Falcon from Ben Buckle plans
04-14-2015, 07:21 AM
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Falcon from Ben Buckle plans
A while ago I had the idea to build the Falcon with a homebuilt petrol engine (http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/gas-...ol-engine.html) , the engine is now almost finished and now I started building the wings of the Falcon
Greetings Jef
Greetings Jef
06-16-2015, 10:56 PM
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For covering I am going to use this , http://www.benbucklevintage.com/inde...roducts_id=311
The intention is to use engine that I have built myself . See link http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/gas-...ol-engine.html
Greetings Jef
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07-12-2015, 11:33 AM
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11-18-2015, 11:23 AM
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It has been awhile since I have posted anything but the "Falcon" is coming along nicely but still a long way to go , I am also building a new diesel engine with my own castings , http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/ever...-nova-1-a.html
Greetings Jef
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03-10-2016, 03:20 PM
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Hello,
Have just started my Ben Buckle Falcon build.
Looking at your photographs Jeff to assist me in my build.
I wondered whether you were testing the structure of your fuselage by loading it with batteries?
It seems to be standing up to the strain,should be strong in the air.
I have enjoyed looking at your build.
Nothing on here to show where your build is now.
Regards..Ian
Have just started my Ben Buckle Falcon build.
Looking at your photographs Jeff to assist me in my build.
I wondered whether you were testing the structure of your fuselage by loading it with batteries?
It seems to be standing up to the strain,should be strong in the air.
I have enjoyed looking at your build.
Nothing on here to show where your build is now.
Regards..Ian
03-11-2016, 08:37 AM
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Hello,
Have just started my Ben Buckle Falcon build.
Looking at your photographs Jeff to assist me in my build.
I wondered whether you were testing the structure of your fuselage by loading it with batteries?
It seems to be standing up to the strain,should be strong in the air.
I have enjoyed looking at your build.
Nothing on here to show where your build is now.
Regards..Ian
Have just started my Ben Buckle Falcon build.
Looking at your photographs Jeff to assist me in my build.
I wondered whether you were testing the structure of your fuselage by loading it with batteries?
It seems to be standing up to the strain,should be strong in the air.
I have enjoyed looking at your build.
Nothing on here to show where your build is now.
Regards..Ian
The batteries are not a structural test , they serve simply as a dead weight when the glue was drying
For the moment there is not much Falcon building going on , I have to finish some other projects first for some colleague builders ,
I am making on the lathe some molds for vacuum forming and metric drawing for the Mills 1,3 cc diesel along with some casting of the cranckcase , see pictures
Regards Jef
03-11-2016, 10:34 AM
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Hello Jeff,
Many thanks for your reply.
I wasn't serious about the structural testing.
Have done some more work on the fuselage today.
Some time since I have been on a forum.
Will have to figure out how to upload photographs to the forum.
Bye for now ..regards...Ian
Many thanks for your reply.
I wasn't serious about the structural testing.
Have done some more work on the fuselage today.
Some time since I have been on a forum.
Will have to figure out how to upload photographs to the forum.
Bye for now ..regards...Ian
11-14-2016, 12:38 PM
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11-15-2016, 03:30 AM
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Jef, I was just looking through this thread again and would would have some serious misgivings about your tongue and box wing joiner. An 8 foot span model will have a considerable bending moment at the joint and this has to be countered by a moment applied over a few inches by the tongue in the box. The force trying to burst the box apart will be very large.
Alan
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11-15-2016, 11:24 PM
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Jef, I was just looking through this thread again and would would have some serious misgivings about your tongue and box wing joiner. An 8 foot span model will have a considerable bending moment at the joint and this has to be countered by a moment applied over a few inches by the tongue in the box. The force trying to burst the box apart will be very large.
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also I have contact with a fb friend who flies a Falcon for many years with also the same wingconnection without any problems ,
so I have reasonable confidence that this is good , but thanks anyway for your concern .
Jef
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Covering
Both the model and the engine look superb. Have you decided what material you are going to cover the Falcon with? Will you be running your engine on petrol or methanol?
Alan
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