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Finally got round to doing the second wing structure. All went together smoothly so far.
Also managed to get some retracts for my bday present. the wheels are scary small but should be ok for summer freshly mown grass.
Balsa sheeting next
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Thanks glad it wasn’t just me. I just took a few mm off the fwd jig tabs of R1/R2/R6.
decided not to use any CA and just brushed on the aliphatic.
First wing structure is done
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26 minutes ago, Craig Carr said:
Hi gary
i can’t fully recall now to be honest, I would have to check the plans but from memory are the chocks shown on the plan at different heights at various key locations around the wing?
ie I don’t think it was just one chock at 9mm but various chocks at different heights ?
I don’t think I had a massive (if any) imbalance .. I’ll dig the plans out tomorrow evening after work and have a look
thanks Craig, on the plan it reads to have 9mm at LE , 2mm at mid and 5mm at TE.but at the 9mm point it seems to have a 4mm gap to the ribs. Ribs look ok at mid and TE
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So I’ve finally had my glues arrive going to use thin ca to rack in place and bought some aliphatic as I’ve heard some good things
started pining things in place.
before I glue anything did anyone have this gap between LE1 and R2/R6. I’ve chocked up the le 9mm as the plan states but look like it’s got a 4mm gap.
Did anyone have to chock it 14mm or sand down the tabs to fit?
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On 28/01/2023 at 15:49, Martin McIntosh said:
Gsky,
You are very brave attempting this considering that it is only the second ever and an expensive model if it does not work out. I have been at it for 63 years now and this caused me problems, some due to trying previously untested materials. Search as I may I cannot now find my original build blog for this but the pics should still be on an old laptop.
Good luck.
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On 28/01/2023 at 07:17, Craig Carr said:
Hi Gsky
excellent, I’ve subscribed to your thread
if you take your time you will be fine and will enjoy it. I made mine a few year back, one of the challenges is keeping the fuse straight and narrow. Not shown in this pic but I used some angled Ali from b&Q to jig it straight as I added the stringers
I think for retracts hobby king did a version that fitted exactly but that’s if they still have them
thanks Craig I’ll have to give that a try with the Ali angle. Keeping the fus straight will be a challenge. -
Forgot to mention, I might try and do a video log. If your interested here is the first video I’ve done. Thought it might be fun.
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Hi All,
I manged to convince my better half to get me another plane for Christmas and she choose the TN concorde from the wishlist.
As the title suggests this is only my second build so will probably be a challenge but i love the plane so hopefully that will motivate me to finish it.
I need to order some glues and bits before getting fully stuck in. i'll try and send some updates as it goes.
im sure i'll have plenty of questions.
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On 20/08/2022 at 17:31, Nigel R said:
Spotted this...
Do you want a kit or plan?
For second ever build i would suggest avoiding stuff with awkward shapes. E.g hurricane is more straight lines that a spitfire.
Kit would be best, with laser cut wood pack. I do see what you are saying about the awkward shapes but hurricane isn’t quite doing it for me 🙂 -
On 17/08/2022 at 18:23, kc said:
DB Sport & Scale have plenty of British kits of British planes - maybe a Vampire or their Spifire would fit the bill...
the DB spitfire looks very nice. Bit bigger than I was looking for at 2m but I guess bigger flys better. Out of stock but will keep an eye on it.On 17/08/2022 at 23:33, Dad_flyer said:I agree with SC on Concorde. It can be iconic British whilst also being iconic French.
There are a couple of threads on the TN one on this Forum. 4x EDF puts the cost up, retracts make it even worse. But beautiful and uncommon as a model.
yes the Concorde would be great. I agree the retracts are pricey but it will be a slow build so could split the cost over some months.any ideas what is more challenging to build, tn Concorde or DB spitfire?
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1 hour ago, Wookman said:
Stan down at Phoenix Model Products does a Tucano (not British but flown by the RAF) and a Chipmunk (very British and iconic) and I know he is working on an Me 109 ( not British but definitely iconic). Stans stuff is always designed so that it is easy to make a good job of it. His website is undergoing a major migration at the moment but you can always give him a ring. 01626 332287
Thanks wookman. Had a quick look and gave Stan a call. The kits looks great, nice detail in the instructions. We’ve got some of those models flying at our field but not quite tickling my fancy.
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Hi all,
looking for some input on my next build. Would like to have a British iconic plane (IC)/jet (edf). Max span 1.6m.
would be my second build. Flown balsa, foam high/low wing and jets but no warbirds. Would like to avoid expert level models for flying/building.
I fly off 100m short grass.
was thinking about spitfire/tempest/sea fury/ Vulcan/ concord.
My short list would be the TN spitfire 1.6m or TN concord. but open to other brands of kits.
Any thoughts?Thanks!
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Thanks for the replies everyone. I checked and my frame rate is set to 22ms.
the initial issue I was having with the as3x was that the rudder was correcting In the wrong direction. I then turn up all the gains to help see the directions and then noticed the elevator was behaving strangely with stick input.
sound like the wot 4 has analogue servo and the only plane I have with analog. So seems like I just turn up the gains too much.
im still not sure why the as3x rudder direction was wrong even after double checking setup orientation and doing a “relearn servo settings”. Maybe the analog servos again.
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Hi all,
anyone know if it’s possible to use an as3x gyro with standard wot4 servos?
ive recently installed an as3x receiver setup the plane and all worked well. The. Setup up the as3x and the servo seems to be very noisy and even burning out!
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Thanks Jonathan, that looks perfect. Hopefully Will start cutting over the weekend
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Yes that’s what I was thinking my only concern is that the balance lead is short and so I would need to remove the fuel tank every time I want to recharge. Unless I can find an extension for the balance lead
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Yes makes sense, I think I will just make a hatch under the fuel tank to fit the battery. Tried to fit it through the formers but doesn’t go through.
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Very close now, did some taxi tests and really happy with how it’s turned out so far.
Last thing now is the c.g still too tail heavy and that’s using a c.g of 75mm from the LE (manual says 60mm).
needs ~100g at the engine to balance with an empty tank. Could I move my battery to sit under the motor? That way saving adding an extra weight?
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2 minutes ago, john stones 1 Moderator said:
Jobs a gud un Gsky, did you remember the thread lock on the nuts ?
Thanks John. Good reminder! I haven’t yet just checking it all fits but I think we are good to go.
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On 16/02/2021 at 17:28, Russ P said:
Sorry, just seen the date of the original posting, probably built it by now.
Anyway good practice using the new website.
Hi Russ actually I’m still building this one. taking it easy as I bought this kit as my first plane so been trying to build up my flying experience before flying this one.
I’m not far off pretty much on the covering stage too but I decided to make life difficult and add some navigation lights too.
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On 16/02/2021 at 16:47, kc said:
I noticed that you showed an 11 x 5 prop in your photo.
The OS 40FP won't rev but it will turn an 11 x 7 prop and that's the correct prop to use - everyone may say that's wrong but it's correct (at least for most versions of the 40FP) See the engine tests at the time. I was disappointed with my 40FP until I studied the engine tests and realised it would turn a large prop. Of course the 11 x 5 will work but it won't do any more revs, so the 11 x 7 will give more power.
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Hi guys,
I decided to enter the realm of aero modeller and do some mods to make the spats fit. Just trimmed the axle and epoxy glued some M3 nuts on the inside so I could fit some extra M3’s to the spat. Not the lightest solution but feels solid.
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a few of the guys at the field have models with spats so hopefully would get away with it. Nothing in the manual but I’ve found there is a crosssection in the plans that show the arrangement.
The drawing doesn’t look right so I’m going to try cutting the axle and if not I’ll just put a long M4 bolt and open up the wheels to suit.
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TN Concorde - Second build
in Tony Nijhuis plan builders
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With winter well and truly here and lots of rainy weather, i decided it was time to get back on the Concorde build. got round to sheeting the top of the wings and gluing the UC bearers.
Pretty happy with the result, has some bumps but hopefully will sand out. had a small issue where the gap for WB1 closed up but hopefully will be an easy fix.
Also ordered the edf,servos and wiring pack from 4 max, went for the FMS fans. 1080g of thrust each should mean over 2:1 thrust to weight ratio which should help with takeoff!
Been dreading doing the fuselage and keeping the formers straight but might try to setup a jig to help with it.
A few pics and video of progress.