EarlyBird
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Peter, I have a few map pins, in my pin board, and I have seen them used but it never crossed my mind to try them. Now I will definitely try them before ordering a shipment. Trevor, Thanks for positive comment. I do prefer to use masking tape and I have found exactly the same problem on wet balsa so I tried Sparky tape which works if you can wrap it around so it sticks to itself. Unfortunately I have run out of masking tape and I am reluctant to go shopping because of the virus risk. Thanks The next step is to glue it in place. Cheers Steve
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With a bit of sanding to fit and trimming this is what it looks like. Is this a compound curve I see before me? I am well happy with that. Cheers Steve
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Continuing my experiment with soaking and forming the wing tip sheeting. This time I am being more gentle as I think that on the first tip I forced the over wet balsa into shape. I have also tried using pins and having seen other builds I have followed the example of putting the pins at an angle. Obviously it is not a perfect fit this time but I am thinking that when I glue it I will be able to easily pull it into shape. We will see Cheers Steve
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Yes more fun today. Glued the parts onto the top of the tip then when dry shaped for the sheeting. Did the same for the bottom plus completed the sheeting. I am beginning to think that I am getting the hang of this building lark. Tricky bit next. The top sheeting, well was more difficult on the other tip. The balsa sheet is soaking. I had better not leave it too long! Cheers Steve
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Andrew Newton to the rescue, with Crow and Camber setup video I hope others find this useful. He saved me a lot of trial and error anyway. Cheers Steve
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More fun today, I hope. Second wing tip starts by cutting out all of the parts and dry fitting. After a second coffee I will check again then it is glue time. Cheers Steve
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Fitted the hinges and test fitted to the wing. Sanded the tip to the level of the aileron. Up and down movement is ample so its all looking good, I think. Just have to do it all again for the other wing tip. Not a lot done today as my attention has been diverted away from my Ballerina. Yesterday I took delivery of a Taranis X9D SE 2019 (I think?). OpenTX is interesting and in a sense I like it. I will use it for the Phoenix. I am almost there just need to work out Crow and Camber mixing. It's all good fun! Cheers Steve
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Back to the wing tip. In order to finish the wing tip shape I have to fit the aileron. I marked the centre line. Then planed down to the line. And as usual test fit. Slot the hinges next and check the aileron up and down movement. Cheers Steve
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Almost finished a wing tip Top Bottom I am a lot happier now and it is true a bit of sanding does improve the way it looks. From a happy Steve Cheers
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Cap strips on the tip ribs! Well spotted. I was leaving those until the sheeting was done so I could get a perfect join, or try to anyway. I have been accused of being too much of a perfectionist in the past. I just like to try my best. I agree with you there's nothing wrong with it, that a bit of sanding won't sort out. Cheers Steve
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I could not wait any longer for the glue to dry. Not perfect but I have the other wing tip to do so I will just have to try harder. Cheers Steve
