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Advent Prize Draw - 22nd Dec
EarlyBird replied to David Ashby - Moderator's topic in All Things Model Flying
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Advent Prize Draw - 21st Dec
EarlyBird replied to David Ashby - Moderator's topic in All Things Model Flying
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Thanks Martin. I am calling it a day! What's left to do on the fuselage? servos to fit, tail skid plate and bottom sheeting then on to the tails surfaces and wings. This has to be the easiest build ever. The wings are flat and built in one piece as you can see the fuselage is a box, no cowl and no canopy. More fun tomorrow. Cheers Steve
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The fun continues this morning! Hatch frame glued and sanded to fit the fuselage, Snakes installed and top deck glued in place. This is quick and easy! It will not be ready for me to fly on Christmas day though I will just have to fly my HK Crusader and my really old 50" stik, early 90s is my guess. I bought it second hand for my son to fly from my LMS Shermans, long gone as are so many others . Cheers Steve
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All good advice KC and Peter. More bits glued on. Wing bolt plate and scrap balsa sanded to shape. Bottom plate for the undercarriage and hatch boxed out ready for ply frame. Ply frame cut out ready for glue. With hatch test fitted. I will glue that tomorrow after some final checks and trimming no doubt. What's left to do on the fuselage? Servo mounting, snakes and decking hmm anything else. Today I ordered a jig from SLEC that will be used for the first time on The Ohmen fuselage along with hard balsa spars, hard balsa they do have, well in the sizes I wanted. When that comes I can start the wings unless I use 1/4x1/8 spruce. Another decision to be made. Another good fun filled day Cheers Steve
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Advent Prize Draw - 20th Dec
EarlyBird replied to David Ashby - Moderator's topic in All Things Model Flying
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An interesting project Dave. It looks like you are using lite ply, lack of balsa? Design changes add to the fun IMHO and scaling up even more so. I have yet to advance to scaling up and plan building but it will happen. Cheers Steve
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Hinges as it happens I want to try covering film hinges and magnets. My thoughts now are to use lite ply hinged at the front with magnets to hold it in place. If I cut the ply to the width of the fuselage and to the length from F1 to F2 then cut out the centre to leave a frame which will be glued in place and the centre will be the hinged hatch. I will give it a go. Nothing ventured nothing gained. This designing lark is fun! I love Skylarks. Cheers Steve
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Thanks Peter Does this look like KC's drawing? I tried my best to copy it. Battery tray glued in from the bottom showing the framework. and from the top. Now I have to decide how to build the top hatch and fix it. Cheers Steve
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Advent Prize Draw - 19th Dec
EarlyBird replied to David Ashby - Moderator's topic in All Things Model Flying
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That makes sense Peter and from now on that is what I will do, too late to change on this build. Formers added. Built over a straight line which was not that easy to do, I will have to invest in a SLEC jig! Battery plate made from lite ply and support frame work added to the fuselage. Cheers Steve
