SeaVeeBee project
 

Hi all
I started building the SeaVeeBee on Dec 9th. Thought you might be interested. The plane was designed by Terry Lewis (who goes by the name of CanadaGoose on RCU). Drop by his website for a look at some real cool planes. http://www.tjlewis1.rchomepage.com/
The SeaVeeBeehas a 70"ws and is a very unique design, kind of a 30's racer look.
I'm going to power her with a 120 4C. I'm leaning heavily towards the RCV SP but may go OS. Not sure yet. We'll see what Santa brings.
Anyway, here are some pics. Hope you enjoy.
Fuse crutch with some formers and stringers going on.
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Here are some of the before mentioned fuse crutch. Sorry these are a little out of sequence.
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Tail going on and some cockpit shots
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Horizontal stab
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This is my first deviation from the plans. They call for a one piece wing but I opted to go with plug-in panels for easier transport and setup at the lake.
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Fuse partially sheeted and center section in position. It will bolt on like a normal wing with dowels at the front and nylon bolts at the back.
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Wings framed up. Sorry but the pics aren't that good.
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Setting up the wing plug-in hardware.
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I saw plans for one of these today on Ebay.

Sure looks nice all painted up.

Great job! Keep us posted on your progress.

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Thanks Meesh.
Building the bottom hatches.
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Hmmmm, now if I could just remember how to attach images.

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Here are the hatch frames. Will strip plank them.
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Here are the hatches being strip planked and the finished product.
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there sure isn't anything wrong about your construction. SURE looks good. am in the process of building a set of floats for My 81" Playboy. got tired of driving 50 miles to the flying field and am going to use the Bay Of St. Louis in front of my house. so its a little salty, a fresh water bath after flying ain't hard. dick

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Thanks Dick. I highly recommend these plans. They are well done and she really is a beautiful looking bird.
Pretty nice looking "pond" you have there.

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The Veebee is framed and needs ailerons built and a bit of final shaping before covering. Oh yeah, and the floats. The cowl is from Conachen Aviation. A very nice piece.
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I couldn't have done better myself, very nice. looks alot like mine.

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nice pic's Razor 44:D Any idea what the weight is ? Keep up the great work.stefanP

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Thanks StephanP. The projected weight is about 12 lbs.
Here are the floats being framed up. The dark colored formers are wall panel board as I ran out of lite ply. I am mounting a servo in the float for the water rudder.
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The VeeBee is now a SeaVeeBee. Just have to build the ailerons and sheet the floats then she's ready for covering.
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I just bought the plans from Terry. Did you buy laser cut parts? If so, who from and how much?

Your project looks super. How long until first flight?

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Jim I bought my laser cut parts from www.akmodels.bizland.com Nice work and reseanable price.

stefanP

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Thanks Jim.
I cut my own parts. Someday I will try a laser cut kit but it only takes a day or two to cut parts so it isn't that big of a deal. I am hoping to have it done within the next month. I have to break in my engine then prime and paint and install the radio.
Here are a few more pics. I chose the RCV 120SP to power this bird. I think it will be a good combo.
Randy
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thats an awsome looking plane. i guess i dont have an realy experienced opinions to give, but its realy sweet looking. i have always liked that 30's geebee racer look:). stuff like this inspires newbs like me to get going on building and learning

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Thanks txaggie. I'm a bit behind in posting so here goes.
I had to make a couple of air scoops for cooling. I made a plug from balsa and waxed it with Minwax furniture wax. Next I layed on 2 layers of 2 oz cloth and finished it off with 1 layer of .75 oz cloth. I brushed on a good coat of Zpoxy and let the scoops set up overnight. They popped right off the mold and I finished them up with a bit of 220 grit paper. Next I cut the air inlet holes in the cowl and glued the scoops on with medium CA. I smoothed the joint out with a bit of fiberglass based bondo then finish sanded then primed and painted.

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Here is the Veebee in primer. I use DuPont 30s auto primer. It fills very well.
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Well, here goes with the paint. I used Krylon Fusion in a spray can. It has a very high gloss and dries very fast.
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Next I had to paint on some scallops. I didn't know how to mask these accurately but then I had an idea. I took a piece of brown paper and drew out the scallops. I layed the paper on the plane to make sure they were ok. (sorry no pics). I then taped the brown paper to a piece of sticky back shelf paper. I don't know why they call it paper because it is actually vinyl. After I cut the pattern out of the vinyl I realized that it wasn't sticky enough to seal the edges. As a matter of fact it wouldn't stick down at all. I thought about misting on a coat of 3M77 but how would I clean up the left over residue? Cleanup of this glue is with mineral spirits. That might be a bit hard on the paint!! Then it hit me. I used a glue stick like the kids use in school. It is a water cleanup glue. Right on.
Here is the vinyl pattern in place.
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I made a stencil for the wing registration too but I can't decide whether or not to put it on.
What do you think? The black letters on the painted wing are just the paper cutout from the printed letters. Oh yeah, I got the letters off MSWord. I used bold Black Arial font and printed it out.
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And here is the almost finished version. She needs a bit of yellow pinstiping between the red an black and the floats have to be painted. I can't decide whether to paint them red or black. Any opinions here are more than welcome.
This has been a very fun project and I can hardly wait to see this baby in the air.
The SeaVeeBee was designed and drawn by Terry Lewis who goes by the name of Canadagoose on RCU. It is an awesome looking bird and the plans are very well done. I would recommend them to anyone who likes this type of plane. He also has some very interesting projects under developement. Check out his website.
Thanks to all for your interest and encouragement over the last few months. I hope everyone has a great flying season and Terry, I might have a go at that VeeRod next winter if you get it done. A couple of RCV's on that would be sweet.
Randy

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Thanks Randy. She's looking great and i wish i could be there for the first flight. Love to see how the RCV pulls her around. Maybe see you at the float fly on fathers day in Alberta.
I'm going to start building the VeeRod through the summer right after i finish with the VeeBee. I'll send some plans your way if it flies ok. I think i'm going to have to scale it up some for two RCV's :D though.

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Here it is finished. I am installing the radio today and hope to fly it some nice morning this week.
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I impressed, you're plane looks really cool [8D] and sharp, I absolutely love it. It really suits the scheme you chose.

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Hey Randy, i've dicided i like the colors and scheme so much on yours that i would like to do mine very similar, hope you don't mind.