Colin Leighfield Posted June 17, 2015 Author Share Posted June 17, 2015 I am making two separate hatches, the forward one for the battery and the rear for access to Rx, ESCs and aileron servos. Both attached with Neodymium magnets. I have cut a large suitably shaped hole in the rear hatch as an exit for cooling air from battery and ESCs and to act as an easy finger access for removal against magnet pressure. There will be an air intake in the lower fuselage up front. Also there will a small intake on either side at the rear to allow air in to cool the front motor, with the exit at the top just in front of the motor plate. Tomorrow I will start sanding this box into something slightly more curvaceous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leighfield Posted June 18, 2015 Author Share Posted June 18, 2015 I was able to put in 1 1/2 hours this evening. I've backed the 6mm Depron hatch covers with 1/32" balsa, it's surprising how stiff they are. These give me full access to the battery and electronic areas and the magnets make them very convenient. The last photo shows it strategically placed on top of the wheelie bin, I hope that's not an omen. I have sanded the fuselage now to give the rounded corners on the box section. Edited By Colin Leighfield on 18/06/2015 22:48:53 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Jones Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 A nice build you have going there Colin. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leighfield Posted June 19, 2015 Author Share Posted June 19, 2015 Thanks Stephen, I just hope that it flies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Price 2 Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 This just gets better Colin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leighfield Posted June 19, 2015 Author Share Posted June 19, 2015 It daren't get any worse Andrew! I'm not the greatest of craftsmen, but I'm hopeful of this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leighfield Posted June 20, 2015 Author Share Posted June 20, 2015 I get things done best with an early start. Blue foam could be the second most important invention after the wheel, nose cone next, then I can move on the wing. Those twin canopies might have been a flawed concept, but they are certainly distinctive, now it looks like a Mixmaster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leighfield Posted June 20, 2015 Author Share Posted June 20, 2015 I missed the last photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Price 2 Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 They look a little like the "Sabrenas" of Hunter fame, Colin!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leighfield Posted June 20, 2015 Author Share Posted June 20, 2015 You have a point Andrew! Hopefully when painted shiny black they will look like canopies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leighfield Posted June 21, 2015 Author Share Posted June 21, 2015 I have to say that this is very satisfying. I have good feelings about this one, hope I'm not disappointed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Chaddock Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Colin Compared to your canopies the Hunter Sabrinas were mere bulges! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leighfield Posted June 21, 2015 Author Share Posted June 21, 2015 So true! Actually there's something about this plane that reminds me of Dan Dare's Anastasia in the Eagle, can't think why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Price 2 Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 See where you are coming from Colin. Think you have more chance of getting the Mixmaster in the air than Dan would his tiny winged effort. Simon. The mixmaster cups runneth over!! Remember champaign glasses!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leighfield Posted June 22, 2015 Author Share Posted June 22, 2015 Apparently "Mixmaster" was also the name of an electric food mixer with two opposite rotating blades and that inspired some wit to apply it to the plane! I can see where they were coming from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leighfield Posted June 22, 2015 Author Share Posted June 22, 2015 I have to be in the office today and London tomorrow before leaving for Canada later this week, so once again time is tight. However, I got in the shed very early this morning and made the centre section. I just hope that I can get some more wing done before we go. Sorry for the photos being out of order! Edited By Colin Leighfield on 22/06/2015 12:21:58 Edited By Colin Leighfield on 22/06/2015 12:24:32 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leighfield Posted June 22, 2015 Author Share Posted June 22, 2015 Managed to do a bit more tonight, cut top and bottom wing skins and patterns for the ribs. I'll get up early tomorrow and do a bit more before I catch the London train. Edited By Colin Leighfield on 22/06/2015 22:25:46 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Jones Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Looking good Colin , More than can be said for are work space ah . Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROY DAVIES 1 Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 The model is going to look and sound terrific Colin. I have just Googled 'Eagle' comic - images and there she is Anastasia half way down the page. Did the illustrator know something that the rest of us didn't? I can remember seeing a B36 overhead once so that would be the same time that it would have been about. In the drawing it even has a pair of small intake similar to the T33 but it had swept wings with end plate rudders cum fins. I loved the Eagle. Safe trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Chaddock Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Just for interest the Sunbeam Mix Master (its a registered name!) has been around for a long time (1930s?) in the USA and is still available basically unaltered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leighfield Posted June 23, 2015 Author Share Posted June 23, 2015 Steve, I cleared the shed out a couple of weeks ago and cleared a load of space, but as soon as Imstart building it disappears, must be something that I do. Basically, I'm just a mess. Roy, sadly I don't remember seeing a B36 as a kid, although I might have done. I do remember seeing the Brabazon though through the open roof of the sidecar of my dad's Norton Big 4 combination. He took us to Filton to see it fly, must have been 1949/50. Ah, the Eagle! Recently I attended a meeting with Richard Noble to hear all about progress with the Bloodhound 1,000 mph car. He mentioned how we kids were fired up in those days by aviation and the part played by the Eagle comic. The government has woken up to how important this was, that is one of the reasons that they are backing his project. Happy days. I have got a couple of Eagle annuals and they are great to read even now. Simon, fancy you finding that out! Perhaps I could get Sunbeam to sponsor me, should I drop them a line? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leighfield Posted June 23, 2015 Author Share Posted June 23, 2015 Early start, cut out the rest of the bits for the wings. Did the usual trick of parking wing skins by the fuselage to get some idea of how things will look. Next step is to stick things together and lock in the three degrees of wash- out, which will be important, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leighfield Posted June 23, 2015 Author Share Posted June 23, 2015 The starboard wing panel is going together. I tacked a temporary triangular strip to the trailing edge of the bottom skin to set the wash-out. I will put in a Depron false spar to provide the leading edge and hinge attachment for the ailerons and then I can fit the top skin. Edited By Colin Leighfield on 23/06/2015 23:36:37 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leighfield Posted June 24, 2015 Author Share Posted June 24, 2015 We leave for Heathrow later today ready for the flight to Toronto in the morning, so this is it now until 13 July. Rather than cut the ribs at a difficult point to insert a false rear spar, I have simply inserted Depron spacers between the ribs to provide leading edges and hinge points for the ailerons, which I will cut out later. Top skin is on, all pinned and setting. Port wing will have to wait until I get back, but this is a fairly quick build. You can see how I used the EzeKote bottle to curve the top skin. Edited By Colin Leighfield on 24/06/2015 09:46:40 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Fenton Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Looks great Colin have a great trip, catch you in July. Cheers Danny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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