Tim Hooper
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That nasty old guitar body finally gets chopped into manageable sized bits. Surely everybody has a belt sander on the decking? Very handy for squaring up the body's parts.... The body's sides get glued together. The back is made of two pieces of 1/8 ply, with a central oak strip. The crossbracings get their outer ends tapered, prior to fixing in place. The back is finally attached to the body sides. The excess will be trimmed off later.
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Those who know me on social media, will know that my other, secret, hobby lies in the building of stringed instruments - using the cigar box ethos by utilising bits of old scrap. I've several guitars and ukuleles in my arsenal, but here's something different; a cross between a guitar and a uke - hence guitalele! Here's some of the current collection..... For the last couple of years I've been more than happy to swop between guitar and ukulele, as they're different enough from each other to prevent confusion. Now, lurking in the nebulous middle ground between the two lies the Kingdom of the Guitalele - essentially a 6-string uke, but tuned higher than a guitar. The chord shapes are pure guitar, but with ukelele names. What could be simpler? Anyway, some months ago a colleague gave me this terrible IKEA guitar, which seemed ripe for guitalele butchery.... A colleague donated this awful IKEA guitar. It really is beyond redemption, and ripe for recycling That's better! A few swipes with the pull saw gets the neck off. Now we get a bit clever. Having drawn around the body, I cut out templates from paper so I could jiggle the bits together to represent a smaller guitalele body shape... The cut out bits were assembled over the 1/16 ply soundboard blank to give an idea of the overall layout. The guitar body was relieved of the front back, as it's only the curved sides that I'll be using. Edited By Tim Hooper on 08/04/2020 22:07:00
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Tim Hooper's Cygnet
Tim Hooper replied to Gothiquity's topic in Building from Traditional Kits and Plans
Full sized walk around Tim -
Tim Hooper's Cygnet
Tim Hooper replied to Gothiquity's topic in Building from Traditional Kits and Plans
Good neat building! I did wonder why the Cygnet had such huge ailerons, until I saw a picture of it with its wings folded back for storage/towing. The ailerons need to to move out of each others way as the wings fold back back alongside the fuselage. Similarly, the rear portion of the upper centre section folds forwards for the same reason. tim Edited By Tim Hooper on 04/04/2020 20:49:49 -
Tim Hooper's Cygnet
Tim Hooper replied to Gothiquity's topic in Building from Traditional Kits and Plans
Posted by Gothiquity on 31/03/2020 21:43:15: Glad your cygnet is stilll going. Can i ask one question , what type of hinge did you use on the rudder, i am considering either robart style or flat pin hinges Goth Edited By Gothiquity on 31/03/2020 21:54:56 Just checked my photos (it's too cold to go out to the garage) and I used a pair of heavy-duty pin hinges. I'm assuming you've found my original build thread? **LINK** Tim -
Tim Hooper's Cygnet
Tim Hooper replied to Gothiquity's topic in Building from Traditional Kits and Plans
Hi Goth! Nice to see a Cygnet on the boards! Did you soak the balsa strips for a few minutes before you bent them into shape? Incidentally, I still have the original model safe and sound. It doesn't get much airtime but it had a couple of flights last autumn. Tim -
This looks great, Bob! Thanks for the mention. I really enjoyed building my Tiggie, and I appreciate the way you've refined it even further - especially in the use of 3D printing for the riblets and dash board. I'll be following this thread with interest. Tim
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4 Pop Bottles Later...
Tim Hooper replied to Tim Ballinger's topic in Building from Traditional Kits and Plans
Nice work Tim! It should be noted that I didn't use a pop bottle as the basis for my canopy, but started with a flat sheet of acetate instead. Tim (the other one) -
Building an electric Super Scorpion
Tim Hooper replied to Andy Hat's topic in Building from Traditional Kits and Plans
I also have an electric Super Scorpion! In its latest guise it has an EFlite15 outrunner, spinning an 11x7 prop, powered by a 4S 4000mAh battery as far forwards as it can go under the motor. There's also 3oz of ballast there too. It's grossly over-powered, but flies and glides beautifully. Tim
