Peter 'Ivanna Crashalot' Savage Posted November 3, 2009 Author Share Posted November 3, 2009 I swear the wing is impossible to build!, the upper 1/4 x 1/4 slots aren't exactly 1/4",, and now i cant get a file in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Coleman Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Ya shoulda checked first! Why don't you just reduce the size of the strut a bit? Cheers, Hugh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Whiting Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Peter, T,Nijhuis did state sand the ribs at a slight angle as the spars were not at 90 degree to the rib. Just make a 1/16" (1.5mm) birch ply sanding stick. Use double sided Selotape and sand paper, you can make what ever size and grade sanding stick you wish, no need for files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Ireland Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Emery Boards (I steal mine from the wife) are ideal for jobs like that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter 'Ivanna Crashalot' Savage Posted November 4, 2009 Author Share Posted November 4, 2009 I know about the bit about sanding them at an angle, i did that but the slots are more 3/16 than 1/4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi g Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 Peter . A simple lesson I teach my apprentices. Measure twice cut once.. Test fit , then glue.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Dainton Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 Well I`ve spent the last few weeks on a very interesting build of the Westland Lysander, it is now waiting for me to make a choice on which motor for electric power?>> I elected to do it the hard way and manually cut out the parts using a jigsaw upside down in a workmate. Using photocopies of the parts spray tacked on to the wood, this was obviously more time consuming, but that is not a commodity that I am short on these days, and there is the added satisfaction of almost a complete build. The 6mm for F4 & F5 was accomplished by cutting these out twice from 3mm ply and joining. Wash out was `left out`, because there is the option to do that on the plans, and I wasn`t sure of my abilities to get that right!>> I have yet to send for the canopy and wheel spats, but that is imminent. I would like to make the canopy removable, but as the wing support rods appear to go through the upper part of this, then I am unsure how best to accomplish this, or make out of balsa in separate sections to enable access to the parts of the fuselage that I require (if that makes sense?)>> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter 'Ivanna Crashalot' Savage Posted November 14, 2009 Author Share Posted November 14, 2009 Im going to fix the canopy on with small watch makers screws so i can test fly it before i go the whole hog on the detail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Dainton Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 You know when you get one of those `eureka moments! (or equivalent) My mind was far away from model aircraft and all of a sudden the answer came about the canopy...........and of course it`s all in the plans as everything is, just needed to look a little harder. Brass tube and not the rods are `glassed` to the top of F4 & F5 the rods are off course passed through the canopy and tube and into the wing roots. My assumption without looking properly was that the rods were to be a permanent fixture on F4 & F5.>> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter 'Ivanna Crashalot' Savage Posted November 15, 2009 Author Share Posted November 15, 2009 That would make it most inconvenient to transport! Have i said i plan to make an MDF carry case? Cant find anywhere that does 7/32" brass rod and 8mm carbon rod. Got plenty of glass cloth though!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Whiting Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Peter, 7/32 Brass rod??? If it's for the Lysander wing you want 11/32 brass tube. I bought my 11/32 brass tube and 8mm carbon rod from Moor Models. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Davis Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 I don't know what it's called but I use the type of board that is used to make up notice boards as my building board. This is the type you often see in schools which allows you to pin notices to the board with drawing pins. I've glued mine to a piece of chipboard to give the pins something to bite on.. You should be able to find some in any timber merchant. It comes in 8'x4' sheets but they'll cut it up smaller if you need a smaller board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter 'Ivanna Crashalot' Savage Posted November 15, 2009 Author Share Posted November 15, 2009 Lol, i got my remote glow from moors models coincidence? it was an absolutely brilliant shop! I'd say 4x the amount of stock crammed into half the space of our local hobbystores, every type of fuel tank you could need, millions of pilots lots of little fittings etc, if it wasn't so far away i would love to go there all the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom McGhie Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Hi I got the brass tube from Leeds Model shop waiting for the 8mm carbon rod out of stock at moment. I intend to make canopy removable possibly in two halves or thirds fix centre section. Rear canopy slides back I think on aircraft so possible mod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Dainton Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 I found the 11/32 brass tube easy enough to obtain, the carbon rod was difficult to get hold of in that size (8mm) however I managed to get of 8mm fibreglass rod from http://www.ecfibreglasssupplies.co.uk/ Normally it comes in one metre lengths, but he kindly cut it down to lengths of no more than 14" for easy posting, and it is a lot less expensive than carbon, and almost equal in rigidity and strength as carbon, and a lovely snug fit inside the brass tube. >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Whiting Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 Peter, no coincidence, it just happens to be my local shop, just 12 minutes from home. I must agree the shop is well stocked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Ireland Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 I was the other way round, got the 8mm carbon rod no problem but the brass tube I bought was a bit too big. Easily sorted with a bit of heatshrink around the rod though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter 'Ivanna Crashalot' Savage Posted December 28, 2009 Author Share Posted December 28, 2009 Ladder sides made out of threaded pushrod ends. Edited By Peter 'Servo Scrounger' Savage on 28/12/2009 20:53:04 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Ireland Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Ok, I see the ladder but what are the other pictures supposed to be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter 'Ivanna Crashalot' Savage Posted December 28, 2009 Author Share Posted December 28, 2009 Lol, it is jigging it up to intall the rungs, dad pointed out that bending it after the rungs were in may fracture it so i am doing it that way now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter 'Ivanna Crashalot' Savage Posted December 29, 2009 Author Share Posted December 29, 2009 Yeah basically, the rungs are 1" wide so i am claping it either side of a bit of 1" MDF. It has been made out of threaded pushrod so i cam bolt it onto the fuse and so it can be removed incase i need to transport it. Dad gave some suggestions and i just looked at him and said "Dad, its meant to be scale..." Wing progress: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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