carlos rangel

It would have been great to get a 150cc radial engine for the Pioneer but I chose Zenoah economical reliability over temperamental expensive engines..

Zenoah engines seem to be difficult to get, in fact Toni Clark said these engines are being sold to the UAV community. I was able to find a brand new engine for only 300 US dollars in eBay.

Hello Gents!! Because of work travel I have not posted much these days , but I will say that I have acquired a zenoah 62 and the Mike Reevs reduction drive. This unit including the engine will perfectly fit inside the Pioneer cowling, and btw, have any of you used these units?

Slats can be a challenge but is doable. I have done them in other airplane as shown, they are retracted. Are the slats in the tiger moth fixed, or movable ?

I’m hoping for that finish and colors, that was the prototype powered by a Leonides radial engine.

Any idea how to edit pics here? When I upload, they show up upside down, any idea what am I doing wrong?

Thank you all, it is very encouraging, appreciate the king words and of course, I will continue sharing the process.

More progress coming

I guess no interest!

The idea here es to complete all the front fuselage frames, position them on the fuse jig to prevent any twisting, then rigging the top fuselage wingspar box.

coming along nicely

Credits to Airliners.net

Next smaller challenge will be the firewall at it must bent at the top in order to follow the windshield line

This bulkhead is one of the biggest challenges in this airplane, the other challenge will be the working wing slat/flap combo. at first I was planing to build it at 1/4 which means 150 inches span, but is too big and cumbersome to move around, 23% (130 inches) is a nice size, I’ll try to keep it under 25 kg