steven patey

http://www.diy.com/departments/diall-5mm-laminate-solid-wood-flooring-xps-foam-underlay-5m/1570772_BQ.prd?icamp=recs&rrec=true Its a 5mm thick xps foam. costs 2.80 per square metre. think I'll get some when I come back home in a fortnight. looks like a good depron alternative perhaps.

just seen youtube vid of A10.

Anyone here use an overhead projector (the type you connect to a pc) for enlarging 3 views? I've had enough of taping a4 sheets together. never again! if so does it work without too much distortion? (a problem I believe with the old fashioned ones). if you use one please let me know what model of projector cheers   Steven Edited By steven patey on 14/08/2017 14:07:21

I think the tail has a negative incidence, as the LE of the tailplane is pointing down wards in relation to fuselage centeline. that makes sense, as you want the tail to exert a downward force. that makes sense now.   Edited By steven patey on 14/08/2017 13:43:26

Andy, don't tell me you built that C17 in that tiny shed in the background lol!

bTW does Simon still fly the Pucara, god how I would love to see it fly! Also what happened to that huge antonov 225? I had the 1995 issue of QFI with this pic on the cover.

2 degrees up? I'm assuming 2 deg positive incidence on tail. thanks for info steven ps I had considered eppler 205 for entire wing,as I wanted a floater, so I wasn't too far off the mark. Interesting how you used eppler 374 for the inboard sections.Is this a compromise between lift requirements and speed/penetration? I need to look into wing section theory a bit more (I did yrs ago, but have forgotten most of it)

38Ibs in weight! blimey, that's almost in LMA exemption territory!

Thanks for the great pics Andy, I've added them to my bumper scrapbook of unfeasibly large pss models you kneed a transit van to take to the slope in. Could you tell me what wing section, wing/tail incidences you used on the model? that would very be useful. You got me really interested in actually doing it now! As you rightly said it is an ideal size, not to large but big enough to have a good presence in the air Steven ps, I have been seriously wanting to do one of these about the same size, what am awesome model, John Hill's Pucara. I have a pretty good 3 view of it. I'm looking into getting a projector to blow up 3 views. would make life so much easier.   Edited By steven patey on 14/08/2017 12:57:30

SW through to NW sounds ideal. will have a look at map ref thanks steven

Anyone fly regularly at the above site? I've read that its a good site when the wind's South Westerly (ie the prevaling wind). Anyone know of any other sites in northumberland (and ussable wind direction) I know about collywell bay,Seaton Sluice, but I gather that's NE direction only? Steven

I noticed the tail incidence was pretty extreme on the george miller a10 plan, also the wing section looked like it had been drawn round a welly boot, so glad you pointed me in the right direction there! Regards Steven

Hi Phil, yes I mean as a pss sloper. specifically from the george miller plan. BTW I saw the build thread for the enormous one you did a while back, what was the span and did you use the funny wing section of the full size A10 (which is shown on the G Miller plan), or a more conventional one. cheers steven. BTW this plan is 99" which seems pretty big. I think yours was quite a bit bigger though

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Thanks Andy, had forgotten about the Conway one. It looks a bit bigger too. I'm tempted to go for the Nijhuis one anyway cos of the wood pack that's available. (I can't be bothered to do a full scratchbuild at the moment). It would be interesting to see how it turns out compared to the Andy Conway one.