Todd,

I agree, its very difficult to hide the bones... so, I have decided to compromise.

More to come.

Chuck

more.

oh , we are close.

Time to scheme.

last two.

more

I know I don't get a vote on the colors but I like the red/white/black. Really nice job.

Ed

Hello

Great job.
I vote for this schema

Gotta agree with papone on the color scheme. Nice choice of colors as well. Lol.

Arch

+1

Very Jules Verne!

Should we start calling Chuck Nemo?

Boy, I just can't win The red/white and black is the only scheme that does not make the plane look like a fish

Chuck, call me if you need more wood from the balsa forest

Ed

Hello Chuck and Mark!
I love it.
I would be willing to bet, though that two layers of silkspan clear-doped then shot with analine dye in dope thinners will be stiffer lighter and soooooo cool looking.

the very BEST regards,
Dean Pappas

Silkspan and dope will definitely be stiffer, that's true! And being electric, you don't need to worry about fuel-proofing it. That's a very good option.

Dean, would love to do that but my skills do not dip into the history books for that kind of skill !


Any offers?

Pulled fuse from the keel.... very stressful.

Chuck

Canopy is finished,

Nice work Chuck!

Can't believe the progress made to date. Awesome!

Cheers,
Jason.

Busy busy busy

BTW, I am covering this plane with Balsa USA solarspan, antique.

It is awesome to work with, goes around curves with ease, tighens up nicely and it adheres nicely to the structure.

Chuck

Chuck,
Are you going to try to fill the weave before paint, or leave a textured surface?

Never seen so many stringers in my life!

Jon

Them bones is beautiful! Makes me think of my stick and tissue days. When will plans be avialable? And maybe a set of laser cut formers and ribs?

Dave

If the kit is made available, it will be all laser cut except for stringers.

Sheeting is laser cut as well, we arew making notes as to mistakes or changes in construction.

I do not plan to fill the weave at all, it was my intention to give this bipe a lot of character and I think the weave is part of that.

Chuck

Let's see, the pilot is a character, and now the plane will match!

Amazing!

Wery impressive build and design, just wonder how many kilometers off stringers have been used!!

I wish you guys luck with all those balsa stringers. Carbon tubing might have helped keep wood stringer breaks to minimum and helped remove some of the structure

Don't know the weight of solarspan. Sounds like it has the adhesive built in.

Polyspan lite adhered with balsalock might be lighter. Balsalock is water based and can be sprayed or brushed. I also have some other great water based spray on adhesives that are heat activated when dry. Contact me direct....

Many Free-flighters do what Dean suggested, 2 layers silkspan. Some free-flighters change the technique and apply lite polyspan first and then come over the top with coloerd tissue such as Plyspan Esaki. Builds into a very light but stiff-strong structure that is puncture resistant. Polyspan must be preshrunk with heat before the esaki. Look in any Free-Flight websites for supplies