Mike Emilio

I've changed wood sizes so many times to accomodate standard sizes available in different countries, , , I totally lost track of what was going on with those ribs.

If you can hang in there a few days Thomas, , , the full new set of ribs will be at your door, , ,
I included a full size overlay to show that they are dead on.

invertmast

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Mike,
im a wee bit to far into these wings to stop now! But when i get the new ribs, if they are vastly different, i'll build another pair. But after getting this far into these wings, i dont find the ribs as i received them un-useable, they just needed a little work, and it was all entirely at the trailing edge.


2nd update for the night:

Both wings are ready for skinning. The pivot blocks are installed in the wings as well. You have to be carefull when installing these, as the pivot needs to be perfectly vertical in 2 directions, or the wing will swing in an arc and throw off the incidences and screw all sorts of things up when you sweep them. The second picture shows the upper wing skins glued together and ready to glue to the structure. I may get off work early tomorrow and come home to sheet the wings, then come saturday i'll sheet the bottom of the wings and install the 2nd leading edge cap.

And THEN i can get a few pics of the wings mounted to the fuselage bulkheads and the temporary wing box.

invertmast

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The basic wing structure is complete.. The leading edge is ready for final shaping, and the flight controls are ready to be cut out and capped. I'll probably wait to do this until after the basic fuselage is done. Reason being, since this wont be a flying model, i'm not going to spend the time to hinge everything. So with the flaps and all still attached to the wings, it will make for an easier time building the wing glove on the fuselage.. So the next updates should have some progress with the fuselage... Nick, your request may happen afterall

Here's a few pictures..

Tomcat_104

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Hey Thomas,

Great work, the workmanship looks good too! But me thinks it's time for a bigger, much bigger, truck!

David

invertmast

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LOL david.. I've got a 12x6 enclosed trailer that should work great

Mike Emilio

Naaaa, the truck is fine, , , there's still unused roof space, , ,

Tomcat_104

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Hey guys,

I saw your replies and I think Mike is right. There's unused roof space and I can send you some bungee cords to keep it on!

Thomas, have you considered what kind of servos that beast will need? Since you solved the transportation problem I wanted to give you a "new" problem to think about.

David

Zagzoo

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Nice!

invertmast

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stabs will get JR 8711's
flaps will get JR 9411's
rudders will get JR 8411's
Spoilers will be JR 3421's
nose gear steering will be some non-digital servo
Slats will probly be JR 8611's


Next problem please

Shaun Evans

Thomas,

Would a foam-core wing be workable with this "kit"? Also, are you still in the F-18 tire-making business?

invertmast

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Foam core wings could happen, would take a bit more work, as i would have to find a company to cut the cores and then figure out a pivot bearing holder system that would be strong enough, but its a possibility for the "kit" for those who dont want a composite wing. Still doing the F-18 tires as well.. do ya need a pair?

thomas

ianober

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Thomas, foam cores are easy to do, I will be doing them on the Intruder and will post a video. Actually I will be doing the rudder very soon .

Mike Emilio

If my B-17 isn't an eye-catcher going down the road, a big F-14 on top of his truck sure would be, , ,ha ha, , ,

invertmast

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Ian,
foam cores i'm not worried about, its the engineering of the pivot to adapt the bearing holder to the foam cores..

Mike,
cool looking picture! the F-14 on top of a car going down the road would definately make people look twice.

Shaun Evans

Thomas,

Yes, in fact I do need a set of tires! Keep up the good work!

invertmast

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alrighty.. i'll send ya a PM here in a bit.

Mike Emilio

Thomas, , ,

Did a quick glance at the top view.
The cut-in on former 21 from the pivot inward should be around 4"-5" deep.

invertmast

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Mike,
thanks for the info.. After the day i had today, i'm going to skip flying and get some work done on the F-14. I'll let ya know if that dimension works well on C21 or not.

thomas

NickC5FE

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looking awesome Thomas! AWESOME!

invertmast

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thanks bud... its looking better than my helicopter is after today

NickC5FE

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oooooooooooooooohhhhhh!

invertmast

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yea.. $200 worth of oooooooohhhhh... lol

invertmast

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Since the turbine in my eurosport wouldnt start at all this weekend, i decided to give up on attempting to fly (and it would figure its clear blue skies and no wind at all). So after about 4 trips to lowes and home-depot and constantly arguing with those people i finally got some stuff done on the tomcat. The jig setup you see in the photos is probably what i'm going to go with.. It consists of a 1/2" thick piece of ply that runs the length of the fuselage down the center-line, and another that runs down the intake / exhaust centerline. I then have a piece screwed to the end of the table with 2 holes drilled in it (at the center of the intake/exhaust center lines). A 5 foot piece of 1" electrical conduit runs from this to the forward most intake former, where i have another cross piece w/ 3 holes drilled in it. This cross piece receives the intake centerline conduits, then another conduit runs the length of the fuselage (this piece of conduit goes into the center hole) then i have another upright that is attached to the end of the 1/2" ply centerline jig (used for spacing) that receives the end of the fuselage center line conduit. Pictures probably work better, so look below.

Since i got this far, i couldn't help but put the stabs and one wing panel on (the second one wouldn't fit b/c my shop is to small). So here's pictures of that. I've got to adjust the aft wing box bulkhead another inch, so i can get the wings to swing back completely.. Gotta go pickup a better laser level tomorrow, and i should be able to get the fuselage bulkheads attached together w/ 1/4" square balsa pieces, and then i can start the planking.

Lots of pictures today:










So does everyone think its big enough?

NickC5FE

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Well G.D- you are coming right along buddy! it already looks better than mine!

invertmast

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HAHA.. now thats the response i was looking for Hell i only wish mine was as close are yours is! the wife asked what percentage was it done... i figure i'm about 2% done...