Ken Lighten Posted November 14, 2018 Author Share Posted November 14, 2018 Hi all, this will only be a sporadic posting place for when I find or do something that may be of mild interest to others building the Fury, there are far more skilled people already doing admirable builds on here. I’m going to fit a Laser 80 so marked it’s position on the plan, then modified the firewall to suit using 1/4 ply to maintain its rigidity, I’ve also added another layer of 1/8 ply at F2 where the undercarriage fits as I’ve enlarged the hole for the tank to accept a SLEC 14 ounce tank One thing I’ve noticed on the plan is the grain direction for the upper forward ‘longeron’ and I think some may have it going the wrong way I think some confusion has been caused by the upper and lower views on the plan It makes more sense to me to have the grain fore and aft so that’s the way it’s going on mine More later as it comes Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McG 6969 Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 Welcome 'on board', Ken. Nice progress you already had. Regarding the 'upper side longeron', you're probably right but I'll let one of the Masters give comment to that. Strangely, looking at your drawing pic, it seems there that F6 is rounded instead of 'flat topped'... Anyhow, subscribed, young man. Cheers Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Lighten Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 Equally strangely is that that is the sketch from the plan, goes to show the errors that had to be contended with in years gone by Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Fenton Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 Welcome to the build Ken, and good to have you on board. I hadn't even questioned the grain direction as it was mentioned to me as being cross grain, before we even started the build, I should have checked, and you are indeed correct! I doubt it will make a great deal of difference however. More of an issue is the poor outline of the side formers and upper bulkheads, my reworked ones are still not perfect A Taylor plan it is not Cheers Danny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Lighten Posted November 15, 2018 Author Share Posted November 15, 2018 Hi Danny, yeah, just discovering the delights of the upper formers for myself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Lighten Posted November 16, 2018 Author Share Posted November 16, 2018 Forgot to say that I had to add a 1/16” shim between the side panel upper and lower parts in order to match the plan view Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Fenton Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Hi Ken, that is alarming but we did see it on one of the other builds. I would be worried that your plan is not to scale? The wings should give you a measurement to check, C/L to tip of the upper wing is 30" For the fus, from the tip of the spinner to the trailing edge of the rudder is 1330mm or 52 3/8" in old money Cheers Danny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ken Lighten Posted November 16, 2018 Author Share Posted November 16, 2018 I’ll check the measurements Danny, so far though all the other components match the plan pretty well exact, not that that is proving to be a good thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Lighten Posted November 16, 2018 Author Share Posted November 16, 2018 Hi Danny, dimensions are bang on what you have given Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Fenton Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Hi Ken, that is a bit of a mystery I know there are at least of two versions of the plan floating around, it will be obvious when you come to F6 as the shape is very different. Cheers Danny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Sephton 1 Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 Just read this thread, so apols for the late comment. I believe it was I that persuaded Danny that the upper forward longeron (as you call it) grain direction was across-ship. While the isometric view at the top of the plan shows the grain as along the fuselage, the plan view at the bottom of the plan shows it as transverse. In the overall scheme of things, I don't believe it really matters, but I thought it worth posting the reason for the decision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Fenton Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 Didn't take much persuading Andy, I don't recall who it was but it sounded plausible that it would be cross grain. I glanced but didn't look lol Anyway having half a plan view from the top and half from the bottom is not nromal, so anybody could be forgiven for that one! Cheers Danny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Lighten Posted November 30, 2018 Author Share Posted November 30, 2018 Servo’s installed, I had to recess the engine bearers to give enough clearance for the servo arms, I’m thinking of using snakes as per the prototype, but maybe only to a couple of bellcranks, one each for the elevator and rudder, and then a pushrod to the elevators and closed loop for the rudder - we’ll see! Ken Edited By Ken Lighten on 30/11/2018 12:13:48 Edited By Ken Lighten on 30/11/2018 13:14:25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Lighten Posted December 3, 2018 Author Share Posted December 3, 2018 Virtually completed the fuselage servo installation, decided on pushrods but using snake inner and outer pieces to support the rods through the frames, rudder bellcrank is bushed with an aluminium bearing on a plain shank bolt adjusted to provide free movement with no slop, closed loop to the rudder (cables installed but awaiting the rudder t one fitted for final connection and adjustment). Pushrod to the elevators will be the straightest route possible and in two parts, the rod from the servo, and another rod from the elevators which will be permanently connected on final assembly with joint within the lower wing mount area I thought it would be a good idea to get this sorted now before the fuselage was too ‘damageable’ and was too much of a hangar rash magnet! Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Fenton Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Looks great Ken. You are probably wise getting serbo linkages done now.I had intended doing mine before now.....CheersDanny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Lighten Posted December 10, 2018 Author Share Posted December 10, 2018 I found another problem with the Sarik parts, the gun trough cut-outs are about 3/16” too deep in F2 - F4, require filling and re-shaping, a tad annoying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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