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  1. TonyHallo

    Scale RCM 1/3 Scale Champ Build

    I set up the 'Dexter Morgan" kill room in the back of my garage today and located most of the fixtures for holding the fuselage and the tail plane parts as shown in the photo below. Most of the fixtures were in the shed attic, I really could not remember how I held the rudder, referencing this...
  2. TonyHallo

    Scale RCM 1/3 Scale Champ Build

    I put the 7AC yellow to the cowl and landing gear struts today. When I originally painted these parts I used the same paint that was used on the fabric, Steward System EkoPoly. Since EkoPoly is designed for fabric, it does get fully hard so the paint buckled up a round the screw heads on the...
  3. TonyHallo

    Scale Nelitz 1/3 scale Cub build

    He'll get it running for sure.
  4. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    One area that I didn't care for on the original 30% Cherokee was the fit between the cowl and the fuselage, after it was done and painted the edge of the cowl stuck out a little as seen in the photo. I'm taking some time to fit the cowl to the fuselage and plan to have a step so that the...
  5. TonyHallo

    Mini lathe (and mill) discussion.

    It's a good time to have a look inside a 3W CS engine and see what changes are made. All the bypass ports are polished to a near knife edge, there is some polishing in the exhaust port and I was surprised to find a hemispherical combustion the camber. The pistons have a slight crown
  6. TonyHallo

    Mini lathe (and mill) discussion.

    It looks bad but it is a great running engine. The mufflers were both skim cut to remove the exhaust port impression, the left muffler was fixtured in a piece of 1" x 2" x6" steel bar that serves as my 1/4" music wire bender. The spot faces were cleaned up and steel inserts were made that fit...
  7. TonyHallo

    Mini lathe (and mill) discussion.

    Tomorrow I need to get the muffler cleaned up and fitted with inserts. I plan to skim cut the mounting face as well.
  8. TonyHallo

    Mini lathe (and mill) discussion.

    A friend bought an Aeroworks 100cc Extra with a 3W 150CS mounted on it, it's quite ballistic. When he got it home he discover the engine back plate had been welded, buyer beware. He had the plane out 4 or 5 times last year and every time the left muffler would come loose. He also found that...
  9. TonyHallo

    What beer ya drinking tonight?

    Why stop at 6?
  10. TonyHallo

    Inside the Roto 85FS

    The new head gaskets are somewhat convoluted as seen in the photo on the right and get compressed flat when the head bolts are torqued to 42 inch pounds. I had to borrow the old trusty Snap On dial torque wrench from my brother's auto repair. I'm pretty sure my dad purchase the wrench in the...
  11. TonyHallo

    Inside the Roto 85FS

    As stated there is about an hour on the engine. I was surprised at the carbon deposits on the cylinder head, the cylinder bore looked great however. Once the head is removed the pushrod sleeves can be removed. The sleeves are sealed with "O"rings on each end. I using Red Line racing oil...
  12. TonyHallo

    Inside the Roto 85FS

    In order to remove the cylinder head 8 mm nuts, I had the turn down a socket to fit into the head, a twelve point socket may have worked but I don't own one.
  13. TonyHallo

    Inside the Roto 85FS

    The left side pushrod sleeve seals were leaking on the engine in my Champ, while the plane is down for refinishing I planned to replace the seals. I ordered a gasket set from Vogelsang Aeroscale some time ago. The cylinder head must be removed to accomplished this task. I have possibly an...
  14. TonyHallo

    Kavan FK50 Mark I

    I had my Roto 85FS converted by Adrian, fast service.
  15. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Thanks Steven. I have the front half of the fuselage roughed in. This one is better than the first build because I learned from the first build. On the first build I glued the 1/16" aircraft plywood doublers onto the 1/4" stick frame before assembling the fuselage sides, I had one heck of time...
  16. TonyHallo

    PM Research Mini Engine Lathe Build

    Never would have thought to use a coping saw?
  17. TonyHallo

    Mini lathe (and mill) discussion.

    I need to make one also for my cheap Chinese indicator. I bought a small dovetail cutter to make. Too busy working on planes now.
  18. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    I plan to use the first canopy that I pulled for the original Cherokee, this was too heavy to use and it will work just great here. I have the first side pulled off and started building the second side
  19. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    The photo below shows F5 and the rear most portion of the fuselage structure. You can see the difference of the original and what I plan to use. I plan to make the back half of the fuselage out of sheeted foam starting a F5 to the tail, all the lines represent how the hot wire will progress...
  20. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    So I have the Champ ready to paint and a friend from out of town is staying with us for the next few days, I don't want to do the paint work while she is here. Let's start another build then. I decided to start a new build and this will be focused on building the glass fuselage. Appowner and I...
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