The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

pawnshopmike · Aug 5, 2015

I didn't make it out to the workshop tonight. Had a flying club meeting @7:00. Didn't get home till well after 9:00.

Going to start assembling a couple Twisted Hobbies foamies soon.

Bartman · Aug 6, 2015

cbarnes0061 said:
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So I got the motor mounted. In all my efforts I didn't get the firewall the way I wanted it but oh well. My buddy I got the plane from said it needed a little bit of down thrust. So I set it to have the right thrust it needed and the down thrust I thought it needed. Well when I line everything up with the cowl it has the right thrust dead nuts on but the down thrust is pretty much zero so I guess I will be adding a washer behind the top two stand offs. Needless I'm happy though. Now to open up the lower cowl a bit to fit around the motor and cut out an opening for the exhaust then I can wrap this baby up and get it ready for a maiden.

looking good Chris, looks very familiar actually! it looks like you're missing some braces across the top, probably 5/16" square balsa. do you have the plans to double check that? the construction of your 30% looks identical to my 35% and mine has more bracing across the fuselage than yours and it kinda looks like some of it was cut out. if not then nevermind!

wecoyote · Aug 6, 2015

Bartman said:
looking good Chris, looks very familiar actually! it looks like you're missing some braces across the top, probably 5/16" square balsa. do you have the plans to double check that? the construction of your 30% looks identical to my 35% and mine has more bracing across the fuselage than yours and it kinda looks like some of it was cut out. if not then nevermind!

He got the plane from me and that is how it was built when I got it (My covering scheme though). Do not have the plans but this plane has seen many flights.

Bartman · Aug 6, 2015

i don't doubt what you're saying, just wanted to point it out in case it's an issue.

can you get the coyote to stop staring at me?

G257945 · Aug 6, 2015

DA-70 / OMP Edge Hybrid project.

Scott

Bartman · Aug 6, 2015

going for maximum knife edge? looks fun

G257945 · Aug 6, 2015

Knife edge flips...??? Kinda like a vertical waterfall... ha!

Scott

BalsaDust · Aug 6, 2015

Bartman said:
looking good Chris, looks very familiar actually! it looks like you're missing some braces across the top, probably 5/16" square balsa. do you have the plans to double check that? the construction of your 30% looks identical to my 35% and mine has more bracing across the fuselage than yours and it kinda looks like some of it was cut out. if not then nevermind!

Yeah it looks pretty much the same as when I got it minus a new firewall. It originally had oak 1/4 round trim as the tristock behind it but I have opted to use 1" wide 1/8" thick aluminum angle. It has been glued behind the firewall and will be getting drilled and bolted in tonight as well as hopefully getting the cowl trimmed to fit.

Jetpainter · Aug 6, 2015

Bartman said:
can you get the coyote to stop staring at me?

You've got nothing to worry about unless your a Roadrunner. Come to think of it, you've got nothing to worry about. Now where did I put that ACME anvil?

1932 · Aug 6, 2015

I have two to build some day. Most of the builds i looked at were tail heavy, but the 70 will take care of that. Fun plane!

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