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Old 08-09-2011 | 04:17 AM
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Default RE: SIMLA BUILD THREAD

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Duane, do you have a photo of the undressed bottom of you Simla?
And who says a "build thread" can't be "edgy".

I will post the rest, (or most) of the remaining fuselage pictures tonight. In the meantime, look at the article which does have a few fuselage pictures..some of which are from the bottom. What are you looking for?

One more thing to keep in mind to avoid confusion about the fin. Looking at the plans, there is no indication about "shaping" or narrowing the truss behind the fin L.E. to give it more of a thinner, or "airfoil" shape. That being said, I wanted to do that in my model in order to more closely duplicate the way Ed's fin appears to me from the photos. To me, Ed's fin is quite tapered, and doesn't appear to be blunt and wide at the L.E. It's all a matter of taste because we must remember there WAS NO OFFICIAL PLAN. Everything we did depended on comparing our model to Ed's photos, and trying to get what each of us thinks is the most "true" look...compared to the photos. I shaped my fin more than the plan shows...Kevin, I believe, built more to plan as drawn.