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  1. TonyHallo

    Scale BUSA Super Cub

    Bill, Ran into Juan Cruz last week at the Warbirds and Classics over Fredericksburg event. He was checking the field over in hopes of hosting a scale event.
  2. TonyHallo

    Scale BUSA Super Cub

    Maiden flight today plus two more, had a dead stick on the maiden, this thing is a floater. I circled the runway from about 150" up flaps down dead stick , over shoot the runway through the parking lot into some high weeds no damage. The two guys that were watching thought I was crazy for...
  3. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Not going as fast as I would like but moving forward The heavy brush strokes in the tooling coat and the .56 ounce cloth didn't play well together so I waited until the epoxy was cured and sanded down the defects, pretty much sanded everything down. Put the 3/4 ounce cloth on the morning and...
  4. TonyHallo

    Discussion The I’m Going/Went Flying Thread

    Good weather forecast today ,thinking about taking the Super Cub out for the maiden, we shall see.
  5. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Put the tooling coat on this morning. Using US Composites 635 thin epoxy thickened with carbon powder and colloidal silica. Mixed 60 grams of resin and 20 grams of hardener at a time, it took three batches to cover the fuselage. Next will be a .56 glass layer. Ordered 2 gallons of epoxy...
  6. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Woke up early this morning because I had a reason to get to work. Put on the final wax coat and clayed the parting boards to the plug. Sprayed on several light coats of PVA and 2 final wetter coats. Later today I will put the tooling coat on. It is greener shade than the photo depicts.
  7. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Put the parting boards on today. Used melamine shelving boards for the parting boards. Found a damaged 8' x 12" board at Lowes and got it for $10, had to pay full price for the 48" x 24" board though. There are 7 coats of wax on the plug and three on the parting boards. Hope to get 8and 9 on...
  8. TonyHallo

    Discussion The I’m Going/Went Flying Thread

    Go enormous or go home!
  9. TonyHallo

    Discussion The I’m Going/Went Flying Thread

    Looks a lot like a Klingon warship in the air. I expected it to cloak any minute. It is impressive and unique but I didn't really care the way it looks while flying, but hey to each to their own.
  10. TonyHallo

    Discussion The I’m Going/Went Flying Thread

    No that was a gull wing Stinson aircraft, not sure what the model name or number. It was a large plane. The owner also flew a Moki radial powered Corsair with folding wings. Right before I left for home he flew the Corsair in formation with a large FA-18 Hornet, was rather nice show. How...
  11. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Now that flying season is coming to an end time to get back on this build. I have wet sanded the fuselage down to 2500 and hand polished with Maguire's compound. I have four coats of wax on the plug and just about ready to begin mounting the parting boards. In a few areas I wet sanded down...
  12. TonyHallo

    Discussion The I’m Going/Went Flying Thread

    Flight line at Fredericksburg on Friday. There was a real nice Champ at the opposite end. What a great field. Two runways, there is a pararell runway on the left side of the photo, bathrooms and shower facilities. Great weather as well. Met many nice folks there. I watched Merlyn Graves...
  13. TonyHallo

    Discussion The I’m Going/Went Flying Thread

    Planning to travel to; Fall Warbirds & Classics Over Fredericksburg Located in Virginia on Friday morning, four day event starts tomorrow, I plan to stay on Friday and Saturday, leave early afternoon on Saturday, about a 5 hour ride for me.
  14. TonyHallo

    Scale BUSA Super Cub

    Got it running today. Idles at 1200 RPM, 5800 RPM short blast, Falcon 25x10 CF prop. Seems like the 2 into 1 exhaust has a different note than the single stacks on the Champ.
  15. TonyHallo

    Scale BUSA Super Cub

    Well the vet was a $700 trip plus $8 a day for special food to dissolve a bladder stone, hope it works. Even after getting two rectal exams at the vet's, cat still didn't want to get into the pet carrier! Got the plane leveled and balanced checked. The CG is 6.42" back from the leading edge or...
  16. TonyHallo

    Scale BUSA Super Cub

    Got the plane assembled and weighted, 33.33 pounds on the mains and 4.41 pounds on the tailwheel, 37.7 pounds total. Haven't checked the CG yet but low tailwheel weight is encouraging. Taking the boss's cat to the vets and it takes two of us to get her in the cage. Will check the CG later today.
  17. TonyHallo

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

    Is that aluminum gear? You could gain some height by bending in slightly. How about a three blade?
  18. TonyHallo

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

    That's what I was thinking as well. I see why you have occasional landing fee now.
  19. TonyHallo

    Discussion The I’m Going/Went Flying Thread

    Looks like a good turn out
  20. TonyHallo

    Discussion The I’m Going/Went Flying Thread

    Beautiful day here in Indiana PA
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