Chipmonk
 

Anyone ever build a dynaflight CHIPMONK. Good or bad any input would be helpful. Wes

Chipmunk
 

mean the chipmunk, lol.
Yes, im building one right no, fairly hard to build, good wood quality, good yet sucky instruction manual.
I ran into a few of my OWN problems, things I messed up, but Id say, if ya looking at buying one, get one, the plane looks real good as its being built, heres where mines at.

CHIPMONK
 

Looks good. Mine will be here tomorrow. I am planning on using a u.s.41 c.c. gasser in mine. I am going to use mine for my beat around sport plane. I plan on building mine without any modifications other than robo-struts.
Thanks, Wes

Chipmonk
 

I am in the process of finishing mine now. I had originally covered it with monokote and was going to paint the red and black, but since I stink at putting on monokote, I ripped it off and covered the open bays and control surfaces with super Coverite sealed with nitrate dope. I am just finishing up the glassing (.75 oz and EZ Poxy). I also bought a fiberglass cowl from Stan's, the one supplied with the kit just got the best of me trying to figure out how to get it together right. I installed a Saito 180 because I had one laying around from plane that bit the big one a while back (hope it runs). I also put the Robart struts and a Slimline smoke unit. I will try to get pics later if you are interested. It went together fairly easily, with a few exceptions. Wait till you get to the sheeting of the rear fuse. Also make provisions for the charging plug while the fuse is still going together, the fuse around the fuel tank and servo/receiver area is double walled. So just cutting a small hole in the fuse side for the charger won't work. If you get in jam or have a specific question, don't hesitate to ask, I will try as much as I can.

CHIPMONK
 

Thanks for all the info. would like to see the finished bird.
Wes

Chipmonk
 

When I get mine finished, ill post the pics for ya, at the moment
Im trying to get my F4B biplane ready for Warbirds Over Lousiana in 2 weeks.

Chipmonk
 

A pic of my Dynaflite Chipmunk. I glassed the whole thing except the control surfaces and open wing bays. These I used Super Coverite coated with nitrate dope. It is hardening after being primed with K-36 as I write.

More pics in gallery.

Thanks for looking :)

Chipmunk
 

Hi barnyard,

I'm building a Dynaflite PT-19 as a PT-26 in Canadian colours. When you covered your Chipmunk did you do the glassing first or the coverite? The PT-19 has fabric on the fuse, but the rear turtledeck is aluminum. Curious as to the best way to apply the two. Thanks for any help.

Cheers!

Jollidude

Here is the full size:

Chipmonk
 

I put the Super Coverite first, then taped off the edges of that area with masking tape before I glassed the rest on the wing (I did not shrink the covering first). This was the first time I did this, you should try to make sure you cut the Super Coverite or what ever fabric you are using straight along the area where you will be glassing and make extra careful not to sand then the covering when sanding the epoxy and glass. I did it and had to recover one of the wing bays. I think there are better ways of doing this, but as of yet I haven'y been able to find any other way that anyone was willing to share with me. Jeff Q did this on his Corsair, but did not elucidate on what type of covering he used, except to say he CA'd it before Glassing.

Chipmonk
 

Thanks barnyard!

Cheers!

Jollidude