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  1. BalsaDust

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

    I think designing custom parts for a specific application may have become one of my favorite parts of this hobby. Here is a mount for a Spektrum AR10100T RX for the 100" TBM I'm putting together for a friend.
  2. BalsaDust

    Discussion The I’m Going/Went Flying Thread

    Extreme Flight 60" Extra NG. It's an absolute Beast after only 3 flights.
  3. BalsaDust

    Discussion The I’m Going/Went Flying Thread

    Let's just say I have found my new favorite plane. Absolutely awesome airframe.
  4. BalsaDust

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

    Putting together a 60" Extra NG.
  5. BalsaDust

    Discussion The I’m Going/Went Flying Thread

    Was a bit breezy and chilly on Sunday but a couple buddies and I braved it for a few hours and had a good ole time.
  6. BalsaDust

    Airplane Design Fusion 360

    Lets design a fuse. 1. We will use a new tool which is the shell command. Once selected you will first select any face on the solid body you want to go away and you have to pick at least one face so it knows which solid to shell. For the fuse I want the wing saddle area and the firewall to go...
  7. BalsaDust

    Airplane Design Fusion 360

    Made some progress on this thing the last two days. Will get all the screen shots uploaded tomorrow hopefully.
  8. BalsaDust

    Phoenix Models Typhoon

    Nothing wrong with going electric
  9. BalsaDust

    Discussion The I’m Going/Went Flying Thread

    The PT40 trainer saw some flight time today. Enlarged control surfaces make a difference and it flew great.
  10. BalsaDust

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

    The bottom wing that appears to be in the best shape will be hung up on the wall as art. If I have room to do that with the top wing I will do the same thing. Otherwise I was thinking to cut the ribs out of it for others to use. There is also this partial piece of another plane. They where...
  11. BalsaDust

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

    So this should be fun. Flying buddy picked up a used car trailer and it came with a set of busted of full scale Pitts wings. He was just gonna to cut them up and toss them. I told him not to that I would come get them for some nice wall art in the shop.
  12. BalsaDust

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

    You're not flying it hard enough then.
  13. BalsaDust

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

    I believe I have done a sunbust like scheme for you once before.
  14. BalsaDust

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

    Covering is complete. Just need to slap the servos back in and do the radio setup in my new radio.
  15. BalsaDust

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

    Trainer restoration is almost complete.
  16. BalsaDust

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

    Fuse is done except for the little strip around the nose where I didn't leave enough overhang on that side. Moved on the tail bits. While I love covering I forgot how much of a pain it was to cover around parts that are already glued to an airframe.
  17. BalsaDust

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

    Last week I started restoring an old Trainer. It's an old version one of the Great Plane PT-40. Did some repairs and now the fuse is getting some fresh color on it. I think it has been 3 year or more since I last held a covering iron in my hand. Forgot how much fun it was.
  18. BalsaDust

    Scale Nelitz 1/3 scale Cub build

    Interesting. Never knew they made plastic shoulder bolts
  19. BalsaDust

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

    @Snoopy1 i have the 35” crack Fokker, the crack beaver, and the 39” revolto. All are a blast. The revolto Carrie’s energy well. Fokker can fly so freaking slow and literally can knife edge with like one click of rudder trim. Crack beaver is probably the most fun though since it has the big bush...
  20. BalsaDust

    Airplane Design Fusion 360

    Here is the vertical stab and the rudder. Rinse and repeat of how I did the horizontal. Will try to start on the fuse in the next couple of days at which point I can introduce a couple of new tools.
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