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Hi,
I am looking for templates for the wing ribs, horzt. stab ribs and fuse. formers. Love the plane and want to build one as an electric pwr'ed plane.
Thanks,
Gloria
I am looking for templates for the wing ribs, horzt. stab ribs and fuse. formers. Love the plane and want to build one as an electric pwr'ed plane.
Thanks,
Gloria
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G'Day Glo...
I've been hoping for a Falcon revival -- what a cool airplane!
Sad thing about the stab: the individual ribs weren't included on the plans. When I bhuilt my current Falcon-56, I started out by generating a set of patterns with an airfoil generator (The stab foil was fully symmetrical, 11% thickness, crest at 40% chord point... is that NACA 0041?), but scaled it wrong, so I took the section that is on the plans and enlarged it to the proper chord lengths for each rib of the stab. That still gave me the wrong answer since the enlarging and shrinking makes it so the high point and spar sweep back... and I'm sure that the spar isn't supposed to.
What I actually did when I built it was cut the stabilizer ribs without notches, assembled the stab (I don't recall whether I had to glue it to keep it aligned or not), and then marked and cut the spar notches and added the spars. The problem is, I should have then traced all of the ribs, but my brain was out to lunch, so it didn't tell me to do that at the time.
I can send you a set of plans (say for the cost of copying and mailing?) if you need them (I've reconstructed both the Falcon 56 and Senior Falcon from mulitple dilapidated originals), but since I sorta got stupid when I was building, you'd still have to interpolate the stab ribs. OR, I could just mail you copies of the stab and wing cross-sections if that would help.
If anybody else can trace a set of stab ribs from a real kit, I'd like to have the tracings, too. I'm not sure, but I think that the Mark III Falcon has a flat stab and I know it didn't keep the old signature same tail outlines ofo the originals.
I've been hoping for a Falcon revival -- what a cool airplane!
Sad thing about the stab: the individual ribs weren't included on the plans. When I bhuilt my current Falcon-56, I started out by generating a set of patterns with an airfoil generator (The stab foil was fully symmetrical, 11% thickness, crest at 40% chord point... is that NACA 0041?), but scaled it wrong, so I took the section that is on the plans and enlarged it to the proper chord lengths for each rib of the stab. That still gave me the wrong answer since the enlarging and shrinking makes it so the high point and spar sweep back... and I'm sure that the spar isn't supposed to.
What I actually did when I built it was cut the stabilizer ribs without notches, assembled the stab (I don't recall whether I had to glue it to keep it aligned or not), and then marked and cut the spar notches and added the spars. The problem is, I should have then traced all of the ribs, but my brain was out to lunch, so it didn't tell me to do that at the time.
I can send you a set of plans (say for the cost of copying and mailing?) if you need them (I've reconstructed both the Falcon 56 and Senior Falcon from mulitple dilapidated originals), but since I sorta got stupid when I was building, you'd still have to interpolate the stab ribs. OR, I could just mail you copies of the stab and wing cross-sections if that would help.
If anybody else can trace a set of stab ribs from a real kit, I'd like to have the tracings, too. I'm not sure, but I think that the Mark III Falcon has a flat stab and I know it didn't keep the old signature same tail outlines ofo the originals.
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PS: I see that in my frustration over the stabilizer ribs I forgot that you were looking for the fuselage stuff too... the plans I have are as complete as CGM included with the kits... they have everything except the stab ribs.
BTW, there was a little issue of occasional wing foldings with the original Falcons -- and today's more powerful engines and more able pilots won't make that any better. Instead of the solid basla wing spars, I used spars with balsa core and spruce or bass capstrips and I added plywood dihedral joiners, all set up to avoid changing the original appearance.
BTW, there was a little issue of occasional wing foldings with the original Falcons -- and today's more powerful engines and more able pilots won't make that any better. Instead of the solid basla wing spars, I used spars with balsa core and spruce or bass capstrips and I added plywood dihedral joiners, all set up to avoid changing the original appearance.
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Hi Al,
Since I posted last a friend of mine has plans for the Falcon 56 and I found a set of pristine plans for the Falcon Sr. He is going to do a set of copies that have all the ribs and formers. If you want I can ask about a set for you too. It will cost shipping and copying.
Gloria
Now these are being redrawn for electric flight. But if you don't mind glue globs on the 56 plans I can get you gas plans ( originals well copies of them )
Since I posted last a friend of mine has plans for the Falcon 56 and I found a set of pristine plans for the Falcon Sr. He is going to do a set of copies that have all the ribs and formers. If you want I can ask about a set for you too. It will cost shipping and copying.
Gloria
Now these are being redrawn for electric flight. But if you don't mind glue globs on the 56 plans I can get you gas plans ( originals well copies of them )
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I have reconstructed what I think are complete copies of the plans provided in the kits... my originals are pieced, but the copies look real good. But I would love to have templates for the ribs from the tail.
Those elevator ribs are the only thing that's not on my plans (I suspect that CG felt no need to publish them) and they're all that I'm missing. I'd be really happy to get a set of those.
Those elevator ribs are the only thing that's not on my plans (I suspect that CG felt no need to publish them) and they're all that I'm missing. I'd be really happy to get a set of those.
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Hi Al,
Sorry, my contact is on a cruise. He and his wife should be back this weekend. I will let you know what is going on as soon as I hear.
Gloria
Sorry, my contact is on a cruise. He and his wife should be back this weekend. I will let you know what is going on as soon as I hear.
Gloria