john stones 1 - Moderator Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Cowl looks great Dylan I love the vents John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn K Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Look great Dylan.. DF reunion at this years GA perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Reynolds LaserCraft Services Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 Thanks guys, I'm finally getting back into building again now, lost me mojo over winter, but back with gusto now Why not Martyn? I never got my normal one finished, an excuse to do so I suppose With everything I'm taking..."I'm gonna need a bigger boat!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Reynolds LaserCraft Services Posted May 2, 2015 Author Share Posted May 2, 2015 Well, today I decided to dig the wing out again... This half has been in storage for months, so I decided to make up it partner, first of all laying out the "plan" (scribble/drawing/fag packet) delete as required... Since the drawing is for the existing wing I layed out all the ribs and marked them for the reverese order to make a pair of wings as opposed to 2 lefts TIP - large lego (duplo) blocks make excellent tools for making sure ribs are square! After a bit of fettling and gluing.... Then a bit more fettling, attaching of scrap and gluing, we have an almost complete wing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Reynolds LaserCraft Services Posted May 2, 2015 Author Share Posted May 2, 2015 ...and the first dry fit to check.... ...with yet more fettling, well more little tickles with the permagrit and .... ...everything fits perfectly....phew! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Reynolds LaserCraft Services Posted May 2, 2015 Author Share Posted May 2, 2015 Couldn't resist.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo565 Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 Dylan I spent 2 days on google looking for spoked wheels,eventually found a pair of Topflite 4" wheels in Athens,got them in 5 days. Passed on this info to a greek forumite who was looking for same wheels,he contacted the shop in Athens but it looks like I got the last pair,tried to help our greek friend and came up with a shop in Finland showing a pair of 4.5" Topflite wheels. He came back to me saying the they were out of stock but would order them for him,he was back within a week or so telling me he had the wheels. €39. The shop is called Hobbypeople.com Finland Might be worth a look, hope this might help,great build by the way,stick at it. JIm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Reynolds LaserCraft Services Posted May 2, 2015 Author Share Posted May 2, 2015 Cheers Jim, I do have a set of 5" scale vintage style wheels to go on, not 100% keen on them, but they're free Spokes do look nice, but a tad pricey for a non scale club model Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dylan Reynolds LaserCraft Services Posted May 3, 2015 Author Share Posted May 3, 2015 Decided to put in a double spar at rear with shear webbing, so some hacking ensued and job done... After re capping, and doing a trial fit again, I can't help but think it needs more in the way of support, it will have rigging wires externally to support the wings, but thinking of dropping in this 12x12mm hardwood wing joiner inside the D-Box section, belt and braces or overkill? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Dunno Dylan, the ply brace method has never let me down over the years and you have the shear webs, if it was really bugging me i'd put an extended ply brace in front of mainspar but it's your call. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete B Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 I can see where you're coming from, Dylan, but my 76" Carl Goldberg Cub only had these ply braces fore and aft and, despite my reservations, has held up well; If you do add the spar, I'd have thought three bays either side would be plenty. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Reynolds LaserCraft Services Posted May 3, 2015 Author Share Posted May 3, 2015 Cheers both, does sort of put my mind at rest Pete, normally when I design one this size I design a phenolic wing tube in and never think about it again, but this as you know is a slightly enlarged version of Lindsays design, and the jump in size has got me thinking about a lot of things lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cymaz Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Great work as usual! Got any pictures on how you did the louvers? BTW...what four stroke will be going in Edited By cymaz on 04/05/2015 09:12:41 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Reynolds LaserCraft Services Posted May 4, 2015 Author Share Posted May 4, 2015 I'm inclined to agree PV and yes you are right, it's a stooger for those long calm sunny evenings we are going to have very soon Thanks Cymaz, erm......(I went to a shop and bought them , oh and it's a errrr....hmmmm....ahhhh...leccy job Well the wing is now nearly complete, and I decided NOT to add the spar, at the moment it stands floor to ceiling save 1", and I still have 14" of wing tips to add, somethging tells me I shouldn't have done this as a one piece wing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Reynolds LaserCraft Services Posted May 13, 2015 Author Share Posted May 13, 2015 Ok, so a little more done, but first a few shots outside, just seeing what it looks like So onwards we go, the next job was to draw and cut the wing tips, get them glued on and strengthend... ...and the finished wing... The next job was fitting the servo hatches and then adding and sanding the real leading edge, I used hard 12mm balsa for this and ran a piece across the centre to create a bit more reinforcment in the way of another spar I can't stress enough how important a good quality dust mask is when doing this dirty horrible job, your lungs are worth so much more on the open market if they are working Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindsay Todd Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Lovely job your doing Dylan, really looking forward to seeing the finished model. Linds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Yep looking good, not bad camera work either John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Reynolds LaserCraft Services Posted September 16, 2015 Author Share Posted September 16, 2015 Right I thought it was about time I got something finished, so have been tinkering and making some exhaust pipes for the "leccy" V8 that is installed Crude, simple, but effective I think. The motor is going in next and then the radiator grille will be fitted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Excellent work young man. ...thought you were going to build a trombone for a minute Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Winks Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Not so crude though I agree simple and very effective indeed, a very nice touch Dylan Edited By Phil Winks on 16/09/2015 21:23:46 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Reynolds LaserCraft Services Posted November 21, 2015 Author Share Posted November 21, 2015 Been playing again today, it is getting closer to the finish line Firstly had to get he out and stare for a while..... Then after a couple of hours the motor was fitted.... Ooooo and then a prop, just for effect ... And now in the process of fitting a phosphorous Bronze mesh grill.... Once all done I sahll fit the ESC and then move onto sorting the wings out and then fitting out, then it may just be ready for Greenacres next year (only 2 years late) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Lovely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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