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  1. graham Gilliver
    Thanks Ade, It's good to know there are no major changes in the handling. getting a flight done is a big step and those little changes will feel more worth doing now. good stuff, keep at it, If only the need to pay bills would go away I'd be joining you sooner. I may still test fly mine in primer tho'. Cheers Graham
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    well done, looks great. did you have any issues with the extra side area at the nose? I note your comment that it tracked well ,but how was it in turns etc? that is something that has been worrying me,although I am still some way off yet. your cockpit detail really sets things off, I am afraid I have made structural decisions that won't allow me to go anywhere near that level of detail, please keep posting on here as flying continues i would love to hear more impressions and that may even motivate me to crack on a bit more with mine. again well done! Cheers Graham
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    Looking great, You are inspiring me to get back to mine! just a little more work stuff to get out of the way. keep up the postings tho' I am keen to see further progress. Graham
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    Hi John, Thanks for that link. I was able to see the pics on Facebook but was unable to figure out how to comment. a very impressive line up ! not sure I want you all to see my effort now. well done to all, I look forward to all the flying pics. G
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    good luck to all at the Orme tomorrow. Sorry I won't be there ,and due to work pressure I won't even have my T'bird finished for the Manilla slopefest where I will be from the 14 to the 18 of this month, I will have my Vampire and a pushy cat from Xmodels tho' so won't be totally PSSless. again have a great time and I have been impressed with the results so far as well as learning a few tricks. Thanks I'm looking forward now to the debrief. Graham
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    Looking great, I especially like the switch and the glow in the exhaust. Mine won't be finished in time to take it to Manilla slopefest as I have been working too often. but I am going with some other gliders and will submit some pics on my return. good luck with your maiden (shouldn't be far off now) and i hope you get to the Orme. cheers, Graham
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    Hi, I really like the glass fairing around the elevator snake/horn coupling can I use that one ? you must be happy about the amount of lift you expect to get to be fitting drop tanks I am fretting something awful about how heavy mine is getting , and while I still hope to fly it at Manilla slope fest in Sept I am some way behind you and my lack of skills means catching up may take some time. you keep up the great work in the meantime as I am sure I am not the only one benefitting from your interesting solutions to things. looking forward to seeing the fibreglass process. cheers, G
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    Hi Ade, good to hear you are on your way, I was lucky enuf to get some 48" sheet so didn't need to join things, I would say a scarfe join would be ok as there is a heap of support with thick balsa top and bottom of the fuse in that area. will you be glassing the fuse? as that will also help. my fuse is partly assembled with nose and tail pinched? together and a bit of shaping done around the nose. I think it is looking pretty close now so have made a start on the wings and am prepping for the intake covering, things are a bit slow at present with work but should look up over the next little while. Cheers Graham
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    Hi, I'm not sure if this is the place to ask but, I have recently bought turbocad for mac and wonder if anyone knows of an airfoil type programme that is compatible with said MAC, I am having an attempt at an own design PSS private jet. very simple straight taper wings etc and I can develop the ribs by hand ( is that digitally or not?) but would like to add to the learning curve by doing the whole thing in CAD it is mostly drawn up now with only ribs and formers to develop so any advice would be much appreciated. something with similar capabilities to Profili would be ideal. Cheers Graham
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    Thanks for that link John, I had no idea about all that. life is fun isn't it ? you never seem to stop learning. I have no pics at present but my TA4 is making progress, with a start on the wing skins now that the fuse is boxed up and nose and tail pulled together. I am trying to decide whether to add TE stock either side of the fin to give a little more room for the elevator controls and allow the area above the Exhaust to be closed in : a bit more scale, It all seems likely to add weight tho' and we don't often have your 40 - 50 mph winds here 15 t0 20 is more common and I am worried that the A4 won't like the lighter conditions . cheers G
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    Looks lovely - better than flat sides for sure. It looks like only a minimal bit of effort to make it operable from this state. I'd go for it, but then I do love having a rudder on my PSS lumps Thanks, perhaps on the next one I'll use rudder, this one will probably get brakes instead. G
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    good stuff Phil, I like the blow by blow you are presenting. for quite an easy model there are a few traps/hard bits , that you are demonstrating very well. any deviations from your techniques would appear to be at our risk .G
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    Thanks Phil, It is just a bit of fun really, Should have looked at making it operable? still couldn't resist adding some sort of effect here as it is quite a large feature of the A4 generally. am likely to go with balance area's on the elevator and ailerons too. I realise that the catch factor may lead to easy damage there but what the hell!. G
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    I voted once a fortnight, but that is limited only by available winds, I love the slope here in Australia , quiet, great view, flying with the eagles/hawks or even seagulls when on the coast. nice when it is scratchy lift and you have to work it , nice when it is booming and you can play the fool, sometimes it is even good to have company on the hill. Cheers Graham.
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    while my building board proper, isn't cleared yet, my surface plate is available so I couldn't resist joining you inspiring guys in the rudder detail camp.cheers G
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    minor progress despite working the last few days, I have glued up the nose portion and faired things up to where I think they will work. I have chosen to add the lower triangles as they don't extend past the wing seat and this gave me the opportunity to sand them back ,thus eliminating the need to fettle them into the former cutouts. I hope this won't come back to bite me when it comes time to fit the fuse sides. Algernon and Percival have had a sit in place, without masks and visors etc but how small they look! they are pretty close to the dimensions Phil has given for his rather nice Realpilot so the scale shouldn't be far out.the longer TA4 nose gives a gentler curve required for the fwd fuse sides. so that is a wee bonus. Cheers G
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  22. graham Gilliver
    Great pics and videos guys, Looks like you had an excellent weekend, envy is setting in here in calm and wet NSW. I love the hurricane. sign me up for a mass build on that one! can it be the next build? I can see me doing the prototype for pss,or maybe the G-AMUA colours? I've always wanted to do one for powered scale but my flying skills are not yet up there. keep having fun. Graham
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    hopefully this will work Ok as it seems a fairly simple way to keep strength in the nose and still give me the Tbird shape. The canopy base is just roughed out at this stage ,I imagine the curve at the front will be a bit flatter once it is all faired in. and there will need to be a bit of block atop the fore canopy area to give that bit of curve otherwise not much has altered at all really. I really like the colours etc of the last A4 and look forward to seeing that on progress too. Cheers G
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    side view nose alteration
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