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1 hour ago, José Ortiz said:
Hello Bart Baker. Where can I look at practical scale tiger moth? thank you
Search for Toni Clark Practical Scale
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Jose,
Take a look at how Practical scale have done the top wing of their 1/3 scale Tigermoth
It does need working rigging
Svenson 1/4 scale Stampe has a three piece top wing
If your going to make it heavily modified I would suggest looking how Practical scale fit their wing struts
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All three that I have are from the older kits, die stamped ones
I do have a new Laser cut un started kit and a older un started die stamped kit
with both old and new plans to hand
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Each of my Stampe’s are all slightly different for Dihedral,
Top wing
At the bottom of wing rib W1 Mine measure 11-20mm
Bottom wing
At the bottom of wing rib W1 mine measure 12.5–15.5 mm
The Blue wingsTop blue wing is 12mm at W1
Bottom blue wing is 15mm at W1
hope this helps
You do need to study and understand the plan before cutting and gluing parts together
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Jose,
hello and welcome
The kit plans and instructions does not specify a measurement
The centre wing sections parts LC9 and LC10 for the bottom wing and parts UC10 and UC11 for the top wing are cut at the required angle for Dihedral
You make the 4 wing panels as per the plan remember to pack up lower spars by 1/16” as per instructions
each panel will be glued onto the centre section and the top spars should line up with the top edges of the UC and LC parts
I have 3 Stampe’s to take measurements from,
They are all slightly different at the wing tips as different builders do the wing tips slightly different
A more reliable measurement will be at the underside of W1 next to w2 as the wing will be build on a flat surface
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I think the question is clear enough, unfortunately I’m out at the moment and will have a look when I get home
The centre sections may give some clue but I can measure three top wings to give a measurement to the dihedral required at the wing tips in mm, this does not mean to say mine are correct but may offer some help
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Hi yes welcome we’re all still here
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Thinking back to my boating days plane might suffer the same issues
you can scale down a boat but you can’t scale down the water or the weather
possibly with planes you can scale the size down but can you scale the strength to weight of the wood down
Dunno must be some reasons why
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This thing just devours time,
I’ve still got loads of jobs to do
But getting to the point that it will be test flown
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21 minutes ago, cymaz said:
Oh, that’s a keeper!
Next time we get together, I must bring the Giant Mannock and we’ll hunting for some Bosch..( ratatatat)
I was thinking of Wings and Wheels in 2025 at the new venue
Sadly Wings and wheels has been cancelled for 2024
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Well done mate,
It’s all about the fun you can have
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12 minutes ago, cymaz said:
The baffling works and it went through the noise test easily.
That’s great news
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Having admired your nicely fitting dash boards.
I’ve dug out the one I makes from the Mick Reeves dash kits
I think there were two options and I think I’ve got the wrong ones
It’s to do with the outer profile shape
there nice kits but I need to make a call and poss send my old ones to be re made to my profiles
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2 hours ago, cymaz said:
Nice one Bert 🤗
I’ve got an AGM 55 in my Moth, and it floats around. Shall we start a thread for big 1/3 & 1/4 Moths ??
Here if you want
Only if we can have a naughty step with cushions and a coffee maker
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Balsa USA Junkers D1
in Building from Traditional Kits and Plans
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Hi everyone,
I decided to put this on here as there is very little on the internet about this kit built plane.
The build looks to be in construction
I’ve had this for a while it was built by a friends dad and subsequently I’ve got ownership of it.
The manual says 35 to 62cc gas engine,
I did a maiden flight with a NGH38 fourstroke up front, this proved to be marginal on performance, I subsequently fitted a DLE 55RA, this was better on performance but let down by Aileron horn failure and on inspection found the elevator horn not fit for purpose,
I lost interest in it and did attempt to sell it but no takers so it has sat in the garage for a while,
I’ve had make a decision on its fate and have another go was the order of the day,
I reinstalled all the gear and made a few bits better
It’s weight has come in at 12 kg so more or less in-between the manufacturers weights,
has anyone flown,owned or built one of these kits