Building the Nijhuis Lysander

[Terry Whiting 1]

I know what you mean Max.

I would have done the job  for you but my  son has just borrowd 

my gas quipment, no telling when it would  be returned.

I must say that is some of the best grade Dural I have worked for

a long time. Thanks to John Laverick.

 

[MThemadhatter]

Thanks indeed. I have started the spat repair. Foam is glued to the UC and I have glassed the week spots inside the spat halves.

 

And we are up to 1000 post's in this thread well 1001 now lol

[rookie jim]

All,

i have now finished covering the wings and have hinged ailerons and flaps to the wings. not perhaps as neat as i had hoped but done,

 

started on rear of fuselage tonight . thats a real difficult area.. hope the rest is easier

 

hopefull on the last lap.

jim

[rookie jim]

Hi,

 i have just finished covering the fuselage. my goodness its not an easy shape is it?.  the finish is ok, but i think i have got away with it because its all black and black seems to hide issues( well thats one word for them) and with decals should be even more hidden.

now have to fit control horns to flaps and ailerons and hinge and attach the bottom hatch then apply decals.

i couldnt have done a paint job like max or mario, this is enough stress.

jim

[Hugh P]

Hi all,

Is it me or are there some pages missing of the thread. I'm sure it was up to page 47, because I have been saving them to USB stick to put them on my workshop PC (no internet). The pages are really useful, but I must admit given the chance I would not undertake the Lysander again. It must be one of the most time consuming projects I have ever done. Then there is the ABS parts (ugh) and the inability to get decent dural for the U/C. I think this should have been an option with the Plan/Pack etc. Now I have got to redesign the mount so that a replacement can be put on without cutting back the fuz etc.

Oh well  - KeepCalm, Don't Panic.

Hugh

[rookie jim]

where has the blog disappeared to ?

 

is it my PC?

 

Jim

[Pete B]

I'm having the same problem, Jim. If you go to the panel on the left and click on the thread, it takes you to the start of the blog. The problem is that you can only get there when someone has recently posted!

 

Pete

[Stephen Grigg]

Working ok for moi

[Terry Whiting 1]

No problems here................ I spoke too soon. 

I clicked ''add post'' and the blog disappeared, regained by clicking ''latest'' 

Edited By Terry Whiting 1 on 13/11/2010 06:53:57

[rookie jim]

hi all,

i I can get thread via explorer ok, and have now managed to get it via firefox. this time i went into my account and set preference to load up first page. may have just been luck.

 

this weekend i hope to fit the control horns to flaps and ailerons. will let uo know how it goes.

 

jim

 

 

PS lost thread as soon as this message was posted but as you can see managed to get it back again.

Edited By rookie jim on 13/11/2010 09:24:19

[Papa]

I'm having the same problem in Firefox and Explorer. It seems the preference for last page is not working. If I set "My Account" prefences to "first page" then it comes up. They must have upgraded the software and missed a previous fix. Oh well something for Timbo to worry about.

 

Jack.

[rookie jim]

Hi all,

 

I have finished, well more or less. I will now put away until the better weather before i try a maiden flight. by then i hope to have more experience possibly to attempt it myself.

 

I havent finished the trimming yet or run the engine in but that can wait.

 

I am a little disappointed with the hinges being white and showing, but i can live with that.

 

Not sure whether i will use that prop or get a black one. its a 12x6 but i wonder whether a 13 may be better. I have weighed it and its 7lb 2 -3 oz.

 

 

I am not sure how well it will fly and i will certainly have more work to do on trim and servos before it goes in the air.

 

In a way i wouldnt mind if i didnt fly it for some time.

 

Its been a labour of love and has taken 12 months give or take. next build is something a bit easier( i Hope!) using a kit. D&B sports and scale jodel

 

This forum has been a tremendous help and boost and i would just like to thank everyone who has given advice , help and encouragement.

 

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I hope photos come out ok . every time i attached one i got two images.

 

Not sure whether there should be any roundels on top and / or bottom of wings.

 

Jim

[Terry Whiting 1]

Well done Jim,

Anyone taking on this model as their first build should no longer be known

as ''Rookie''  

 

Terry

 

PS   A black felt marker pen will tone down your hinges 

 

[Allan Bennett]

The Shuttleworth black Lysander has roundels on top of the wings only.  And they're just red and blue, with no white inbetween.

[Allan Bennett]

The Shuttleworth black Lysander has roundels on top of the wings only.  And they're just red and blue, with no white inbetween.

[Allan Bennett]

The Shuttleworth black Lysander has roundels on top of the wings only.  And they're just red and blue, with no white inbetween.

[Allan Bennett]

The Shuttleworth black Lysander has roundels on top of the wings only.  And they're just red and blue, with no white inbetween.

[Supermario]

Hi Jim

I just to want to express my congratulations for the wonderfull job you done.

The Lysander definitively is not for a beginner but you made it.

Now go and enjoy the results of your work.

All the best

Mário

[rookie jim]

Mario.

 

Thank you.

i must admit its great to see the finished model.

 

starting and contributing to this forum has been a wonderful experience and i hope we can all get together on another build in the near future.

 

by the way i think you are doing a fantastic job on your halifax build. I get an email of each posting so i can keep up to date with progress and it is one of my bookmarks.

 

jim

[Allan Bennett]

Sorry about the multiple postings last night.  My browser, or this site, appeared to show that the posting hadn't been made, so I tried again ... and again ...

[rookie jim]

Terry,

very kind of you but now i know a bit more about what i dont know i think i had better stick with the moniker.

 

Jim

[Stephen Grigg]

Congratulations on completing the Lysander "expert" Jim.Im very impressed.Remember Jim these aircraft were hard working pristine, they werent.So people who have a perfect finish have done scale like what you have

[rookie jim]

thanks stephen

i am glad you could see the logic behind the finish

 

jim

[Stephen Grigg]

Hi jim do you have a flight plan for the Lysander,Im slowly building a P40 Tomahawk(artf) but have models I plan to master before I fly that one.I always get an expert to fly all my models first so its checked over by someone else,he makes sure all controls are going in the right direction the C of G and if something is wrong o take off he always gets it down safely.I then watch him take off and land a couple of times before I attempt it myself then I know how the model is going to react.

[rookie jim]

hi stephen

 

i havent got a flight plan as such. My intention is to get someone from the club who has done a lot of builds to give it a lookover before any flying is contemplated.

 

I then intend to wait, not only for good weather but also until i have got my A certificate. I am hoping that will be in 1st 3 months of 2011 but i have now probably tempted fate with that.

 

I want to get practice in after my test so i am looking at easter of thereabouts and hopefully i can persuade an experienced pilot to give its maiden. however i am not too optimistic of getting a WILLING volunteer.

 

Jim