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Hi-Noob builder thinking about making a IC Ballerina
Kevinlad replied to Two Six's topic in The 2016 Ballerina Mass Build
. Edited By Kevinlad on 12/02/2016 20:15:00 Edited By Kevinlad on 12/02/2016 20:16:37 Can't find any way to cancel this ******* posting Edited By Kevinlad on 12/02/2016 20:20:48 -
Hi-Noob builder thinking about making a IC Ballerina
Kevinlad replied to Two Six's topic in The 2016 Ballerina Mass Build
As I said earlier, Peter, the gap that is worrying you can simply be filled with epoxy and levelled off, leaving no gap and a perfectly fitting wing with no slop at all. Guess we'll just have to agree to differ on this one! -
Hi-Noob builder thinking about making a IC Ballerina
Kevinlad replied to Two Six's topic in The 2016 Ballerina Mass Build
Er -- sure, Peter - but wouldn't your solution result in a "sloppy hole" ?? My method certainly doesn't....... -
Hi-Noob builder thinking about making a IC Ballerina
Kevinlad replied to Two Six's topic in The 2016 Ballerina Mass Build
Peter - There are, as ever, simple solutions to your "problem". Either increase the diameter of the dowel a little, or fill up the tiny gap around the dowel hole with epoxy, and smooth off. One could even consider the negligable bending stress over 1/8" distance, as a good fail-safe point (cheaper to break a dowel than the wing!) -
Hi-Noob builder thinking about making a IC Ballerina
Kevinlad replied to Two Six's topic in The 2016 Ballerina Mass Build
There seems to be much confusion about the wing location peg bulkhead hole position. To get the hole in exactly the right place is dead simple using my method. First drill the hole in the "as drawn" position. Then elongate the hole upwards by about 10mm. Having constructed the fuz. and wing, fit the wing in place (with the dowel fitted) Then, cut a piece of 1/8" ply roughly 55mm x 30mm and drill a hole same as the dowel size about 10mm. up and central in the piece of ply. Now, fit the ply forward of the bulkhead and onto the dowel.and glue it in place. Now you have the hole exactly where it needs to be, for only a few minutes work - simple! (careful not to glue the dowel in ! Edited By Kevinlad on 12/02/2016 16:37:44 Edited By Kevinlad on 12/02/2016 16:40:31 -
Yes, Brian - Dicko loved plenty of woodworking, didn't he! Re. the Ballerina: I found it to be a really pleasant build, no complications and a nice-looking design. I've ordered an OS48FS engine off e-bay and intend to fit it as in the magazine article.
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Had a bit of a problem posting photos, John!, but figured it out eventually!
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This is my part-built Ballerina, built from spare & scrap balsa & ply, and costing practically nothing! Note the steerable tailwheel, necessary for taxying around the strip! Model built in 2-1/2 weeks, due to extensive use of cyano. Edited By Kevinlad on 07/02/2016 18:13:00
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I can't open some photos on build blogs, the photo avatar on the blog is a small "page" with the top RH corner turned down, an a green splodge at the bottom.When I click on it, all I get is "page not found". Any ideas, anyone ??
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