Dan Workman
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Of course you can, i did!
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The transition from turtle deck to fin is always a bit tricky, i learnt this method off another build thread on the gbrcaa website. The first pic shows 9x 1/4" laminates cut to the profile of the leading edge of the fin. These are then carved to shape you need, taken off then hollowed out with a dremel. Came out about 30g
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A bit i always dread is cutting the canopy off. Fortunately this one came of ok. I always make the canopy/hatch as big as i can. I hate trying to put batterys or wing bolts into a tiny space!!
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Few more pics of the fuz build. The nose was all planked with 10mm strips of 3/32 balsa. Dont know why but some of the pics are rotating 90°
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Im good thanks. Re. The joints, nope, just glue it all together!
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Hi Barrie, how are you? I use turbocad, bought it off ebay years ago for about 15 quid, works fine for what i need. Its sheeted in 3/32 all over. Good compromise between weight and strength. Theres about 70 sheets in total so weight selection is important. Its covered in all white easycote, then im going to spray some kind of design over that. Dan
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Its an all moving tail so the tail will just sit where it needs to. The wing is set to 0° incidence, as is the thrust line. (2.5° of side thrust). I trim the model for a hands of vertical down line and adjust the up/down thrust in an upline for hands off. This means i'll hold in a bit of up for upright straight and level and a bit of down for inverted. I do this because generaly you will use less mixes and it feels the same whether up right or inverted. I use cyano to glue all the frame up then mostly aliphatic for all the sheeting. The swept wing and taper works great, no strange tendancies at all and looks great in the air. When i build my next funfly i'll do a thread on here
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Thanks guys. Its a bit fiddily at first, once the formers are locked together its a bit more mangable.
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