Sorry I have already posted these pics in a Seaplane thread...

This talk of Astro Hogs and floats. I wanted to do something a little different so I made a monofloat and tip floats for my Hog. White foam, packing tape, 3/16 dia aluminum tubing and a couple of shelf brackets.

The hog is covered with Sig Koverall and dope. Saito 91 for power.

Stan

Thanks Stan,


Great idea, on the Mono float.Good looking
Hog too.

I took some pics of my proress tonight,
there just for visualization purposes.

Bob

Bob,

That looks great!

Stan

Thanks Stan,


My epoxy is taking longer to cure, must be the
humidity (High). So i'm letting the wing just sit
for a couple of days.


Bob

FWIW,


I covered the bottom of the Stab today with the
21 C fabric. Must say it is alot better or easier to
use than M Kote.

Bob

Hello!

My Astro is finished! IΒ΄m waiting to fly it in 2-3 weeks and will see how it flyes.
It has a YS63s for power. Built it as taildragger with dihedral reduced to 6ΒΊ total. Has also 1 servo per aileron and sullivan pushrods.
Weight is 7.85 Lbs/3570 gr aprox, I had to put 250 gr in the nose to balance it. It doesnΒ΄t seem to be very heavy, but lets see first fight...
The scheme is inspired in that old GT40 Β΄68 of le mans, I hope youΒ΄ll like it.

More pics,

Gulf Porsche colors, It should be fast!

That's a nice contrast combo scheme

spanishflyer,

That looks Great ! I just down loaded some
progress pics. My pig is in the " I'm not sure
what scheme I want mode.. It will be
a conventional landing gear and has individual
Aileron servos also. Good Luck on the Maiden,

Bob

This ones mine.....

Here is mine cover in sig Koverall finished with dope 25 years ago.

Good looking hog,you have.

I mounted the blocks in the wing for
the tail dragger version. I also went
ahead and mounted some ply with
blind nuts for a fuse mounted gear.

Not sure which way i'll go ? I temporarily
borrowed the main gear off my stik for
a day.


Bob

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While the other model pics show some beautifully constructed and finished models, your Astro Hog is finished very close to how I would do it.

Cub Yellow and Dark Red are dynamite color combos. The only one that I like just slightly better is Metallic Red Monokote with a White Monokote base color. Yours is absolutely beautiful.

I saw one of these fly with an early ASP .61 ABC engine swinging a 13x6 propeller (forget the brand). What a beautiful combo. This model's specialty is outside snaprolls, in case you were curious.


Ed Cregger

Here's another

DaveB

Looks great Dave.

I've noticed more people choose
the tail dragger with the mains mounted
in the wing, over mounted to the fuse.

Our club has a grass runway (Bermuda),
I'm concerned about the wing blocks holding
up on the grass.


Bob

The Hog when set up with wing mounted main wheels and a tail wheel sure does beautiful main wheel first landings

Thanks w8ye,


Since I am building mine for either TD version,
i'll try the wing mounts out.

What changes are required to the supplied wire ?
Manual says there for the tri cycle version.

Bob

Bob,

You must bend the wires 18ΒΊ only in the 1" wire that goes into wood, in order to advance the gear. In my plans this modification is described. I did 2 fotos, I hope this helps you.

Carlos

That's what I did on the one I had several years ago.

I bent the wire

Thanks guys,

That does help me alot.

Bob

Another comment regarding the gear for the tail dragger version. Tail dragger gear requires a longer length music wire as the 5/32" gear provided in the kit is too short. Also you may want to consider using 3/16" wire for the gear as it will be less prone to bend back after numerous landings. If you decide to go for the bigger wire you would also have to widen the grooves on the landing gear blocks to accomodate the bigger wire. In either case, a wire bender makes the job easy. If you don't have one ask other fliers if they do and ask to borrow it or ask them to bend the wire for you.

DaveB

Dave,


Thanks for the info. I thought I read that somewhere on here
a while back. Now i'll have more decissions to make lol.
Also I don't have a bender as of yet,so improvising after I
get longer and bigger wire may come into play.


Bob

I made longer gear legs shortly after flying the plane and constantly re-bent the wire.

w8ye,


Are the longer legs a negative ? I know they
are probably needed for prop clearance.

Bob