DeHavilland Mosquito
while i'am waiting for the better weather to arrive so i can paint my sist 190D and fuel proof the 109 i thought i'd start a thread on my latest build....a mick reeves 100" mossie......this was designed by John Carpenter back in the early 90's for competition use at the UK Nats.....
the kit comprises of a epoxy glass fuz (2 parts) glass nacelles and built up outer wing panels/tailplane/fin and rudder.....all up weight will be around 22/24lbs.....
at the moment i'm still pondering about what to use for power....the prototype first flew with 2 laser 90's...it flew ok but really needed something bigger....2 laser 150's were added and this made the mossie fly very well...too well by all accounts.....the ideal setup being something around the 120/125 size, however my problem is should i go electric?......anyway i can go so far with the build and then hit the crunch later.....
the kit comes with all plans/articles/scale dwgs etc.......although a lot is left up to the builder...so it's not going to be a beginers project......this will be my first twin
i've always loved the mossie...having seen the full size fly at DX some years ago......my local flying site Warboy's had mossies so did Wyton and Upwood only a stones throw away....also my mum remembers seeing one crash from Wyton just down the road where she lived and my dad rode his bike to the end of the runway at Wyton....so it only was a matter of time before i had to build one for nostalgia reasons......
parts i've been doing at work during my lunch break......rudder and fin...these are progressing fine, the rest i've started in the workshop....
the first thing to do was to clean up all the mould seams......using wet and dry and flat blocks...some filler was needed just to fill in any small holes etc left after rubbing back......the fuz comes in two halves split just behind the flaps...on the full size there is a small detail abit like a flatten sausage that runs around the fuz....this will hide the join between the parts when bolted together.....4 ....M4 bolts are used to secure the glass parts using T nuts glued onto 3mm ply rings..the parts once completed align very well....all parts glued with hyhsol.....