Rafa L

I like it very much!

Nice plane. I like it!

I add central section of top wing: I cut the struts level with the wings, painted central panel and presto!: Now I have to electrify my Tripe... I'll tell you about it!

Hi all: Before mountig the wings, I inserted some little pieces of CF rod in the internal struts an fuse: Then, Mr Newton and a little epoxy helped me to mount the left wing set: Then right wing panels: And when epoxy set...

Then I mounted the wings in the templates and cyano glued the struts and wings: Wings + strut + templates formed quite a rigid set which I'd mount all together.  

Hi all! Monuting the wings was the trickiest task in Tripe's construction. I marked the wings, and drilled them: central holes and struts holes.    I CAD drew two lateral templates of the wings and struts positions, and marker external struts: External template is higher because of the diedral. External struts is located a bit forward than internal.

Hi! Back again. I'm still working on my Tripe. It's "almost" ready... but in my case, "almost" can be three or four mounths (I told you I am a very-very slow builder). When I posted last time, I had the fuse completely white: No doubt: I decided to reproduce Raymond Collishaw's "Black Maria". I used emanels and this was the result: For the wings I used 3mm. Deprom. My "Troll" (http://www.amjd.ch/dossier/modeles/troll/troll2.pdf) has got 3 mm Deprom's 85 cm span wings and it is OK. So, I cut and curved them by rubbing them against the banister: Then I painted them. Emanels again: (to be continued)

Nice plane. It would look superb on our field!

Hi pals, I finished the tail end and now I’m going for the wings and the paint work.   In December mag Cyril said he’d used ceiling emulsion with poster paint… it sounds a bit strange (for me, at least).   What kind of paint did you use in yours? Thanks for your help.   

Hi pals: Nice to know that Wess' plane is such a good flyer. I hope the mine will be too. Now I'm working on the U/C and wheels of the Triple. For the U/C's axle I used 1,5 mm CF rod. By the way, can anyone tell me how much is 20 SWG in metric?… or …Where can I find a SWG / metric conversion table?  I used sewing thread to reinforce the U/C legs' junction.    For the wheels I used 50x3 mm O-rings and the hub is a sandwich ply(1/16) + deprom(1,5mm- 3mm sanded-) + ply.

Hi Wess, Cyril's model was 177gr. Yours is a bit heavier, but well powered. Have you flown it? I hope your plane to be a great flyer.  SOPWITH- I made a ply (1/16) frame to reinforce the bottom deprom sheet, just where U/C legs and servo will seat.

SOPWITH- liteply (1/16) firewall for AXI 2204/54 Cheeks,  and lightening holes in B1

SOPWITH- A template will help to place the struts in the exact place  

SOPWITH - Enough place for the batt? I adopted Timbo’s solution for the battery bay: I made a “ceiling” and opened a gate at F3 low part. I added a ply frame to reinforce F3.

I started making a firewall template with my CAD program and… what a surprise, there is a little trouble with the plan: whilst in front view the fuselage’s 46 mm. wide, on the top view it is 57 mm: How did you sort it out? Thanks.