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Weston Park Modellers' Swapmeet 2018
AVC replied to Paul Marsh's topic in Shows, Club Events and Competitions
Hi Paul. I'm planning to go this year. Do you know if card payment is accepted in the swapmeet, or shall I bring cash? -
Great Andy! Congrats!👌
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Posted by AndyD on 09/02/2016 22:46:32: Hi John,yes im painting,not got enough tex of any decent colours but ive got some black aerosols,i was surposed to be doing this on the cheap and to use up a lot of odds an ends but just spent £9 on a pilot,just hope he fits better. Hi Andy What will you use to protect the text from leaks under the mask? The -tex covering has this bad habit... Another question: where do you get the covering from? The Solartex is good but a bit expensive, and if this one works well, I'd like to try it
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Posted by cymaz on 09/02/2016 17:43:36: Ummm....I must confess my aileron reversal on a maiden flight That was my case also, with a beautiful Extra 300...
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Very neat woodwork Chris Is this the "Pinguin" Stape you're referring to?
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John's Ballerina Build
AVC replied to john stones 1 - Moderator's topic in The 2016 Ballerina Mass Build
Wow, it's almost finished. You'll maiden even before I decide where Ill place the servos 👌 -
Thanks Chris! You should try balsa, I will definitely try depron for something bigger than a parkflyer. I think I have somewhere the plans for an electric biplane which was a hybrid also. It was published in MRA, the French magazine, some years ago.
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I wouldn't go down that route Chris, for the reasons explained by Bob: weight and strength. I would try some light covering or maybe paint? I love how "clean" you build, BTW. My bench is always full of glue drops, paint spots, cuts,... Yeah, I'm definitely a "dirty" builder
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And then finally, Monday evening, the tail was glued, using a calculated "datum" and special jigs for that purpose... The "datum", aligned with the mid point of F2 and F6 And now, the very special jig... The sides are slightly sanded on the inside, to increase the contact area. The cello tape is to stop epoxy dropping and curing on the down side of the fuse, creating a bump in the area where the tail wheel support should fit... Edited By AVC on 08/02/2016 09:06:51
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On Monday morning I though I could go and have a quick fly with the Can Doo, or maybe maiden the Kloud Rider in a little hill near home. My hopes went away when, after breakfast, I checked the wind and we had around 20 mph, with gusts of 35... So, back to the workshop, to glue the two sides together. The tail is not glued yet at this stage.
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For F4 and F6 formers, I simply cut some triangular balsa scrap pieces. These will be tack glued with a drop of cyano while the epoxy cures. They then are removed and they don't leave almost any mark.
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And here's F1 glued in place. Because F1 and F2 are supported by triangular balsa, I can easily achieve the 90 degrees while gluing.
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Then I glued the formers to one side. My Ballerina will have only four complete formers: F1, F2, F4 and F6. The remaining will be only the top (curvy) part of the formers, and some cross braces underneath. Here are the formers ready to glue. F2 has a double on the front side for the wing dowel. I also will center the dowel using an additional piece of 1mm ply. Because I haven't decided where the servos will go, I don't bother about holes for snakes: I opened a "window" in F6 so I can route whatever is needed (servo wires, snake or pull-pull wire)
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And here we have the two sides with the doublers
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For the rear of the fuse, besides the doublers, I added an infill of 1/8 sheet, in case I needed some "meat" to place the servos (I still don't know where will I place them...)
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And now, let's focus on the building. Last weekend I closed the shift with the sides completed. The first task this week was to make the doublers, in ply 1mm. These are glued to the outside, both at the front and the rear This is the one at the front
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To fit the engine on sidewinder position I would need to make a tunnel for the muffler, but I don't fancy doing it, so the other options are upright, 45 degrees, or maybe 315 degrees. I still haven't decides which one...
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So, here we go again with the weekly report. And this time we start with the postman...He delivered the engine at home last Friday. I've never tried one of those before, although being made by the same manufacturer as ASP/SC/Magnum, I assume they must be pretty similar. I bought this one because, for the same size and weight of a typical 36, you have a whole 40. I also like the blue details, let's be honest... In the instructions there's no mention whatsoever to the break in process (other than the size of the prop) so I'll do a typical ABC break in. If anyone has experience with Evolution glow, I would appreciate comments / advices. My only experience with EVOLUTION engines is this one below: Edited By AVC on 08/02/2016 07:14:48
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Very nice indeed Martyn. Im considering a glass fiber cowl, I would do something similar to your but maybe the weight would be too much for a "standard" ballerina, especially considering that my tail is already lighter than the solid one
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Very nice indeed Martyn. Im considering a glass fiber cowl, I would do something similar to your but maybe the weight would be too much for a "standard" ballerina, especially considering that my tail is already lighter than the solid one
