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    Hi Guys,   I have looked at Pete's ebay store and there is nothing suitable listed at the moment, I will drop him a message and see if he would make a couple of suitable occupants.   Martin, I like the canopy. Do you have the rear section on sliding rails?   Cheers for now   Gav
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    Hi Mark,   Getting to the pilot stage, where did you get yours from, having difficulty finding a pilot of the right height. Most 1/6th scale ones I can see are too short to see over the top of the fuz   Homebrew exhaust made by mofiying 2 standard OS outlets by cutting, bending and silver soldering. Joined with a brass sleeve, tapped to M11x0.75. 10mm copper tube formed to replicate the original system shape, all silver soldered including a brass supporting strap screwed into the engine box with some silicone in between to hopefully absorb the vibration.        
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    Cheers Richard. I have soaked, set to shape and glued, will leave overnight pinned to bench and see how it comes out.   Rather than turn the plan over and wet with parrafin I have traced the profile onto some greaseproof paper, reversed this and used to assemble the other side. It is glued with the formers in place and left to dry overnight. (Forgot to drill the holes in the formers for the elevator control rod, so will have to work that out tomorrow night)   I am going to try and make a sliding canopy by embedding 2 brass strips either side of the fuselage, so will have to give that some thought before I start sheeting. The destructions state to complete the forward sheeting before joining the halves - can you see any reason why this can't be done last?   Where are you up to now? Have you sorted out a steerable tailwheel?   Cheers   Gav
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    Hi Richard, more questions.......   When I fit the stringer F20 as far back as F6 it induces a twist in the fuselage in the direction shown. I guess if it is fitted with the rest of the fus all pinned down to the bench it might come out straight, but I'd rather not have a stressed structure. The position of the slot in F6 forces a sharp downward turn and twist in the stringer. My thinking is to soak the stringer and then fit.   I am really questioning if this looks right to you - I haven't put something in the wrong way???     Cheers   Gav
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    Hi Richard,   Sussed out F19 thanks, I picked it up as you say with a bevel on each end. F1 ply okay then, I just can't be confident with anything in this Airsail kit! The laminated pieces on the wiong centre section were like that in my kit as well, the tooling they have used for my parts is really poor.   Anyway, I guess that's the challenge.   Cheers   Gav
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    Richard, I am hoping you can help me here. The 5mm sq stringers F19 and F20 - do they both run up and into the F1 Balsa? My F1 balsa has a 6mm sq notch in it and I'm unsure whether thet have just cut this a bit too big, or whether it should be 10mm to take both stringers.   I have found that he accuracy of the cut outs in the Fus formers is really poor, when I try to laminate the F2 balsa and ply the cut outs don't match.   My F1 ply former has no notches at all, but I think the plan shows stringers going through the F1 ply former. What was yours like?   Cheers   Gav
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    Hi Richard,   I've not got too far lately. Been building a new "Hangar" and rearranging the garage as things wree getting unworkable. Have got as far as finishing the poly-C on the wing and have covered from behind the sheeted area with Solartex. I will take a photo and post it later tonight. Am looking forward to getting onto the fuselage and some progress. I think i have tried to re-engineer / over-engineer the wing to get it more scale like and caused myself no end of problems and probably not got the desired result. Anyway, it's all a learning curve.   Catch you soon   Gav
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    Hi Richard,   I'll have a look in my box of bits this afternoon and see if I can help. Initial thought - is it the duck tail that goes onto the very rear of the fuselage, extending underneath the rudder?   Cheers   Gav
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    Hi Richard,   I've applied Poly_C and 0.6oz glass to the leading edge sheeting on my wing. I got really bad warping of the sheeting - the wood swelled up in the areas between the ribs. Did you experience any such issues? I was careful only to give a very light first coat.  Have now replaced the top sheeting on one side and ready to go again.   Really nice to apply and no-mess, I can't see that I would ever use eopxy after having used this. I have emailed RC World to see if it is okay to first use a sanding sealer, stopping the Poly-C from soaking into the wood and making it swell as if soaked in water.     Cheers   Gavin
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    Hi Richard,   I've applied Poly_C and 0.6oz glass to the leading edge sheeting on my wing. I got really bad warping of the sheeting - the wood swelled up in the areas between the ribs. Did you experience any such issues? I was careful only to give a very light first coat.  Have now replaced the top sheeting on one side and ready to go again.   Really nice to apply and no-mess, I can't see that I would ever use eopxy after having used this. I have emailed RC World to see if it is okay to first use a sanding sealer, stopping the Poly-C from soaking into the wood and making it swell as if soaked in water.     Cheers   Gavin
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    Hi Richard, yes it's me the Chinesespaceman, not sure what's changed on my profile? Like you I am going with the PolyC rather than epoxy, but have not sheeted the wings or control surfaces. Am away this weekend, but will get at it the following weekend and post some photos.   Cheers   Gav
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    Hi Richard,   Any progress lately? I've just got my wing ready for glassing, covering and painting. Have covered the control surfaces in solartex.   Will post some photos next weekend   Cheers   Gavin
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    Yeah, sorry about the pics, i removed them from the host server. Still maintain a very poor model when compared to the Seagull Arising Star or Boomerang Happy flying Gav
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    Hi for the last time in this thread.............. The Lucky (or maybe not so lucky) Star is no longer. After 3 flights on Saturday the wings folded and the fuselage complete with 1/2 a wing plummeted to earth, burying itself in the ground. The fuselage, wing and motor were all written off. I was able to recover the radio gear and tank................... So, 2 words of caution: do as i was advised after the carnage and make sure to use a wing bandage when joining the wings. This means stripping back the covering, but worth the effort I think.Don't try getting too over enthusiastic with the aerobatics with one of these flat bottom winged models.So, I'm off to get hold of a Seagull Boomerang with semi symetrical wing and a few lessons under my belt Gavin
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