Kieran

Posted by andy watson on 15/12/2010 13:18:23:   Can I also suggest that coming onto a forum with the lines:    "I have neglected to do much work these last months"   is unlikely to enthuse us about your project, for your diploma.       I think the propulsion can be either on the ground or the aircraft, the brief really is...er brief   I suppose it is only the aircraft which cannot have mechanical propulsion.   That comment regarding the work relates to the project, there are other modules that run concurrently, for example during this term just gone I have done a telecommunications module, a hydraulics and pneumatics module and also a microprocessor module.   Cheers, Kieran

Hi all,   I'm into my final year at college studying for a diploma in engineering, this year is devoted to completing a project and should take up until July 2011 to complete.   Now, the course leader has set the class a brief for the project...    "Construct a model aircraft that can take off and fly at least 20 feet without any form of mechanical propulsion."   I can't get enthusiastic about this as everyone will invariably use slingshot/catapult type methods so I have neglected to do much work these last months.   So any suggestions guys? Anyone out there done something similar?   I eagerly await your responses,   Kieran

Posted by Tim Hooper on 01/12/2010 15:33:20: Posted by Kieran on 01/12/2010 15:23:08: Looking good mate, went together pretty quickly then? Hope to start mine soon   Cheers,   Kieran  Ah....but it's all the fiddly bits that'll take the time........   tim     Thanks Tim, the thought of cutting and positioning the longerons and cross pieces does fill me with dread! Also, your design looks very smart, thanks for sharing it!   Very impressed with your progress Dan, I'll probably take a lot longer   Cheers,   Kieran    Edited By Kieran on 01/12/2010 15:49:48

Ooops, double postEdited By Kieran on 01/12/2010 15:24:36

Looking good mate, went together pretty quickly then? Hope to start mine soon   Cheers,   Kieran

Thanks for the warm welcome guys, this has to be the friendliest forum on the net! Given up on the Guillow's hurri due to me assembling the fuselage poorly, but it was a good learning experience! For the West Wings kit I focused on building accurately for a very pleasing result, I have now completed the fuselage and the tailplane. Also, a large bundle of balsa arrived today so I shall soon be attempting the Pix-E Major plan! Kieran.

Thanks guys, will be sure to post pics, yeah the Hurricane is my all time favourite . 

Hi all, have posted on the forum before but have only just noticed this section, I'm 18 and from the south of England and I am currently building two free flight Hurricanes, one Guillow's the other a West Wings kit, I am really enjoying whiling away evenings glueing formers, stringers and the like.    Recently started buying RCM&E and hope to have a crack at the Pix-e plan which looks great!   Also just a thanks for the helpfulness shown in the other threads I've posted in, such a nice change from other cliquey forums.    Cheers,   Kieran.    

Just an update, plans printed using laser copiers can be ironed onto balsa although a lot of heat is needed.   Cheers,   Kieran.  

Just PayPal'd the last of my money left in my account, only about £8 left in there! But as a poor college student of engineering, I feel it is worth it, you only have to read "Vulcan 607" to appreciate what British engineering was capable of (with the right men behind it of course). I have seen the Vulcan at the RAF Museum but have never seen a Vulcan fly. I was due to watch the Vulcan fly at RNAS Yeovilton but it suffered brake problems, so I was gutted!   Hopefully the trust can overcome these financial troubles and I can see it fly in 2011!   Cheers,   Kieran.

Die cut I believe, I had problems with the tailplanes not matching the plans but the fuselage and wing sections went together ok-ish although I spent a bit of time beforehand repairing splintered fuselage formers.   Spent the day re-draughting the fuselage formers (for eventual copying) to accept keels made from 1/32" sheet balsa as that is all I have left at the moment although I will be using 1/16" for the wings. I'm going to deviate from the Guillow's plan by dispensing with the Hurri's distinctive keel (part L6) as I am basing my model on the Hurricane prototype K5083, I will have to redesign the rudder as well.   And when I get bored of copying plans and cutting parts I will crack on with a new West Wings Hurricane kit   Kieran.   

Thanks for the heads up Craig, I will definitely check the copies against the originals.

Thanks for the suggestions guys, will be trying the ironing method again but with photocopies and if that fails to work I can always stick the plans down, I'll let you know   Kieran.    

Hi all, recently got into modelling with a Guillow's Hawker Hurricane kit but early on it became apparent that the cut parts did not match the plan and that the balsa was not very good quality.   My question is this, how can I transfer the plans onto a sheet of balsa?   After reading around I tried ironing a copy (scanned and printed using an inkjet) of the plans onto balsa in the hope that the ink would seep through but this didn't seem to work   So any suggestions would be greatly appreciated,   Many Thanks,   Kieran.