Barney Corn 1

Evening both, thanks for your replies. You're doubtless right regarding the sheeting on the underside of the wing in terms of lightness. However, I fly from a farmer's field so the landing surface needs to be able to withstand stubble and the like which the current set up does. The Fury is still going, I'm pleased to say, a bit on the fast side but it is good fun.

I've always ended the outer flush to the fuselage side for neatness if nothing else. I then cut the inner not much longer and thread the connecting wire into it which then runs up to the clevis on the control horn. This is naturally rigid and as the snake is fairly straight inside that section of the fuselage the wire can travel back into the outer if needed.Edited By Barney Corn 1 on 01/02/2019 17:17:03

As there may be someone still out there... Well, after a very long pause thanks to buying a renovation project of a house and work I finally found half an hour to spare this afternoon and finished the linkages..... and then went flying! The CoG was way off and it was very flighty but it fllew, which amazed me. I was flying in silage fields so despite my fair share of nose in landings I managed to put two batteries through her. Fairly fast and very fast in the roll, in fact too much on both but I think the CoG was the main problem. On the whole, once I've sorted out the balance it's looking like a real success which I'm really pleased about. All in the whole lot came to about £80 which makes for a satisfying light wind model and satisfies my childhood dreams of controlling rubber band models. Cheers, Barney

I've just weighed it complete with battery and its come in at 179 grams or 6.3 ounces. Bit on the lardy side but heigh ho. I'm working on the linkages this evening then it should be good to go. Cheers Barney

Evening all, Once again, apologies, time has flown by! Anyway it there has been a bit of progress with the model painted and decals applied. The markings are far from perfect and are courtesy of a shaky hand and a Sharpie but do the job for an experimental model. I'm now down to installing the elevator servo, control linkages and juggling the kit around to achieve the right CoG then time to throw it in the air with tightly crossed fingers! Hopefully the next update will take me less time, although that's dependent upon a Cornish, coastal, autumn so in the lap of the gods. Cheers. Barney

And another three weeks has flown by! There has been progress although not as much as I had hoped for. Firstly I decided to build the tail fin as per the plan, whilst it made sense to allow for a future rudder I decided that any additional weight at the tail is going to add a lot more weight at the nose so worked on the basis that every little helps! The basic structure is again built over the plan and then sanded to shape. After that the wing was glued o the fuselage and the wing fillets made up, these are cut from the plan and then more robust patterns made, turns out Gravy Bones come in an ideal box, the dog helped by finishing the contents for me, unlike Fairy they don't last for ages! After that it was glued into place and it was time to cover the model. As I said before litespan is a world away from solarfilm; in particular not only does it not shrink by much (a good thing on such a light structure) but it also seems to shrink unevenly. The latter is really frustrating as some areas come ou looking very smart whilt the next section will be baggy. Anyway, for better or worse, it now looks like a starved Sea Fury! The elevator is hinged using strips of CA hinge material about 1/8" by 1/4" which should be ample for the model weight, the ailerons will be taped on in due course, I tried using litespan to form the hinge but that didn't work out as I had planned as the iron picks up the edge too easily and won't fit into the corners. The final progress was to mark out the canopy line and paint the interior before gluing the canopy into place, I think a profile pilot should be adequate at this scale which will be added later in the day. My next plan is to break out the airbrush and paint the airframe with Humbrol enamels thinned to as far as possible so as to give just enough pigment to cover the plane without adding too much weight. I've decided it's best to paint the aircraft first so that it is essentially finished before fitting the receiver, elevator servo and battery so that I can hopefully balance it without any additional weight. I'm hoping to have it painted this weekend, then again earning a living may get in the way again! Cheers, Barney