peter harvey 1
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Interesting that, most of us just continue very slowly building when we cant fly but you??????? must have a very tolerant cat with weather that we have been having!!
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the build so far, for those who are interested
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Hi Bob, like you I have added some reinforcement to the rear of the engine mounting as I have fitted a Laser 80, which should help getting the c of g in the right place, Whilst I agree about the oleos and a rough patch, ours is not to bad, . I intend to use the oleos as they are but with the straight 5 mm connector as a sacrificial connection by using my trusty Dremel and cutting a groove around the connector to reduce the dia to about 31/2 to 4mm as a failsafe , will try it first on the bench and simulate my normal landing by means of my trusty lump hammer. If I don't hit my thumb and scream ,I'll let you know how it goes Cheers Peter
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Received the retracts yesterday after getting back from holiday, they are a work of art. As they are originally for the Me110 they are a different size from those shown on plan , do not under any circumstance fix the kit supplied mounting plates into position , they need modifying, which would be difficult in situ, also the connecting piece of 5mm rod wont fit , my setup needs 60mm per leg straight to fit which Richard is sending me as my stockist does not have 5mm in stock and the cost of having a 1 metre length and postage is astronomic ,all for 120mm as I doubt , and hope, that wont need any more. T build continues and I will post pictures shortly. Cheers all Peter
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quick notes, if you look on the laser listing you will see the add on pieces for the front of the fus and rear of the wing seat, the sheet of 1/8 is not quite deep enough to take the whole side so glue on the missing pieces, as a help I raided my scrap box and added some 1/4 square along the top of the side pieces, this gives a nice solid shoulder for the lightply to rest on rather than a butt joint, I also took 1/32 off the sides of F3 as with the ply doubler in place it wont sit flat. I did have some problems with the wing trailing edge ( on the smaller model) so I have added some 1/32 x 3/8 ply along the underside of the trailing edge, gives it a bit more strength for no or very little weight. On the small model I I used Sullivan snakes, rudder under the crutch plate and elevator above, if you do that put them in place whilst the top and bottom are open, I used a fixed tailwheel and that worked ok. Hope some of this may be of use to you Cheers Peter
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Just read what I published, this could be the first canard Russian fighter Doh Peter
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Hi Richard, for a change started backwards with the wings first, adding a 1/32 ply strip to the bottom trailing edge as I found that with my usual hamfisted approach to loading the car the trailing edge of my small la7 got damaged, hope that this may help. however am now stopped waiting for retracts, don't need the oleos yet , when I have finished the wing will publish photos cheers Peter
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cheers folks and thanks when I saw the plane in the museum you could walk up to it and touch, my overwhelming impression was how crude it was under the surface skin and how it must have cost to be built, about a tenth of the cost of its opponents made from tree trunks Peter
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Thanks Jon, would love a copy if it would transmit.I saw one of the last ones in the museum in Prague, if you haven't seen it look it up in google Kbely Museum, Czech Republic. cheers Peter
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if anybody is interested here are 2 scale drawing of the la5 and la7, if anybody wants copies let me know and I will email to you
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cant see whats in the pipe but just maybe?????
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if they had been sanding p38 filler they would be grey all over, I know I was when I last did it
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looks a bit stunned to me, at least I hope he hasn't been trying zombie dust Peter
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another colour scheme, I hope to do my larger version like this when Richard produces them. Peter
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looks absolutely great, hope you found the scoop, they are easy to fly with that broad wing, very surprising but rewarding, hope you have many more flights!
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Jon, can you tell me if this is a 70 or 80, crank dia appears to be 5/16 cheers Peter harvey
