Peter Miller
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Looking at the pictures. Trying to get double curvature on the tip sheet would be almost impossible. The extension of the sheet spar is a straight taper as shown. Re shape the tip rib to suit. I do not have the magazine plan at the moment but I have attached my original drawing which I think may be different and is how I actually built the tips.
Hope this helps
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I live in a country lane which is an extremely popular popular walk for the village with dog walkers and mothers pushing prams going past all the time. The view across the countryside is beautiful.
Most of them, especially the mothers go past ignoring the countryside and their babies with their eyes glued to their *&^%£ phones.
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The thought of Erfolg on the BMFA committee fills me with terror.
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6 hours ago, Robin Colbourne said:
Why do you say that Peter? Is in-store vandalism a thing where you are? The green cabinet was simply a product display within a shop, not a vending machine out on the pavement.
Have you seen the videos on the news of shoplifters helping themselves to arm fulls of goods right in front of the cameras?
The other snag with Cabinets is the vast range of similar items such as hinges and everyone has their own favourite type of hinge.
I have very recently been searching for my own preferred type of hinge. Eventually located a supply but would a cabinet stock the type that I use?
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8 hours ago, sfxphil said:
Phil the company photographer at Nova and then Lawcar before they went bust twice !! Its got to be 50 years at least since i lived in Sudbury. How are you doing?
I eventually worked that out. I seem to remember the Cornard upper School playing ields and a gutter that the far end.
This thread is for the funnies. I will PM you shortly.
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1 hour ago, sfxphil said:
Is this the same Peter Miller who i worked with in Sudbury all those years ago at Nova Relief Holdings and buried more than a few RC aircraft at the local flying site ?
Yes. Now I am trying to guess who you are and which planes.....?
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I survived typhoid in Egypt at the age of 2 1/2 in 1940!
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29 minutes ago, PatMc said:
For the same reason that life-time diseases of the past aren't around anymore, infant mortality rates have dropped to a fraction of what they were & this post is being read by a much older demograph than would have ben possible in the good old days. 😉
And of course that is the main cause of global Warming. Back in 1975 the world population was about 3.5 billion people. Today it is over 8 billion and an awful lot of them insist of flying off on their holidays on aircraft that burn 700 gallons per hour per engine.🤣
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2 minutes ago, Basil said:
Like us all. We should ask why seemingly infants are becoming less tolerant to everyday exposeur to the things of life.
That is simple. They are protected from every possible infection so they do not build up any sort of immune system
I could tell you tales of life in a small Argentinian village up in the mountains that would curdle the blood in the veins of the average modern housewife or doctor. Never hurt me!!!
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33 minutes ago, J D 8 said:
And I also ate mud along with worms that came with it.
When I was three we were at war and mud and worms were rationed
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1 hour ago, Brian Cooper said:
Now that is brilliant.It is just that. I could never understand why they made such an effort to get it back when it was stolen!
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As I say. Look at other pictures in my various builds. A picture is worth a thousands words is so very true.
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2 minutes ago, Geoff S said:
A pint of mild in the Coventry Antelope Motorcycle Club clubroom in 1964 was lower than 2/- (10p). Times change and things get dearer. I bet the club no longer has a regularly open clubroom but I used it a lot as 24 year old. The 1965 Mini my wife owned when we got married in 1967 cost about £500 brand new.
I remember a mate on the squadron bought a new mini in 1963 for about the same price.
Maybe this thread should be renamed "Sign of the TImes Tragedy!!!
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KC has got it right. It is my standard wing building system and has been for a good few years now. It works so well.
The lower LE sheet is under the bottom spar. the cap strips butt up against the bottom spar.
If you look at some of my other builds you should find sets of pictures that show this well.
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17 minutes ago, kevin b said:
Was that 6p, or 6d ?
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It was 6 denarius
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I am just about to order some balsa wood.
I remember when a sheet of 3" wide 1/16" sheet cost 6 pence.😭
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Always glad to help!
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Re the curved under surface of the front of the ribs. You lay the leading edge sheet down flat. put the ribs on. Add the 1/8" leading edge sheet flush with the bottom of the ribs and then raised the lower LE sheet up and glue to the LE and ribs.
The cut away drawing shows that the wing has lower cap strips for the wing and also top cap strips.
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Just in passing:
I remember back in the 50s a hard up member of our RAF club covered his combat model in strips of perforated tissue paper off a roll. Each small square had the words "Government Property" stamped on it in green ink.
Anyone remember that material?
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That looks excellent!
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Yes, well, the chap who draws the final version for the magazine does some funny things. I will say no more!!
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The grain should go vertically up the long dimension.
If you like you can glue 1/4" wide strips across the former to add stiffness
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There are a lot of sayings which I always follow
"KISS" = Keep it simple, stupid.
Simplicate and add lightness.
What isn't there can't go wrong.
But people like to try different ideas and sometimes they come up with things that no one has ever thought of. A classic example.
How many people shape trailing edges from a strip of balsa cut from the sheet?
Many years ago I edited the gadget pages in AMI. A chap sent in the idea of shaping the T.E. and then cutting it off the sheet.
Obvious isn't it!!! And yet four members of the club who had been modelling since the 50 and one who was modelling before the war had never thought of doing it that way. We had all cut the strip and then wrestled with shaping it.
I wonder how many others had never thought of doing that way.
That chap won the prize that month!!
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I certainly would not change the tailplane and elevators. I have used built up tail surfaces on some models but they are too weak in the event of a tumble.
My new Oodalally broke the standard tailplane which it landed out in a weed covered field. It was very soft wood but was solid sheet.
Sign of the times - funnies * Remember this is a family friendly forum and inappropriate postings will be removed without warning.
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I live in a country lane which is an extremely popular popular walk for the village with dog walkers and mothers pushing prams going past all the time. The view across the country is beautiful.
Most of them, especially the mothers go past ignoring the countryside and their babies with their eyes glued to their *&^%£ phones.
OH Yes. The lane has deep ditches on each side....I live in hopes!!!!!