AndyD
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Hi Gary,it really looks good and you will definitely love flying the ballerina.
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made another one to pass the time,this one I could actually use but I shall wait until the build gets under way before I make my mind up on it.i cut down the cylinders and made the hub bigger.
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Very nice,makes me want to go out and fly.
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well its got the looks I was after but I think I will go for a tiger moth type cowl as it will be easiser to fit and I thick the radial might have cooling issues as theres only 1/8 inch round the motor.
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5 1/2 ib would be a challenge for me as im a heavy builder,just cant get out of the habbit.
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am I right in thinking 7lb is a good weight for the aeromaster,just wondering about weight for my ballerina bipe as it roughly the same size.
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I second Peters coment far tidier than mine as well.i just push every thing to one side when I take photos.its looking really good.
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for me the only design ive made more than once is my version of the acro wot,and ive made that in lots of different sizes
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my skills are very basic and some times draw the rough out line as needed and add to the plan when the various parts are made,knowing whats in my head and putting it to paper don't always come easy,ive found a plane as got to be very bad not to fly and you get a feeling when things are right.
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back in the eighties I used to do a lot of own designs and modifications much more rewarding but shamefully not so much these days.i think I may be getting back into it again as the artf planes have lost their appeal to me.
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its basically the same from the rear to the cockpit then changed for the upper wing and to suit hopefully my radial engine.the top wing is 52 3/4 swept back and the bottom wing is straight at 48 inches giving roughly the same wing area compared to my 65 inch original single wing version.
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done as much as I can with the odds and ends I had so now its sit and wait for my balsa delivery.i didn't want to waste my time so had a fiddle to see what I could make engine wise,a bit fiddly with such a small engine,to many fingers getting in the way.
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spent most of the morning trying to get my laptop connected to the internet,dont what I done but its working.one full sheet of 3/32 and lots of bits and pieces and I now have a set of ribs,shall have to see what else ive got in the garage so ive got something to do until my order arrivres.for somebody who don't like making wings I just love to torture my self,my last build was a 1/4 scale pup and ive just finised the wood build of a 1/3 scale DR1 and now im back on with another bi-plane,madness.
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Hi Gary i might take you up on the 3d printed one if I go the radial way which is the way im thinking,i made a 1/3 scale rotec a while back but the thought of doing again but on a smaller scale doesn't inspire me.
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it will be electric as my original version,im still not decided on the front end,i would like a dummy radial engine to give it a stearman look but not sure if ive got the patience to build one,probally depends on how long the lock down lasts.i nearly went with straight wings but the aeromaster looks so good with a mixture of both.
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Not sure who,s intrested but since building my ballerina and loving it ive always wanted a bi-plane version but never thought any more about it until Nigel R started his aeromaster build which I wanted to build but due to lock down and my printer out of action got no further than down loading the plan.so out with pencil and paper I modified my ballerina plan which I had enlarged when I built my standard ballerina.i post some pics as I go,actually waiting for my balsa shipment to arrive so might be a slow start.
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