EarlyBird Posted May 22, 2023 Author Share Posted May 22, 2023 Second top spar glued. That's a better use for clothes pegs. 🤣 Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlyBird Posted May 23, 2023 Author Share Posted May 23, 2023 Centre section glued. LE bottom sheet pulled up and held in place by old ailerons. Which looked good so more glue. Those last two could be used for a spot the difference competition. Next will be the LE when I find some suitable balsa from my stock. Steve 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlyBird Posted May 27, 2023 Author Share Posted May 27, 2023 With the LE sheet pulled up it's time for the LE. In my stock I have ample 3/32 and 1/16 sheet so the LE will comprise of a 3/32 and a 1/16. The cap strip will be from 3/32, a bit more work but the same overall thickness. Here is the 3/32 glued. This gave me the opportunity to have a further look at how the wing tip will be done. For the LE it will be the same as Peter's and for the TE I will do as Ron suggested and bring the TE up to the wing spar thus increasing the size of the tip sheet to match the design. Not being one for snap decisions I will now build the second aileron then finish both halves of the LE. Good so far.☺️ Steve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlyBird Posted May 28, 2023 Author Share Posted May 28, 2023 Second aileron done and wing tip fitted. Next turn the board around and finish the LE, could be fun. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlyBird Posted May 30, 2023 Author Share Posted May 30, 2023 LE fitted and wrapped around the top of the wing tips. Next shape the top of the LE and finish the wing tips so that the LE top sheet can be fitted. An interesting build made more interesting by the wing tip design. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 That’s what I found with mine that the wing tips created a bit of head scratching, for the slightly heavier weight it may have been better to have built them from a soft balsa block! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 What you do for the top surfaces is slit the wood and in effect plank the tips. You take out very thin triangular slices. Bend the slices down and glue them.Sand smooth when dry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 That’s what I did when I built mine a couple of years ago, but the head scratching, for me, was due to the fact that you have to have tip ‘doublers’ glued on otherwise, when final sanding, you would sand through the tip! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 Not sure that I understand. I simply glued them down and sanded them. Didn't go through anything. Maybe I don't sand enough🙄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 It’s just that Peter, the need for the tip doublers, if you don’t have those then you will sand through the tip sheet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlyBird Posted May 31, 2023 Author Share Posted May 31, 2023 Tip construction before and after The plane and sanding, making it time for the top sheet. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 Looks good In spite of clicking "Follow Topic" I am not getting email notifications of new postings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlyBird Posted May 31, 2023 Author Share Posted May 31, 2023 Peter, when you press Follow this comes up. Select the email option as above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlyBird Posted May 31, 2023 Author Share Posted May 31, 2023 That will override the Global settings in Notification Settings. Which looks like this I believe that these settings are overridden by the Notification Settings when using the Follow option. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlyBird Posted May 31, 2023 Author Share Posted May 31, 2023 I'm happy with this ☺️ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 That looks perfect. IAM STILL NOT GETTING EMAIL TO SAY A NEW POSTING HAS BEEN MADE I did message David Ashby....No reply yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ashby - Moderator Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 1 hour ago, Peter Miller said: That looks perfect. IAM STILL NOT GETTING EMAIL TO SAY A NEW POSTING HAS BEEN MADE I did message David Ashby....No reply yet I replied to you this morning by message. I've just emulated your account Peter and can't find any problems. Notifications are set. No other forum users are reporting problems as far as I'm aware but I'll pass the problem up to tech support to see if they can advise. Sorry EB, we've polluted your thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlyBird Posted June 1, 2023 Author Share Posted June 1, 2023 14 hours ago, David Ashby - Moderator said: Sorry EB, we've polluted your thread. No problem David as we are all here to help. It sounds like the emails are being sent @Peter Millerwould it be too obvious to suggest checking your spam box, I have been caught out by this myself and after reading a suggestion on here I did just that, I found what I wanted in there along with loads of rubbish. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlyBird Posted June 3, 2023 Author Share Posted June 3, 2023 The preparations for the second LE fitting are done. Including drilling holes for the wing bolts and shaping the tip, spar and LE. Next cut the 1/16 sheet to size and fit it. Steve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlyBird Posted June 3, 2023 Author Share Posted June 3, 2023 As promised the LE sheet has been cut to size then soaked with water so it naturally bends and here is the tip bending as expected Two pins were used as a guide then glue applied and brushed out. The sheet was held in place with pegs and pins. Wet 1/16" balsa has the same properties as wet cardboard so handle with care. and the tip. It's now drying, both the wood glue and the balsa. Water makes the balsa expand BTW. Note no cuts. I will show where the excess balsa went, unless someone beats me to it. Steve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 Nicely done Steve, normally I would wet, bend, dry in place, then glue dried balsa, not tried gluing wet balsa before! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlyBird Posted June 4, 2023 Author Share Posted June 4, 2023 Thanks Ron. I have used the dry in place method, which works. The first time using wet balsa was on my Ballerina wing tips which showed me how easily wet balsa is damaged so now I wet only the outside making sure not to wet where I intend to use pegs. Also on the tips mould the balsa along the centre then pin the LE and last the TE. Because The excess balsa forms a curve in front of the spar. I will cut that off and trim the LE next. Steve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlyBird Posted June 5, 2023 Author Share Posted June 5, 2023 Trimmed and bottom sheet pulled up. While in Wickes I not only bought the rulers but also green Frog Tape. This is the first use and my initial reaction is wow it sticks and stays stuck to balsa. Apart from that I must vacuum sometime. 😕 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cripps Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 Neat work, EB 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlyBird Posted June 8, 2023 Author Share Posted June 8, 2023 Time for a jig, no not a celebratory dance but just two rulers. to cut the 1/16" sheet off cuts into 1/4" cap strips. It's not obvious but the 12" ruler has 1/16" scrap at each end under the clamps. Then add the aileron caps and cut the cap strips to length. When that is done they can be glued. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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