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Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: Potchefstroom, South Africaa
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.... thank you Ray ... that is the way I am going to go. I appreciate your efforts with the pics .... pic worth 1000 words.... !
... as mentioned earlier the in the discussion the hardwood for the rigging attachment points on the empennage and rudder post is also important.
Bob will you please add me to the list ....?
Thanks Chris
... as mentioned earlier the in the discussion the hardwood for the rigging attachment points on the empennage and rudder post is also important.
Bob will you please add me to the list ....?
Thanks Chris
#703
Of interest, I built my 1/4 scale Fleet with landing and flying wires to be somewhat functional. Field build up and take down took so long at times, I ran out of motivation to even fly..amost.
With the rebuild, I left off the rigging but left all the hard wood (maple) mounting points within the wings. Since the first attempt to maiden, I 've semed to lose interest as many of our flying fields are over 50 miles away..one way.
I built a 1/3 scale where the flying and lading wires are needed to be functional. Now, if one wishes to buy it as it is just too big for my aging fingers.
Ray W.
With the rebuild, I left off the rigging but left all the hard wood (maple) mounting points within the wings. Since the first attempt to maiden, I 've semed to lose interest as many of our flying fields are over 50 miles away..one way.
I built a 1/3 scale where the flying and lading wires are needed to be functional. Now, if one wishes to buy it as it is just too big for my aging fingers.
Ray W.
#705
Summerville, South Carolina. Yea, it's big. 4 wings, long fuse but the horizontal stab is detachable. SuperShrink coverite with Nitrate and Butyrate color.
Yet to check CG and repower with something bigger than OS300 Twin.
Ray.
Yet to check CG and repower with something bigger than OS300 Twin.
Ray.
#706
You can add me to the list. I have the 1/6 scale Concept Fleet Barnstormer kit that I bought at a club flea market. The plans are dark yellow, mouse chewed and almost illegible. I bought a Cobra brushless motor, speed control, Wms Bros cylinders, and metal geared servos and all bagged accessory items. Started on the fuselage and cut out all unnecessary lite ply, collected detail photos , then other model projects, model flying and life butted in. I am starting a build of the Pat Tritle/Brodak 60" wsp DC-3 in AA Flagship Detroit livery from Kelly Graphics. The Barnstormer Model 2 (?) is next in line for completion. Yellowed plans and instruction pamphlet are a little too concise and not easy to follow. I am a fan of biplanes and golden age designs in general I am flying a Dynam WACO (wahko) and a Park Zone Stinson Reliant SR-10. My over-detailed Pat Tritle 59" wsp Pepsi Reliant has SR-7 kit bash has become mostly a wall rack queen.
#707
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hello chris, althepal here.
the next time you get your plans out, can you tell me where the CG is supposed to be. I'm going with the os fs300 and it is quite a bit heavier than the quadra 35 that I flew once before. I knew I should have checked it before I pulled the engine.
thanks a lot, Althepal fleet brotherhood #32
the next time you get your plans out, can you tell me where the CG is supposed to be. I'm going with the os fs300 and it is quite a bit heavier than the quadra 35 that I flew once before. I knew I should have checked it before I pulled the engine.
thanks a lot, Althepal fleet brotherhood #32
#711
Fleet Finch
I also really like those old Fleet biplanes!
Here’s my Fleet.
Scratch built from a British plan, spans 67” and uses a .91FS.
Great flyer.
I also have a Concept Fleet kit on its way to me, should arrive in a few days. Looking forward to building this one!
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Fleet restoration project
Hello guys.
I just bought a long time wanted Fleet Biplane. I wanted a kit, but couldn't find one, so i got this built one in Facebook Marketplace. The plane will definitely need a deep restoration job to make it airworthy and to make it scale detailed. I'll need all the help you can give me and I'll appreciate it. Thank you very much.
I just bought a long time wanted Fleet Biplane. I wanted a kit, but couldn't find one, so i got this built one in Facebook Marketplace. The plane will definitely need a deep restoration job to make it airworthy and to make it scale detailed. I'll need all the help you can give me and I'll appreciate it. Thank you very much.
#715
Congrats on finding one. Some suspect points to give a good eye to is the fwd and aft landing gear mount blocks. With oil and hard landings, they may need new oak. Secondly, all the wing spars are built up as in the real planes of the days. Check the glue joints well. I'm a bit old fashion and would consider using a fabric for recovering. Mine sits collecting dust but the heart is still involved.
Ray W.
Ray W.
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Hello guys.
I just bought a long time wanted Fleet Biplane. I wanted a kit, but couldn't find one, so i got this built one in Facebook Marketplace. The plane will definitely need a deep restoration job to make it airworthy and to make it scale detailed. I'll need all the help you can give me and I'll appreciate it. Thank you very much.
I just bought a long time wanted Fleet Biplane. I wanted a kit, but couldn't find one, so i got this built one in Facebook Marketplace. The plane will definitely need a deep restoration job to make it airworthy and to make it scale detailed. I'll need all the help you can give me and I'll appreciate it. Thank you very much.
#717
Your recent post re-activated my interest in going back to work on my electric powered "Barnstormer" model. Still have dusty fuselage frame with excessive lightply cut out. Gotta hunt up all motor, esc, Wms Bros radial parts to build the Kinner dummy, etc. The Fleet bipes had a distinctive look and models on You Tube look like good gentle flyers.