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Forum: Kit Building
06-12-2014, 04:27 AM
Replies: 2,142
Views: 257,126
Posted By smithcreek

Most all these types of bipes have tapered...

Most all these types of bipes have tapered surfaces, not airfoils. The elevator would be constructed with something like a 1" tube along the hinge line and 5/16" tube for the trailing edge. The...
Forum: Kit Building
02-07-2013, 06:14 AM
Replies: 2,142
Views: 257,126
Posted By smithcreek

RE: Skybolt hangar and clubhouse

That would be my plan. Mine is pretty hefty, almost 12 lbs. and though it flies well, it flies heavy and lands fast. Too heavy to knife edge well, flat spins pretty flat, but with the weight it...
Forum: Kit Building
07-05-2012, 06:49 AM
Replies: 2,142
Views: 257,126
Posted By smithcreek

RE: Skybolt hangar and clubhouse

I had to ditch mine in the hay one time. I could tell my engine was going to quit and asked for the runway. Another guy taxied out right after and said I'll take off in a second. Well, I had to...
Forum: Kit Building
06-26-2012, 03:07 PM
Replies: 2,142
Views: 257,126
Posted By smithcreek

RE: Skybolt hangar and clubhouse

You can flatten it out, but it still drops like a rock. Definitely not a 3-d type floaty flat spin, you gotta start high cause it comes down fast.
Forum: Kit Building
06-26-2012, 04:43 AM
Replies: 2,142
Views: 257,126
Posted By smithcreek

RE: Skybolt hangar and clubhouse

Watch at about 3:10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEajovtpR88
Forum: Kit Building
05-09-2012, 09:38 AM
Replies: 2,142
Views: 257,126
Posted By smithcreek

RE: Skybolt hangar and clubhouse

It's very simple, if the lower wing was 3/8" to far ahead you made a mistake somewhere. Don't make the mistake and you won't have the problem. The kit is designed so there is some adjustment in the...
Forum: Kit Building
05-09-2012, 06:18 AM
Replies: 2,142
Views: 257,126
Posted By smithcreek

RE: Skybolt hangar and clubhouse

Wow, Zor really has everyone worked up about putting those cabanes together. I guess I must have really screwed up because mine were easy-peasy, practically fell in place. Of course it took a...
Forum: Kit Building
02-29-2012, 06:49 PM
Replies: 2,142
Views: 257,126
Posted By smithcreek

RE: Skybolt hangar and clubhouse

At least with my plane, during knife edge the yaw changes depending on how much rudder I use. I don't remember which way, but I set up my low rate with just enough throw to hold altitude in knife...
Forum: Kit Building
02-07-2012, 07:09 AM
Replies: 2,142
Views: 257,126
Posted By smithcreek

RE: Skybolt hangar and clubhouse

There's a Dively Skybolt on ebay right now, but it's partially built. Looks like one side of top and bottom wing, the elevators and rudder are built. Hard to tell what is still with the kit, the...
Forum: Kit Building
02-06-2012, 12:45 PM
Replies: 2,142
Views: 257,126
Posted By smithcreek

RE: Skybolt hangar and clubhouse

Maybe Bob Dively plans. I'm not knowledgeable on his Skybolt plans, but his Pitts plans built into a light plane.
Forum: Kit Building
02-06-2012, 05:16 AM
Replies: 2,142
Views: 257,126
Posted By smithcreek

RE: Skybolt hangar and clubhouse

Wendell Hostetler makes plans for one that would be the size you are looking for. I'm sure there are a few kit cutters that could supply parts. No way I would bother to scale up the GP kit. It...
Forum: Kit Building
01-04-2012, 07:22 AM
Replies: 2,142
Views: 257,126
Posted By smithcreek

RE: Skybolt hangar and clubhouse

I usually use fabric and paint, so I'm no expert on Ultra and Monokote, but I think you need to be careful when mixing the two. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Mono goes over Ultra...
Forum: Kit Building
01-04-2012, 05:53 AM
Replies: 2,142
Views: 257,126
Posted By smithcreek

RE: Skybolt hangar and clubhouse

Pretty typical for a lot of Ultracote colors. Great stuff to work with but not nearly as opaque as Monokote.
Forum: Kit Building
08-13-2011, 11:50 AM
Replies: 2,142
Views: 257,126
Posted By smithcreek

RE: Skybolt hangar and clubhouse

With 4 ailerons and a bit of speed the rolls are pretty tight and straight on high rates. It's when the skybolt is going slow that the ailerons are much less effective and your larger ailerons may...
Forum: Kit Building
06-28-2011, 04:08 PM
Replies: 2,142
Views: 257,126
Posted By smithcreek

RE: Skybolt hangar and clubhouse

Broke out the Skybolt for our club's Biplane Day. Video taped a short flight. This plane does do some very nice inverted flat spins.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEajovtpR88
Forum: Kit Building
04-01-2011, 04:50 AM
Replies: 2,142
Views: 257,126
Posted By smithcreek

RE: Skybolt hangar and clubhouse

If you see a Midwest Super Stinker get that first. Much better plane. Much better build, much better wood, much better flyer.
Forum: Kit Building
03-05-2011, 11:17 AM
Replies: 2,142
Views: 257,126
Posted By smithcreek

RE: Skybolt hangar and clubhouse

I'm pretty sure I wrote somewhere in this thread that I had the exact same problem, but since this thread turned into one person's personal blog it's made it difficult to sift through for useful...
Forum: Kit Building
02-27-2011, 07:00 PM
Replies: 2,142
Views: 257,126
Posted By smithcreek

RE: Skybolt hangar and clubhouse

Hostetler designed a 76.5" and Bob Dively designed one, but not sure on the wingspan of that one.
Forum: Kit Building
02-22-2011, 06:48 AM
Replies: 2,142
Views: 257,126
Posted By smithcreek

RE: Skybolt hangar and clubhouse

I put together this video for our club's biplane day last season. The Skybolt is in there along with a bunch of other kit built biplanes including a Balsa USA EAA Bipe, Pica Waco, Midwest Super...
Forum: Kit Building
02-18-2011, 07:37 AM
Replies: 2,142
Views: 257,126
Posted By smithcreek

RE: Skybolt hangar and clubhouse

You just ran into the biggest headache I had on this build. Like you I lined up the TE along the top of the ribs. Before sanding the TE to match the bottom ribs I glued the panels together with the...
Forum: Kit Building
02-17-2011, 11:20 AM
Replies: 2,142
Views: 257,126
Posted By smithcreek

RE: Skybolt hangar and clubhouse

I think he means at the end of the TE on the outer panels, where it is going to join with the inner panels you need to cut an angle on the TE lengthwise (well, more lengthwise than across). The...
Forum: Kit Building
12-18-2010, 06:39 AM
Replies: 2,142
Views: 257,126
Posted By smithcreek

RE: Skybolt hangar and clubhouse

Just the red on my plane. I put smaller "L" and "R" on the ailerons and painted those Ivory, no problem, that paint covered it in one coat. I ordered the dope from Brodak and on the web page where...
Forum: Kit Building
12-17-2010, 06:04 AM
Replies: 2,142
Views: 257,126
Posted By smithcreek

RE: Skybolt hangar and clubhouse

Well, if you ever get a little crack in your ABS cowl (which should be thrown away to begin with and replaced with a fiberglass one to begin with) there is a 4 page treatise on how to repair. [:'(]...
Forum: Kit Building
06-30-2010, 01:09 PM
Replies: 2,142
Views: 257,126
Posted By smithcreek

RE: Skybolt hangar and clubhouse

I would fly it again and try using the rudder during normal flight. As far as I can tell, from my experience and reports in this and other threads, rudder input causes the GP Skybolt to roll in the...
Forum: Kit Building
06-07-2010, 07:39 AM
Replies: 2,142
Views: 257,126
Posted By smithcreek

RE: Skybolt hangar and clubhouse

Really? That's not what I've found. I mix the rudder and aileron to get a flat turn with rudder only. Without the mix, in slow rolls when as you feed rudder in it slows the roll on the 1st 1/4 of...
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