Lindsay Todd Posted June 9, 2014 Author Share Posted June 9, 2014 Yeah ok but I'm not painted wrinkled stockings on her mate, cheers Ian, you know that's going to stick now don't you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reg shaw Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Like it or not Linds, that's the name from now on!!! Cracking job, fun all the way!!! Ian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plummet Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Posted by reg shaw on 09/06/2014 21:28:30: NORA !! Chiroptera Noratoddicus Plummet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindsay Todd Posted June 9, 2014 Author Share Posted June 9, 2014 Ok think that;s just about it for Nora's top coat Might still add a few lighter whiskers here and there but it has got the look I had in mind now. Linds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Looks great love the eyeballs John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Manuel Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Very unique model. Full of character. Love it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Very good Linds obviously only a night flyer and is stored hanging from a beam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindsay Todd Posted June 11, 2014 Author Share Posted June 11, 2014 Well final installation completed so now ready for Nora's maiden, quick calc of the cg and found I need 35oz of lead - yikes! and in the tail - double yikes!!, still she won't fly less its right and the weight is still ok but clearly I could have reduced the nose length quite a bit plus most of the paint is at the front still she'll be right. Added a bit more weight at the tail by adding these Will hopefully get the test flight out the way soon then take a look at how many LED's I can blow whilst making up my lights. Linds Edited By Lindsay Todd on 11/06/2014 21:26:51 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 Typo ? 35 oz John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindsay Todd Posted June 11, 2014 Author Share Posted June 11, 2014 Nope 35 oz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Cotsford Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 35 GMS perhaps? Edited By Bob Cotsford on 11/06/2014 22:15:29 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindsay Todd Posted June 11, 2014 Author Share Posted June 11, 2014 yep total brain meltdown 35gms - its been that sort of day! Linds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plummet Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Phew... I was just about to suggest radical surgery to sweep the wings forward to move the C/G back. As it is, how about giving Nora some legs and feet. These could trail the tail, and so could add weight a bit further back, and allow you to sneak a bit back up onto the church roof. Plummet Edited By Plummet on 12/06/2014 07:54:38 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindsay Todd Posted June 15, 2014 Author Share Posted June 15, 2014 So spent most of this afternoon, and for that matter Friday evening making up some 3mm LED lights for Batty oops make that Nora. I'm no electrician so kept things simple by making up each LED with a 650 ohm resistor on the positive wire at various lengths and bringing hem all together to connect to a 9v battery. So I started with 2x orange (look more red than orange) for the eyes, these are glued into holes drilled in the back of the ping pong balls, the wires passing into the fuz and into the forward battery bay. The next was a mid upper body red strobe. Then the wing tips which are static red and green. These would have been so much easier had I remembered to run the wires through or at least a tube to run the wires down during construction however a length of brass tube in the drill was used to drill through to the servo bays and then the wires could follow the servo holes through to the centre section and then on into the nose. Finally a white light on the firewall that should help illuminate the flex yellow prop I am using. So having done all that a quick check in the workshop to check it out So other than a flight check she is ready for the weekend. - Back to the Blenheim now I guess. Linds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Eyes look brilliant very good. Blind as a bat ....not. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Oh God!! Now I'm going to have nightmares Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nev Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 That looks great, good fun. Could be a bit lively, just like a real one. Nev. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plummet Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Posted by john stones 1 on 15/06/2014 20:28:18: Eyes look brilliant very good. Blind as a bat ....not. John Oh dear... Lecture mode triggered... Bats are NOT repeat NOT blind. They have quite reasonable eyesight. It is just that for various reasons they are most active in the dark, when there is not a lot of light, and under those circumstances they, and us, cannot see very well. They have one up on us because they can use echolocation to get over this problem. One reason that bats do not fly around in the light is that they do not fly very strongly (But they fly better than we do!) so that they are at risk from predatory birds. A few years ago we visited the Azores, which are in the middle of the Atlantic. There are few predatory birds, if any, there, and so the bats there are happy to fly around in the daytime - we saw some of them. Lecture over. Last year I was given the job of creating a Voodoo doll for an Am-Dram play. This had to do spooky things at certain times during the play when it was picked up. I made its head from a ping-pong ball, and put a couple of multicolour LEDS inside it so that on demand it flashed changing multiple colours. I have some of these LEDs left over if you are interested. PM me Plummet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 That's what I said Plummet ....not John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindsay Todd Posted June 15, 2014 Author Share Posted June 15, 2014 Tempting Plummet but to be honest the thought of adding more to my hornets nest of wiring is not very appealing really, its ok on a big model but this has taken all the patience I have right now, its been a laugh anyway, I recon she'll be a laugh to fly as well. Linds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Harris Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Lindsay, I think you have lost the plot! I like this one. Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindsay Todd Posted June 15, 2014 Author Share Posted June 15, 2014 Richard, I am a bit concerned that you though I ever new what the plot was! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plummet Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Posted by john stones 1 on 15/06/2014 21:56:50: That's what I said Plummet ....not John John, The trigger was "Blind as a bat." Lecture mode was switched on by that. Once triggered it just sort of happens! I did manage to suppress an earlier triggering of lecture mode with great difficulty. I forget what the trigger was but it was to do with the covering. I managed to stop myself telling the world that, if you ever get the chance to feel a bat's wing the material it feels most like is ... how do I put this ... an elastic membrane that might be used to stop .... No, don't go there. The sort of thin elastic material that comes in packets from ... Um. Gossamer? No that gives the impression of threads of silk covered in dew. Please can someone suggest a polite way of saying condom rubber. Anyway - it lead me to the thoughts of an extremely quick way of covering the wings of a suitably shaped wing by using only 2 from a packet of three. Of course this would only be suitable for models of a limited wingspan, and certainly not for IC powered models, as the oils would rot the covering. As I say, I managed to restrain myself from typing stuff like the above. You should be pleased and proud of me. Plummet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 I have held a bat mate, I used to work at RSPCA, I also have bats fly around our house at dusk, incredible flyers. Also had an Harris Hawk on my hand with a glove on, very impressive, I've held a goat as well but that ate my coat John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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