RCPILOT78

Hey Cliff.....read your post on your flaps...the concensus is fix those flaps you wll need them..If you are already at 27 lbs..you will certainly bring it up to 30+ lbs with the addition of glass coat and paint...thats only 3 lbs..can easily happen..flaps are really needed at those weights...I did not use the Top Flite design of wires to drive the sections I used 1/8 inch ply oblong discs inserted into slots cut into the flap end ribs.....when my flaps are disconnected from the servos they free fall to approx.42 degrees ,absolutely no binding....good luck with your build RCPILOT78

cimara

RCpiolet can you tell how you did that mod i thought about that but was worried about flutter.Its also more scale

cliff600

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Mine is 27 pounds done, ready to fly, right now. I would like to see a pic of how you got rid of the wire and what you added. It looks like one of my hinges twisted, I think my dog hit it while it was drying.

RCPILOT78

CIMARA...I just installed the oblong discs into the center flap..the disc is then incerted into slots cut in the flap inner and outer flap end rib..It is very very trickey..to get them to operate without binding but once they are adjusted they do not flutter mine lock solid in the up position and also in the down position..again this design is a hair puller until you get them to operate smoothly...much more scale looking.when my flaps are deployed the large seperation gaps are closed like the full scale..as far as flutter remember your flaps are only deployed at landing speeds where flutter does not occure.

RCPILOT78

CLIFF...here is the only pic I have at this time you can see the disc between the flap gaps

timothy thompson

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i used aluminum cut in a wedge shape and slotted the end of one of the flaps works really smooth and no binding

Tomcat_104

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Neat looking plane RCPILOT78! Good work. I really like the paint job. Your idea on the flaps looks like a goo one too.

David

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timothy thompson

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well i got some stick time on my fw 190 just as the weather was rolling in first flights of the season. NO I DIDNT CRASH ha ha. get this I have tues amd wed off work and b oth days are bad wind and rain so i got out today . The wife said go fly before you drive me nuts with the pacing!

ben888

could some one tell me what is the pro or con about an inflatable tire.

timothy thompson

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rc pilot shes nice! did you add a longer music wire to the tail wheel if you dont she sits way too low

rt3232

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Hi Guys

Did any one notice this thread is 20 months old and 2500+ post and to meany hit for my old brain, I wonder if bossman still reads his thread?


Cheers Bob T

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cimara

Isnt it great Bob with this many peoples ideas you can make a topflight corsair fairly scale looking or at least i think so but I am new at this scale stuff

cimara

Rc how did you cut the slots in the flap ends and do they just float in them or are the glued to the center flap.Iam thinking they are glued to the center flap am i right

RCPILOT78

CIMARA...I drew the slots in the end ribs in the same location where the pins would normally go than cut them with my xacto blade the ribs are light ply and will cut..the disc that drives the outer flap is glued in solid in the center section..however the disc that drives the inner flap has to float because of the radical curve in the wing at that location...that disc is pinned with a 3/16 inch dowl..held in place with the top and bottom flap skin...this allowed the disc to float during transition and than it will lock solid in either the up or down flap position...the disc to the outer flap is not that critical and can be glued in solid and that allows the outer flap to lock solid in position...I hope that helps..

RCPILOT78

TIMOTHY...yes I replaced the strut rod with a longer one...and by the way don't forget to file flats in both set screws or the strut will slip with all the weight back there..!!!

devens

Bob,

This thread is amazing!

And there are people still asking GOOD! questions

I AM A SPONGE I AM A SPONGE I AM A SPONGE




PROGESS..

wing framed
half fuse built and sheeted
tail feathers all but done...except final touches before finished
wing and fuse building racks done....don't know a better name for something that holds your giant scale bird in a craddle while you message her to beauty..... 1 week building time but its not all foam.

hours of sketches and planning!

and reading RC Universe!

devens

BTW

67 today here in SD

holycow get out the suntan oil

burned some gas and golw fuel

piled my GWS mustange into my creek as my engine failed.... oh hum $36......electrics are not nearly as reliable as gas and glow.....in my limited testing



snow is just...almost....gone


you got more snow than us Bob!

timothy thompson

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ya i looked at the tailwheel and the tail was almost dragging to i made a longer piece now she looks scale. i will file the flats when im closer to completion

rt3232

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Hi guys
Its me again I have another G/S T/F Corsair kit in the shop so when I finish my 47 probly next spring, I can do it right by using all of your great ideas, please post pic's its realy easy once youve done it

any way I will be following along to learn all the secrets


Cheers Bob T

Corsair Brotherhood #5

cimara

Well guys its was cold down here today it struggled to reach 80 I think its time to break out the winter shorts.Sorry for all you snow birds had to rub it in a bit

rt3232

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Devens


As I see it the only bad/ dum questions are the ones that don't get ask, and the neet ting about these forms you get a coupla of replys on most questions, so you get to take your pick on wich way you go. I have a folder on this thread and it started out with 1page and a few pic now is about 30 pages , and I ques about a 100 pic's, and none of my build.

The realy neet thing is so much of these ideascan be used on any bird

and I assume SD is San Diago not south dakota hehe. any way our field is so soft you would sink up to your ancles if stood in one spot long enough to make a flight so with the snow melt and spring rains it will be mid to march or early april be for we will get to start flying

Cheers Bob T

devens

Bob...SD is South Dakota.

The foot of snow we got with that last blizzard is nearly gone. We have had back to back 67 degree days with 10 mph winds. 10mph is the same as calm in SD as I am sure you know. The only time the wind is truly calm is right before the tornado hits ya!

The home office of my employer is in Woodbury, MN. I might have mentioned that to you before. If I travel to Woodbury for a project (which I did last year) I might have to look up your field and get a visitors pass or something. Also if your club has a fly in could you send me a PM?

rt3232

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Hi D

We have had the worm days and nite just above freezing snow is about gone but ground is still froze about 6 inches downhence the super soft turff. It would be great to meet you and talk when you get to woodbury If you have access to a computer look up richvalleyrc.com, you will find all the info to track me down,

Cheers Bob T

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ctflyboy

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RT,
March is trying to end up with a BANG here in CT.
WE got another NOR Easter heading our way raining today changing to freezing rain tonight,changing to SNOW sometime Friday[:@], and snowing into Saturday[:@][:@]
my Club has a "POLAR BEAR FUN FLY on Sunday and there calling for 40 degree Temps,and 10-20 miles WIND, Guess who ain't Flying

George
CORSAIR Brotherhood # 1

rt3232

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George

Frist My comment is CHICKEN, then I am right with you, the devel Arther Right Us hehe, in my thumbs just don't let work when its below 50 deg's

Any way it gives you a good reason to woork in your shop How is the corsair comming? becouse I covered mine with ultra-coat I have a little to go over with an iron.


Cheers Bob T

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