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  1. TonyHallo

    70cc FLEX Ultimate assembly thread.

    I don't know if I should like that or not!
  2. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    When I build a wood plane, the wing aligned holes are drilled with the sides together so that a long drill can be used through the fuselage to drill the holes in the wing,this keeps the alignment pins parallel to the wing tube. This is completely different way of building so I had to come up...
  3. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Put the fuselage back on the bench to set the wing incidence, threw the wings on for a photo op. The door just barely clears the wing. Have seven coats of wax on the cowl mold, might be ready to lay up today. Shipping out the dash foam and yokes to SAC today to get price quoted. Pretty sure...
  4. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Got the plug out of the mold this morning, the valve stem would not do it alone, had to blow air into the back of the mold between the plug and the mold, once I did that and hit the first valve stem it popped out with a bang. It was the easiest one piece to get the plug that I have made, most...
  5. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Have the left wing coped and the lite Ply root rib installed. need to add plywood reinforcement circles inside the fuselage where the locating pins are located before I can set the incidence. Put the last layer of 19 ounce cloth on the cowl mold, tomorrow I will test the air valves. Really...
  6. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Have the right wing root coped and the 1/8" lite ply rib glued on, once the wing incidence is set, the gap will be fill with Superfil.
  7. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Seen this on line, used to eject the part, some molds have a hole where a blow gun is used, the valve stems will provide a positive seal. It is always a pain pulling a part out of a one piece mold. The valve stems are located on the areas that will cut out so no worry about making a mark on...
  8. TonyHallo

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

    Nice Nick, do you guys really need 5 port=o-johns?
  9. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    The dash looks to be acceptable, I'm going with it.
  10. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    OK I have the dash in the vacuum bag, I hope it works out. The Naugahyde was first glued to the underside as planned with contact cement, had to use a heat gun to get the Naugahyde flipped over the top of the dash. Once this happened it became apparent that contact cement could not be used so...
  11. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Have the tooling coat and the first layer of 3/4 ounce cloth on the cowl plug, might get the 1 1/2 ounce layer on later today. The dash wood is prebend, harderen the edge with thin CA so the it sands more controllable. On the first one the dash, the Naugahyde was glued on the outer surface...
  12. TonyHallo

    70cc FLEX Ultimate assembly thread.

    It works same as the TechAero but nicer features, dip switches rather than the jumpers, LED plugs in, it's mounted in a plastic case, and it can increase the voltage. Have telemetry on the ignition supply voltage and stays ay 8 volts throughout the day.
  13. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    It was far from perfect. Have the new foam cut and bending the balsa, have to go slow, bending 3/16" balsa, bend a little, soak it down with ammonia wait and bend a little more.
  14. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Thinking about finishing the cabin area and decided that the previously installed rear cabin former had to go. The 1/16" plywood former was replace with a 1/16" balsa laminated with 4 ounce cloth on one side and 1 1/2 ounce on the other I wanted to fit the cabin front former before...
  15. TonyHallo

    70cc FLEX Ultimate assembly thread.

    It makes sense and I do understand and that is why I line up the same control functions on adjacent channels where there is less than 1 ms of separation. The Futaba 9C radio I had had very noticeable separation when using the 2-6 mix for the elevators. Really couldn't detect it on the ailerons...
  16. TonyHallo

    Scale BUSA Super Cub

    Looking at photos of Cubs, they don't appear to have the additional aluminum panel bethid the boot cowl. Doubled sided carpet tape is used to hold panels in place as the screws are only going into balsa.
  17. TonyHallo

    Scale BUSA Super Cub

    Check this out. Looks like it is two pieces split topp and bottom.
  18. TonyHallo

    70cc FLEX Ultimate assembly thread.

    Yes but isn't the transmitter still broadcasting the multiplexed string of channels over some time frame? On some radios one can select a shorter time frame when using less channels. Or is JR doing something different? With OpenTX I will assign the ailerons to channels 1 & 2, elevators to 3...
  19. TonyHallo

    70cc FLEX Ultimate assembly thread.

    Where have I heard that before?
  20. TonyHallo

    Scale Sig 1/3 Scale Spacewalker

    Well I'll be waiting to see.
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