Stearmanandy Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 But in that case your wife is never joining your hobby or any of your kids!? I know what you think now, but trust me in our club there is a woman knitting club founded by the bored wifes so we can go flying without any trouble and stay even longer Edited By Stearmanandy on 16/02/2015 18:24:18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin McIntosh Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 I thought that Falcon had gone?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted February 16, 2015 Author Share Posted February 16, 2015 Falcon models or Falcon aviation ? Falcon models only had their website off line, it's on a thred somewhere here, as a new one was being designed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Santovito Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 The bottom is sheeted and rough sanded. cabane blocks tack glued and shaped. Top is sheeted. Nothing to do but add cap strips, interplane strut platforms, sand the heck out of everything in sight (the dog is cowering in the garage) and the top wing will be done. Well, I just remembered I gotta hinge the ailerons... Edited By Nick Santovito on 18/02/2015 04:01:38 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted February 18, 2015 Author Share Posted February 18, 2015 Also, don't forget to add some servos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Santovito Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Got'em in the other wing. {read "too cheap to buy four"} Edited By Nick Santovito on 18/02/2015 17:02:08 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bert baker Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Hi Nick, Your top wing dihedral looks weird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin McIntosh Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 It does to me as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Santovito Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Dihedral is set by the ply spar reinforcement plate's angle... about a 1/2" less than the bottom wing. but I did change something. Can you tell what it is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted February 21, 2015 Author Share Posted February 21, 2015 I missed that...it does look a lot more dihedral than I have.. And the wing retaining looks different too. Am I right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Santovito Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Hmm.. Should I tell or keep them in suspense.... OK, I'll tell,, besides the weird look imparted by the square LE, one LE had to be replaced by a piece that's 1/8" taller (as seen from the front). BTW, I have 1" at each tip. It also looks different because I always extend the top wing CS sheeting out one extra bay because we were always damaging the cutout corners on Paul's Stampe while handling. I did it on my 1988 one too, but no one noticed on the framework pic many pages back in this thread. here it is again to save searching: Oh yeah! the wing attachment is by the book, the only diff is that I use socket head stainless steel 8/32" screws with thick washers in my famous "non round" holes in the balsa blocks and brass threaded inserts in the blocks. I hate using hard to turn nylon bolts with their strippable head slots. I'll pop off the balsa blocks to attach the wire when I have the fuselage framed up. It's easier for me to get the incidence and alignment right when I can slide the clamped on wires around on the formers and then bolt them down Nick Same on the bottom wing except I use 1/4x20 bolts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted February 21, 2015 Author Share Posted February 21, 2015 Yep....spotted all that.... Not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Santovito Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 glued the w10s and bottom side cap strips. Definitely not photo worthy. now working on the spar webbing. tomorrow the top cap strips. (yuk) then the sanding (YUK) then I'll post another photo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Santovito Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Imagine! took 12 days to achieve some minor carving and sanding. Well, in my defense, I had a heck of a cold from the weather being 70 degrees on Thursday and snowing on Friday! Anyway, I know that the pics looks like I have about an inch of washin, but It really does measure at 1/4" washout. Now all I have to do is hinge the ailerons, do just a bit of smoothing and she's ready to set aside so that I can start on the fuselage sides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted March 9, 2015 Author Share Posted March 9, 2015 That looks a lot of snow ! Haven't flown c-fxme for several months now. Working on another bipe and the weather has been too windy. Great progress. Neat and tidy bench....does it get a clean after every session? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Santovito Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Yeah, I clean after each day's work. I got tired of finding dents in the bottom sheeting from wood chunks and bits of epoxy. (I block sand the surface to get rid of glue puddles) Pretty fussy, eh? I forgot to mention, I think one thing that makes the dihedral look weird is that I have a sag in the workbench. That's why I have a building board on top of it. (and the pins don't stick in plywood well) Glad that c-fxme is still in one piece. Weather was weird here, one week it's in the sixties and seventies, then winter blasts back with temps in the twenties and thirties. We got about 5 inches in 2 hours when the two systems overlapped. Georgia always gets "huge" flakes in the spring. ta ta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin U Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 I got a little distracted and built an Elder 40. Useful to test some build skills like using Solartex antique for the first time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin U Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Now back on track with the Stampe and have constructed the tail, fin and rudder ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted March 9, 2015 Author Share Posted March 9, 2015 Posted by Nick Santovito on 09/03/2015 14:56:42: Yeah, I clean after each day's work. I got tired of finding dents in the bottom sheeting from wood chunks and bits of epoxy. (I block sand the surface to get rid of glue puddles) Pretty fussy, eh? I forgot to mention, I think one thing that makes the dihedral look weird is that I have a sag in the workbench. That's why I have a building board on top of it. (and the pins don't stick in plywood well) Glad that c-fxme is still in one piece. Weather was weird here, one week it's in the sixties and seventies, then winter blasts back with temps in the twenties and thirties. We got about 5 inches in 2 hours when the two systems overlapped. Georgia always gets "huge" flakes in the spring. ta ta Georgia State....is it famous for Peaches?? I finished building a low winger, guess what it was called........yep Georgia Peach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Santovito Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Why, yes! we even have a peach water tower, often leading to snickers from those who notice similarities to portions of the human anatomy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted March 9, 2015 Author Share Posted March 9, 2015 I don't know what you mean Nick Edited By cymaz on 09/03/2015 19:37:17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Santovito Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Looking good Martin U. But you've a long way ahead to the first flight. re: Solartex, easiest covering to apply! Lightweight. the only fly in the ointment is it's need of a clearcoat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin U Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Well, just about to start working on the wings and I could not find the second plan for starboard wings... as those of you that have been before know the great old style instructions are to hold the port plans against a window and trace on the rear, thus creating the starboard plans..... What an amazing example of cutting out cost, no wonder Precedent went to the wall. I must be really lucky with the version of my kit the ribs are all pretty accurate, lined them up on a spar for a sand and they are not bad. Wings, I hate them. Why on earth build a plane with 4??? But it will feel so nice when No. 4 is complete and the taste of balsa dust is gone.... to be replaced by the perfume of Glo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon H Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 4 wings? pff. I have a triplane to build at some point! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Santovito Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Posted by Martin U on 10/03/2015 07:02:41: . Wings, I hate them. Why on earth build a plane with 4??? But it will feel so nice when No. 4 is complete and the taste of balsa dust is gone.... to be replaced by the perfume of Glo. It's the irony of ironies.... People who love bipes the most.... In case you didn't see it, I took my wing plans down to the office supply store and had mirror image copies made. Posted by Jon Harper on 10/03/2015 08:33:09: 4 wings? pff. I have a triplane to build at some point! Lord let me never get hooked on tripes!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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