I instaled the engine today, then i cut the cowl a treat but it wont go on properly. phill, canyou post some pics of your cowl cutouts? im using the 50 at 45*

This is my finnished beauty.

Forgot to mention that it weighs in at 5lb 1oz with an Irvine 53 & Capiche pipe. (the Capiche pipe weighs the same as the standard Irvine pipe).
The silver is ment to be pearlescent white!

interesting colour scheme. i like what you did with the rudder and the opposite stuff

The red was ment to be the orange but i didnt get enough, So i had to use what i had. I only had red or white, so red it was.
I'm not too sure if i like the colour scheme or not.

is it me or is the elevator on backwards? lol


heres my cowl, as you can see lots of room around the head and pipe. you have to twist and turn to get the cowl off but it's not that hard.

thanks phill. ill see how mine comes out. I notice the west stickers, were did you get them from

my local graphics shop via Simon

A couple of you guys were having problems with your building boards. If you are still struggling and you are going to Wings and Wheels I have some spare pin board and mdf and am willing to bring a board along if anyone wants. Cost you a beer in the beer tent!Let me know.
CubanAte

YES ME! how big? Will it warp on a wapred surface?

thanks

pm me if you can

Shahid, even 19mm MDF warps on a warped surface so you have to put the board on your wobbly table, and then very carefully sight along and across it (and check end to end) and pack it up with scrap balsa or whatever.I also used a large straight edge across it. I think virtually anything is gonna warp if its put onto something thats not 100% flat. Dont worry about it too much, just be very careful & accurate when you pack it up.


Jim

If you want I will laminate the pin board onto 25 mm mdf. This tends to stay pretty flat. I'll check the size we use for Capiche building and pm the size to you tommorrow to make sure it suits your 'table'. Are you going to W and W?

Test run everything today. All ok. Thought i would measure the static thrust of my Irvine 53. I haven't got a tacho yet so cant give any rpm's.
Irvine 53 with 12.25 X 3.75 apc produced 9lbs approx of static thrust. Not bad i thought. Should make my capiche fly well.

Thats about 1.8:1, just what The Boy said it would be like "about 60% throttle"

I fuel proofed that tank bay and the tank height is SPOT ON! YEEEHAAAAH!!!

Ahem, If I could get glass that would so flat mmmmm

I can try packing but I like everything to be purrrrfect, Im still willing to look into that board though.

Yep I will be there Sunday if my lift is still ok with it. Maybe both days.

will IH or carbon copy be at wings and wheels? I wanna know whether i can get a new uc there.

Shahid: I use a 60" x 15" board to build our Capiches on. If you are going to Wings and Wheels and would like a board laminated up from 1/2 pin board on 3/4" mdf I will bring one. You will obvously need transport and need to carry it back from the pilots camping area without blowing away in this **** wind. Let me know.
Cuban

Did more work on tank etc, now all fuel lines are exiting the firewall, its all a tight fit though with the IH mount, infact it looks like I may just have to trim away some of the mount, I was wondering though do I really need the cross bars?

Anyway, I got the hole for the throttle hole marked out and it will come out nicely inline with the arm, just need now to get soemthing for a snake (clear fuel tubing maybe) and it will have to wind its way around this and that quite a bit so some sort of solid push rod is out of the question, looks like I will try to find that missing throttle cable, if I can't I'll see what IH can do or skip that as well and pop around the LHS.

Fingers crossed for wings and wheels! They are forcasting wind and rain. Kinda like the weather we had yesterday.

Looked around for throttle run, couldnt find any snake or stuff, will order it from IH when I get money along with 3mm and closed loop controls. Also, the adjustable control horns seems fine and indeed would work fine with the alierons and elevator but I cant see how I could use them for closed loop on the rudder, I may just end up buying 6 raked horns, I like the look of those better.

So until I get some throttle run I can't build, ah well, I sort out the Mirage and get it ready for sale.

Have fun chaps see you at W&W!

use the yellow snakes with white inner, good stuff!

Where can I get those? Im getting the IH throttle run anyway so Ill just use that.

any model shop, the orange inners arn't bad, but the white ones can twist more without problems

forgot to say, i now have some REAL! servos for the Capiche thanks to Lord lucan, will be fitting me 3010's tonight

Thanks mate

Well hmmmmmmmmmmmmm, I have some M2 clevises, I guess I need some adapters and some close loops wire. from the LHS, but the horns and other bits will def come from IH as soon as they return from France.

I wanna fly sooooo much but I wont finish until september...

har har 1-0! come on england! ok im not that excitied.

football[sm=redface.gif][sm=sleeping.gif] hate the sport!

common shahid, you gotta finish the c50 quicker than i have done, thinking of getting covering at W&W if pete tindal is there for my capiche, and the wood to finish it off yay!

have you got any bits and bobs handy Shahid? i don't know anyone lacking so many basic parts needed to build a plane.


The ref needs a horses head in his bed when he wakes, or better still not wake. what a *0$$£R

James can't save any penalty heading for the goal

I cant stand footie either but i thought being the quarters i would. The ref who pays his wages, the portuguese ! ! ![>:]

Any way back on topic, hopefuly the weather will be better at the weekend so i can test fly my capiche.
Put a 90 into my sukoi that i nicked my irvine from. Should make it a bit lively !