Djay Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 (edited) I acquired a Complete a pac kit of the Handley Page Harrow which took my eye on ebay. So as I am still working from home in my workshop / office and have finished the other builds including my Avenger, DH2 and Stuka (awaiting paint) I decided to make a start on this. When it arrived unfortunately it had no wings which were supposed to be in the kit. As they are foam wings Bill Manley from Billkits kindly cut me a set of wings and tailplane parts after I sent him a set of the plans which are still available from the RCME plans suppler. The plans leave a lot to be desired especially as these were drawn up in the 70's and were basically an outline of what is required and took a lot of head scratching to work out how things actually went, especially when it came to the fuselage stringers. Each one had to be individually cut from 3/32 sheet as they are all different depths. Power comes from 2 x tomcat 32 size electric motors with 10x7 3 blade props and 2 4 cell lipo batteries. Wingspan 70 inch. The U/C took some working out as it is fixed gear and attaches to the wing and fuselage so needed to be removable to enable the wing to be taken off. first the fuse, then more will follow Darryl Edited April 16, 2021 by Djay spelling errors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djay Posted April 16, 2021 Author Share Posted April 16, 2021 work progresses on the fuse and the wings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djay Posted April 16, 2021 Author Share Posted April 16, 2021 seemed to have lost the pics of wing construction, but being foam had to have access holes in them for the wiring so the foam was cut out and 10mm internal diameter drinking straws recessed in with polyurethane foam and balsa skin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djay Posted April 16, 2021 Author Share Posted April 16, 2021 seem to have lost quite a few pics, so fuse covered in solartex and the wing and tail glassed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djay Posted April 16, 2021 Author Share Posted April 16, 2021 painted using spray cans as that is all I can get here. took it for a test flight today whilst awaiting the decals but unfortunately I left the batteries at home so hopefully next week. Front turret is removable and batteries slide in from the front and it balances perfectly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Fry Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 That is nice. Motive power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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