Nigel Day Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Very nice Barry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Muckley Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Yes Barry cracking along now good job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.A. Barry Posted February 6, 2015 Author Share Posted February 6, 2015 Today I made a start on the engine bay, drilled the mounting holes, then decided an onboard glow was the "go" so a 1.2v battery had to go in, then the Thr servo was mounted, now I've got any engine bay, full of wires and "stuff", not all done yet, oh and a place for the exhaust to exit,I might screw a baffle over the techy bits so as not to cook em, ummm 1 idea leads to another Baaa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Day Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 That's a funny-looking engine Barry. Where do the LiPo and ESC fit? Edited By Nigel Day on 06/02/2015 12:30:18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.A. Barry Posted February 6, 2015 Author Share Posted February 6, 2015 In behind F2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.A. Barry Posted February 13, 2015 Author Share Posted February 13, 2015 Nigel ,I was always taught that an electric power rotational device was called an electric motor, where as a I.C. device was called an ENGINE,,..... perhaps things have changed Baaa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.A. Barry Posted February 13, 2015 Author Share Posted February 13, 2015 Thw wing has been covered , thanks to a couple of Yorkshire lads ..... late night ironing 1 U/C fitted just have to tap out the locating grub screw holes and the job's a good'un Baaa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Fenton Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Looking good, are they the oleos from Hong Kong? did you have to drill them?? I have yet to do mine, too cold in the garage where the lathe lives Cheers Danny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.A. Barry Posted February 13, 2015 Author Share Posted February 13, 2015 Yes Danny, they are H/K ones, fortunately they come apart so there is no hassle getting them into a lathe, 4mm drill,.There is a lot of "meat" up there and I made them 15mm shorter, the plug will spin inside the outer tube if ya cut them down before drilling, but once the grub screws are in place no problems I just used some Loctite thread locker to reassemble the plug, still waiting for that to dry, yes it's winter time up there hey... brrr..brrrr B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Fenton Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Ahh that's good to hear Barry. I spotted there was plenty of meat, my worry is whether the tapped legs will have enough strength, are you tapping a coarse or fine thread and what size grub? Sorry lots of questions, I am not very skilled in metal work, need more practice One thing John Ranson taught me though, if you are drilling oleos for stubs, drill the hole undersize then take some scrap of the same piano wire you are using for the stubs, slit the tip lengthwise, about 1/4 inch is enough, to make a primitive reamer. Works a treat to get an exact fitting hole Cheers Danny Edited By Danny Fenton on 13/02/2015 09:40:06 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.A. Barry Posted February 13, 2015 Author Share Posted February 13, 2015 Ahhh that's a good tip Danny, I'll be using 4 mm grub screws, there is 2 lines of thought about thread pitch, depending on the available work meat, for steel a courser pitch is fine, in Ali, a finer thread is better, but in our case we dont have a lot of meat to play with, so a course pitch will not give ya many threads in the metal, hence a finer one is better, it really is a matter of choice.. (qualified guess) I try to keep all my hardware uniform Baaa Edited By A.A. Barry on 13/02/2015 10:01:02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Nice legs Barry John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.A. Barry Posted February 13, 2015 Author Share Posted February 13, 2015 thanks John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.A. Barry Posted February 18, 2015 Author Share Posted February 18, 2015 While he paint drys on the fuz, time to emerse my thoughts to the next challenge. ?..........Whirlwind 74. E.P....? PICS later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Fenton Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 While the paint dries...... can you elaborate Baaaaarry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.A. Barry Posted February 18, 2015 Author Share Posted February 18, 2015 Danny, I painted it all white, with the wings done in whte solartex, blue flashs and blue wing tips, I post a pic tomorrowof the Fuz Cheers Baaaa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.A. Barry Posted February 19, 2015 Author Share Posted February 19, 2015 Ok here is the out come of the painting process, canopy masked of and sprayed, after I had cut away the masking tape from the windows and frame work......when it was dry I peeled of the remainder tape and......jobs a goodun, I'll wait until the paint gets really hard before I glue it down and mess with it any further, Yet to paint the blue flash down the side so that will be next Baaa Edited By A.A. Barry on 19/02/2015 02:30:52 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Day Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Nice work Baaarry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.A. Barry Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 Finally found some coloured vynal sticky back sheets to cut out the rego letters 2" got a template off the web, looks great Baaa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.A. Barry Posted March 8, 2015 Author Share Posted March 8, 2015 Still working on the painting process, but the end is getting closer, on it's wheels for the first time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Poke Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 That is a lovely model Barry. It is superb. I believe that is based on an Australian Chipmunk? Go well Graeme Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nev Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Looking great Barry, nice scheme too. Nev. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Fenton Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Looks great Barry, Not long before you are at knocky knee day Cheers Danny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.A. Barry Posted March 8, 2015 Author Share Posted March 8, 2015 Thanks guys, yea not to far off is that eventful day, I wieghed the girl, and so far it's come in at 3.1 kgs (just over 6.6 lbs) not too bad for me Baaa Edited By A.A. Barry on 08/03/2015 16:42:44 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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