Martyn K Posted December 29, 2020 Author Share Posted December 29, 2020 Thanks Rich - appreciated. Mystic 64 day 23. not much done this morning as grand child minding duties lasted until mid afternoon. I did get in the shed for a couple of hours later this afternoon though. A brief dry assembly to check that the wing sits square and true And Next job was to fit the le dowel and captive T nuts. Wing drilled for 2 x m4 steel mounting bolts. Checked it was still straight and true and then made a start on the underwing fairing. A bit of trimming needed on the Kit pieces so I'll have to adjust the DXF files accordingly. My model won't have a tuned pipe so the underwing area will be boxed in. That will save the task of planking the pipe tunnel. Probably won't get much done tomorrow as it's my son's birthday. More to come Martyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel R Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Spare him a few minutes eh? Mystic is looking good Martyn. What are you going to do for the canopy? I guess the lads at your patch have already done the Mystic Martyn gag when you made the smaller one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Looking very good Martin, wants a pipe on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn K Posted December 29, 2020 Author Share Posted December 29, 2020 Thanks both Apparently, the Illusion f3a of the same era has a very similar canopy so I have one of those on order to evaluate. If its no good then it looks like we will have to make a plug. No pipe on this one John. We have a bit of a noise problem at our local field and it has been deemed that the exhaust note from a tuned pipe is too harsh, despite the model meeting the 82dbA noise limit requirement. It's the reason why I shrunk the plan from 68 inches to use a standard sport engine. Os55ax has been selected but I think almost any 61 sized modern schneurle ported sport engine that will turn a 12x8 or 11x9 at 10k should be ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Stephenson Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Martyn, I'm looking at putting together a DupliStar scaled down to 63" span and the canopy from an Acrowot looks to be a very close match. Having recently refurbished my 34 year old Acrowot with a brand new replacement canopy from Sussex, I took a plaster mould from it so I can now vacform one for the new project. Given that some of Hanno's development models have some close similarities it may be that the Acrowot canopy would be OK if the illusion one doesn't suit. I also took a mould from my old DSM Joker canopy and successfully reproduced for a refurb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn K Posted January 2, 2021 Author Share Posted January 2, 2021 Cheers Andy I never really thought about the Awot. However, I don't think it will be long enough although the shape looks OK. It really needs to be about 335l x 85h x 90w. I may get away with slightly shorter - say 300mm but I can see this is going to be a challenge Martyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Stephenson Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Martyn, The Acrowot canopy as trimmed is only 250mm long so that's going to be too short. A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel R Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Where have you ordered the illusion canopy from Martin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Stephenson Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Nigel, Sarik have them listed... https://www.sarikhobbies.com/product/illusion-canopy/ Martyn, When your Illusion canopy arrives could you photograph and measure it so we can see if it would be good for other pattern-ship projects. Andy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn K Posted January 3, 2021 Author Share Posted January 3, 2021 Yes, it's coming from Sarik, hopefully. I will happily measure it for your perusal Martyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kc Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Its always worth looking at Vortex Vacform for suitable canopies also pilots and dummy engine mouldings. Perhaps their Tucano could be the right size and shape? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn K Posted January 3, 2021 Author Share Posted January 3, 2021 Thanks kc I'll see what they have got. If we have to make our own plug, I'll log it with Steve at Vortex.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Stephenson Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Martyn, Many thanks, that will be another one in the armoury for classic pattern. I notice Sarik show pictures of most of their canopies but don't give the measurements and Vortex show the dimensions but don't show pictures, very frustrating. A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn K Posted January 3, 2021 Author Share Posted January 3, 2021 If you drop Steve an email, he will provide you with a photo but I agree that its frustrating they are not readily available Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel R Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 Thanks Andy, Martyn. Not spotted that one at sarik before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Stephenson Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Martyn, How's the Mystic build coming along. I tried to check on the UKCAA FB page but it gets more restrictive to see the full content every time I visit without a FB account. As the account holder could you change some settings to give more access or is this force majeure by FB themselves to encourage new members. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kc Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Martyn, I notice that the UK Classic Aerobatic website has disappeared together with the link to all those classic plans. Whats happened? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Stephenson Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 KC, The UKCAA website is still down. If you need plans I have downloaded some of the more interesting ones to me. If there's one you want I might have it so I could email it to you. I'm not sure what has happened with Martyn, he hasn't posted anywhere I can see for about a week now, let's hope he is OK. A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kc Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Thanks very much for the offer Andy but I have already downloaded all the ones that suit me and keep them on my computer and backed up on CD too. My enquiry was rather theoretical and was prompted by your comment about facebook. Previously the Trenton NJ site was the home of many aerobatic plans and this disappeared suddenly, so i was worried the same might have happened again here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Stephenson Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 KC, I remember the Trenton website and I wish I'd got a back-up copy of it before it went. On the Facebook thing, It was strange because when I went back to look a day or so after I made the comment, the UKCAA FB page suddenly had all the images available again and not greyed out either. Also I noticed the extra comments added were also not available for a while but now are. Andy. PS the UKCAA website is now back on line as of a few seconds ago. Edited By Andy Stephenson on 19/01/2021 19:18:27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel R Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 Most of the plans (not articles) that were on the UKCAA have found their way onto outerzone or aerofred. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn K Posted January 25, 2021 Author Share Posted January 25, 2021 Apologies all For some reason, I have not been receiving notifications for this thread. Working from the top. the fuselage and belly have been glassed and I am sanding down get ready for primer. Unfortunately, I have to paint outdoors and its been far too cold this past few days. This Saturday coming is looking slightly better though, fingers crossed for no snow or frost and I'll get the hi build primer on. The FB site is 'Open' which means that non FB users should be able to see all the content PROVIDING posters set the privacy of their posts to public. Most do but its something outside my control. The UKCAA site went down for a couple of days, maybe longer. This was caused by a change in DNS that I wasn't notified about. once fixed, it takes about half a day for the change to propagate. Its all OK now and I am sorry for the loss of service.. On Mystic I am finalising the last version of the plan ready for release. There are still a couple of drawing errors that don't match what I built and that has caused me to be a bit perplexed (or tearing my hair out!). I'll now try and fix the notifications on this.... Best wishes Martyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn K Posted January 25, 2021 Author Share Posted January 25, 2021 Just checked, I do not appear to have received any notification on any MF topic since the 13th January. Can someone send me a test PM please and then reply on this post so I don't get 3000 pms ? LOL I'll See if that works? Thanks Martyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Stephenson Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Martyn, I just sent you a test PM to see if it works. Andy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Watters Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Nice to see another Mystic. Your Mystic is looking good. I've been flying a EZ Mystic 90 for awhile. Superb, quite quick smooth flyer, it will hold knife edge all day long, amazing flick rolls. I'm powering mine with a YS70FZ and a short Hatori muffler. Prettner mechanical retracts. Inside the fuselage it's date stamped from the factory 8.8.92 If there's one down side, it comes in quick on landing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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