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Old 12-06-2006 | 07:57 PM
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Default RE: SE5a 1/6 Scale

Don, you're right. A few words about the rack are in order. I had read that some SE5as were equipped with four 20# Cooper bombs. So I thought, Great. I'll add bombs. Not so fast! I found pics of bomb release handles. I found pics of the mounting tabs under the fuse. I found pics of bombs. But no bomb racks. Then Mark Miller posted his CAD models. Beautiful work, Mark! Then the fun began. How to make one four inches across The Bombs are made of balsa, turned down on a mini lathe. The fins are 1/64 ply. The arming vanes are 1/64 ply on a 1/16 dowel rod. The hanger is aluminum.
The rack itself is mostly brass, with 00-90 brass bolts and solder to hold it together.
The bombs hang from a wire which is held in place by a hinged trigger block. Each time the pilot pulls back on the release lever, the ratchet moves the trip bar one space, knocking over one trigger block and dropping one bomb.
Steve
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