Jose L. G. Posted November 30, 2018 Author Share Posted November 30, 2018 Colin, Martin and Danny, Thanks for your comments. Only managed to work a bit on the plane. Added the leading edge to the center panel and sanded to shape. Also adjusted the position of the wing. Drilled the holes for the wing bolts throught the top of the wing. Positioned and glued the wing hold-down and some triangles tock for reinforcing the joins. The vertical part is the included in the parts set. The horizontal is 3 mm ply (Hight quality. Once drilled I`ll add the blind nuts. 1/4" triangle added. José Luis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose L. G. Posted December 3, 2018 Author Share Posted December 3, 2018 This weekend I`ve been working on the drawings of the landing gear for the MK i. Today began the fun factor. First I separated the brass parts from the main sheet. Tried a few methos of doing it. Hacksaw, jewellers saw, … In the end I used a heavy scisors and doing in áreas. Once cut I filed the surplus of the tabs with a jewellers file. Bending the brass around the wire is tought. The scisors I used for cutting the brass parts. Also I classificated the parts in small bags. Main landing gear with tabs fixed. I extended the lenght of the legs 20 mm (the travel of the oleos). Have to glue the bottom wire to the oleo and add the suport for the landing wire on the top. Next I`ll join both parts of the landing gear. The oleos are 110 mm in lenght. Added the infill in the strut área. Cheers. José Luis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Fenton Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 I like the solution so far José Luis Cheers Danny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn K Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Hi Jose I am thinking along the same lines as you for the undercarriage When the oleos compress, the axle will need to slide in the lower wire legs as the distance between the two legs will get shorter. The other way of doing it is to pivot the oleos at the fuselage so they can swing outwards but the axle will then need to pivot on the leg. It looks to me fro your photo that the oleos will be fixed to the fuselage so the axle will need to slide. How are you going to do that? Martyn Edited By Martyn K on 03/12/2018 16:09:15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose L. G. Posted December 3, 2018 Author Share Posted December 3, 2018 Hi Mart?n.Not sure yet !Tomorrow Will solder the parts. Need some gas for the torch. Im going to solder a brass fork to pivot the rear brace. Will check the movement on the compression state.Jose LuisEdited By Jose L. G. on 03/12/2018 16:36:02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose L. G. Posted December 10, 2018 Author Share Posted December 10, 2018 Hi guys. Little progress last week. Take advantage of the fabulous weather we had last week- Little wind and temperatures around 20º C. Went flying three days in a row . Now to the plane. Aligned the wing with the fuse, drilled the holes for the blind nuts and fixed them. Once I have fixed the center panel of the wing on the fuse finished the landing gear. As I had glued the 4 mm piano wire to the oleos also used glue for fixing the brass part that hold the cross bar of the landing gear. Also had a hole for fixing the metal bracked of the rear part. This bracket is a comercial one from MP-Jet. The cross bar can slide on the brass part, but checking the landing gear the piano wire takes the changes in geometry. Today began work on the lower panels adding the leading Edge sheet. Cheers. José Luis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose L. G. Posted December 10, 2018 Author Share Posted December 10, 2018 This is the pic of the brass part that joins both parts of the landing gear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Fenton Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Great progress. I was wondering if flex in the piano wire would be enough movement. Adding lots of flexible joints is a lot of weight and complexity otherwiseCheersDanny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose L. G. Posted December 11, 2018 Author Share Posted December 11, 2018 Hi Danny. You are right ¡ I`d added a bit of weight with the landing gear modifications, but I have a few plans for saving weight. First whe I changed the Ply F1 with abalsa one I saved 50 grams. I`m finishing the plug for the cowl. The one I received fron "S" was in poliester resing and weighted 140 grams. Also was cracked in the bottom and I havn`t noted it. I think I can make one about 80 grams mark. So another 60 grams less. I had made a carbon spinner at 17 grams plus backplate. More to come. José Luis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose L. G. Posted December 11, 2018 Author Share Posted December 11, 2018 Today finished adding the bottom sheeting to both bottom panels. Tomorrow will add capstrips. Cheers. José Luis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Fenton Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Great progress José, Looks great on its wheels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose L. G. Posted December 13, 2018 Author Share Posted December 13, 2018 Thanks Danny. You too ¡ Completed all the capstrips on the bottom panels except the top of the ribs that support the struts. Bottom capstrips. Top of wings. Also debur the brass parts and filled the top edges for avoiding cutting the thread. Fixed the brass parts with epoxi, tied with kevlar and fixed with glue. also added some balsa to fill the space betwen the ply and the spar. Need a bit of shapping. Will continue. José Luis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose L. G. Posted December 17, 2018 Author Share Posted December 17, 2018 Hi Guys. Progress of the last days. After gluing the ply supports for the struts added the remaining capstrips. Also added the leading Edge strips. Today shaped the leading Edge strips. First used arazor plane, next a sanding block. Also sanded the top trailing Edge strip and faired the wingtip. Stilla bit of sanding to do. Next work is to finish the bottom of the nose. Checking the plan I noted that the block of balsa has no use because the bottom must be more or less 1/8" thick. I am going to makea bottom Hatch so I glued some 1/4" triangle around the bottom. Prepared a plyt cover with balsa. Now drying. Tomorrow I`ll cut the Hatch and glue in situ. Next I`ll add the side cheeks with blue foam. Till next. José Luis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose L. G. Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share Posted December 19, 2018 Progress…. Added the bottom sheet of the nose Hatch. Once glassedI`ll cut the Hatch. Also made a few detail work on the wing pockets for the archor plates of the center panel. Added the missing sheet on the bottom of the center panel. Today carved and glued the foam blocks on the bottom of the nose. As I understand The sheeting finish at the front landing gear wire, behind is covered by the radiator. (??) Tomorrow Will sand the foam blocks to shape. Also working in the mould of the cowl. The plug is finished and I`d applied a few coats of release agent (wax&hellip I`ll Split the mould on a top/bottom plan, so I`d made a parting board of melamine chipboard. Also drilled 3 holes for the keys of both parts. I use Steel balls. The parting board and balls are being waxed. Cheers. José Luis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Andrews 1 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Happy New Year Jose You really are forging ahead. Must be nearest to covering? Regards Jim A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose L. G. Posted January 16, 2019 Author Share Posted January 16, 2019 Hi Jim. I`m sorry for my delay on answering your question. Well, the modell is not ready for covering yet. The sad info it`s that I Will be unable to finish it. I have to quit any type on modelling, Reading, writting, …. On December 18th I suffered the lost of almost all the eyesight in my left eye (the good one). I now see really bad. The image is crushed, tilted and a missing área. Really dissaponting. I Will try to follow the others progrees . As anote have finished the moild for the cowl and after waxing it last monday I layup a first cowl. I`ll open the mould toorrow. Vheers. José Luis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McG 6969 Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Hello José, Really sad to read about your eyesight problem. I do hope for you that a rest period or medical solution can become a solution in the nearest future. Buena suerte para ti. Regards, Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 I,m so sorry to read that Jose it must be devastating I can only hope some improvement takes place . God bless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leighfield Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Dear Jose, I am very sad to hear this bad news, a sudden shock. Let us hope that you have some improvement. I am sure that we will all be thinking of you and wishing for some better news. Best wishes, Colin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose L. G. Posted February 19, 2019 Author Share Posted February 19, 2019 Good afternoon guys ! Now I'm recovering from surgery on my left eye. Also they put inside some product yo cure the injuries that initiated the Lost of eyesight. So probably Next weekend I'll be back with my Fury's. Hi Ernie I"m interested in the masking templates for K3736. Good winds my friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Jose that is excellent news best wishes for a speedy recovery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Fenton Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Wow that is fantastic news Jose, it will be fabulous to have you back on the build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McG 6969 Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Really great indeed, Jose. Looking forward to have you back at the building board very soon now. Cheers Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn K Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Great news Jose Welcome back Martyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Bennett Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 wonderful news young sir. glad to have you back. Tony B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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