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| rhysleo | GWS Slow Stick | Reference | 28-Jul-09 08:28 |  |
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| the crystal for my transmitter came today. it is a channel 46 and the crystal for my reicever is a channel 30 and i don't think it will work, will it? |
| David Duckett | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #3, Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat | Build | 28-Jul-09 01:20 |  |
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| This incredible prop hub, sitting on a quarter, was made by Phil. I'm completely stunned at such work! Need a custom made part? I 'm pretty sure the image on the back of his business card is Da Vinci and that's entirely appropriate. AWESOME!!! |
| scirocco14 | Scratch Built 1930's Racer | Build | 27-Jul-09 22:46 |  |
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| just mocking it up as I get parts cut out. I "discovered" a method of gluing parts outlines on balsa that keeps the paper from sticking. I put clear packing tape on the back of the sheet of paper before cutting the parts out. Then use Elmer's white glue to attach the cutout outline to the balsa. The packing tape won't let the glue stick to the paper...but sticks enough to cut the part out underneath it. |
| scirocco14 | Scratch Built 1930's Racer | Build | 27-Jul-09 22:44 |  |
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| 1st half of fuse started. I decided to go the "split former" route for simplicity. If it doesn't work out, all I have to do is start cutting parts and do it all over again a different way!! |
| scirocco14 | Scratch Built 1930's Racer | Build | 27-Jul-09 22:43 |  |
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| all feathers done!! |
| pfinn | Scratch Built Holiday | Reference | 27-Jul-09 13:44 |  |
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| Hello scirocco14. Here's my $.02. This looks strikingly similar to what happened to my "Holiday" fuselage (actually my plane looks like this since this came first!). Here we go. The red and green lines represent the side frames to be built first. Note that the top stringer is straight! The green vertical formers' lengths are measured from the angled lines on the cross sections to define the bottom stringers curvature. The side view on the plan is the fuselage is a depiction of the completed fuse therefore the verticals are "Forshortened" (not perpendicular to the view). After building two side frames use crossmembers measured from the cross sections (F#'s) to build the fuse. See on the side view that the aft portion of the fuse curves up? This happened to me while making the Holiday quite by accident. By changing the cross section from nearly rectangular to trapazoidal to triangular, one is forcing the top stringer to travel further. But since it is already at a set length it will pull the rear of the fuse in an upward curve like a canoe. I'd leave the stringers long on the tail-end and trim after the vert fin position is determined. Don't use my little sketch as a plan cause I just "Eyeballed" it to give visual reference. Get ready for some compound angle miter sanding on those crossmembers! He He! But seriously, this should make a really sweet fuselage. Hope this helps, and moreover, hope it works! |
