight. Not sure how this works on the new RCU but I'll give it a try.
This group of pictures is wher I glued the rear upper spine including the rear upper fuse sides.

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These three show where I removed the tape and did a little rough shaping with the micro plane and some additional trimming around the tail. On a side note, most of the stuff on the new RCU is okay with me however, loading these pictures was a pain in the butt. You can only insert one at a time. You have to go back to the little Icon, "which on mine is fourth from the right on the reply box", each time you want to add a pic. Works okay but is very cumbersome. If you guys know a better way, please let me know.

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I was looking back at my previous posts and noticed I left a picture out that I mentioned back in post number 74. It is where I sanded a taper on the tail portion of the fuse and epoxied the fuse sides together at the tail.

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Any updates on this build?

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Lom and my other RCU friends. First please accept my apologies for being so hit and miss on this build. I have gotten side tracked on several other projects both rc and non-rc due to no fault of anyone other than myself. I have been working heavily on the Hots the last two weeks and hope it flies this weekend provided i get the engine broken in.

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Having a little trouble posting for some reason hence the back to back post. Anyway,,, back on topic. Although i haven't had a chance to post them, i have taken plenty of pictures and will take my portion of this thread to the completion of the build. If i get a chance I'll try to post some of the pics tomorrow night if i can get them on my computer and sorted to the proper flow of the work performed. I finished the cowl this weekend and removed it from the mold last night. Then trimmed it to fit. I took detailed pics of that process as well.

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Some Plans!

The Original Hots
http://www.outerzone.co.uk/plan_details.asp?ID=4581
Electric Hots (.075-.10 size)
http://www.outerzone.co.uk/plan_details.asp?ID=4086
Hots II
http://www.outerzone.co.uk/plan_details.asp?ID=4095
Dave

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These pictures show where I installed the panels on the top of the fuse at midway and also on the front section. Although I didn't show it ,I used a razor plane and coarse sand paper to rough it in after I removed the painter's tape I used to secure it while the adhesive cured.

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Lower section of the front of the fuse. The last picture shows where the LG would eventually be mounted. This is a mod from the plans.

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Worked on wing fit. Actually, I have this post and the last post a little out of sequence as you can see from these pics, I haven't installed the lower part of the front of the fuse at this time.

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These pictures show where the wing mount was installed; drilled and tapped for quarter inch bolts. Altered from plan here as it shows only one bolt. I always use two except for the smallest of models.

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More pictures of the wing as it fits the fuse and the horizontal stab on the tail. I deviated from the plans here as I used counter balance tabs where the plans show none. Actually they are on the elevator but, I show the mod to the stab to make room for them. I feel it helps reduce the strain on servos however some may argue that point. There are several points of view on these and I'm sure all have good merit. Just a personal preference I happen to like.

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These pictures show building wing pan for the bottom of the wing which gives the fuse continuity.

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Did a little rough sanding of the fuse here and also show where the LG will mount. I normally use aluminum however, this is my buddy's plane and he likes the composite gear which is absolutely okay. Another one of those personal preference things.

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Started covering. I'm using checkered on the bottom and yellow on top. It will have a green leading edge and green gears on the wing and tail feathers. You can see the templates I made with card stock. Wow ! I spent all afternoon one day cutting teeth in the templates, then the covering I used.

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Wing complete with white ailerons. All covering is Ultracoat.

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Black covering on the bottom of the fuse.

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A picture of the servo bay with throttle, rudder, and elevator servo installed.

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Starting on the cowl. Get some of your significant other's stockings. Better to ask her for an old pair. They get quite testy if you pick out a new pair... If you don't have a significant other,,,, well all I can say is the lady at the department store is going to go blink,,, blink,,, when you tell her it's to fix a plane. I used finishing resin, (in this case Z Poxy but other brands will work just fine.) The glass cloth consist of three layers of 2 oz and 1 layer of 3/4 oz. the 3/4 oz is the outside layer to make the cowl a little easier to finish in my mind but not absolutely necessary. you may find you need 4 or 5 layers of the 2 oz but 3 has worked for me and that is what is on this one. On occasion I've used 4 layers.

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I made the plug out of florist foam. Then wrapped it tightly with plastic wrap. I used Seran wrap, (not sure I spelled that correctly).

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Stretch the panty hose over the plastic tightly. Leave no wrinkles. Trim it off, tie it off at the base then stretch a 2nd cover of the material over the assembly. I tie it off on the top and bottom of my plug with 4 inch zip ties but you can use string or bread sack ties. I then taped plastic over my little stand I made out of 5/8 dowel glued in a board. It will protect my table from resin dripping or spillage. The bottom of my plug has a piece 3/4 inch pvc pipe glued in the bottom so that I can just set it on my stand and rotate as needed. You may have noticed I have installed 16 gage steel on my table top. that's one of the projects I have started working on other than the planes. I'm going to start building with magnets as talked about on airfieldmodels.com. I'm really impressed with his procedure.

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I made a paper template of the cowl side and end cone and used it to cut the glass. Again, I used 3 layers on the cowl body and the end cap followed by the 3/4 oz final layer. I cut the fiberglass with a fiskars cutter I got from a sewing supply store my wife visits. I think you can get them at Hobby Lobby also.

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Started with 2oz piece on the nose of the cowl. enough hangs over the side that when the sides are laid on it ties it all together.

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Now working on the sides. I didn't show it but completely brush in the resin for saturation before the next layer. Also, scrap it with playing cards to get excess off before laying the next layer.