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  1. Krazy Kanuk

    Sport Beautifying the Beast

    FUSELAGE PAINTING JIG I am getting close to start the painting of the fuselage so I decided to build a jig that would allow me to rotate the fuselage during the painting operation. I built the jig out of some left over 1" by 8" pine. I made it in 3 pieces so I can store it easily. At each...
  2. Krazy Kanuk

    Sport Beautifying the Beast

    BUT will it NEVER CRASH???
  3. Krazy Kanuk

    Sport Beautifying the Beast

    PAINTED CANOPY Last night I was so pissed off at the Blue Jays baseball team, that I prepared the canopy for paint. I was anxious to see if the colour I had picked would come quite close to the Yellow Solartex fabric colour. The colour looks like it matches very well. The paint also went on...
  4. Krazy Kanuk

    Sport Beautifying the Beast

    SOLARTEX WEIGHT PENALTY I was asked what extra weight would I gain by using Solartex and paint vs. Ultracote. I kept track of some of the small parts of the airplane and have this data to share with you. RIGHT ELEVATOR As received with Ultracote = 61 grams After removing the Ultracote...
  5. Krazy Kanuk

    Sport Beautifying the Beast

    INSTRUMENT PANEL & FLOORING To build the floor I used 1/16" light balsa. With the way the canopy is tapered the flooring must be assembled in several pieces, otherwise you can not get it in place. Thankfully the canopy had a balsa ledge already pre installed, so I had a strong ledge to glue...
  6. Krazy Kanuk

    Sport Beautifying the Beast

    Thanks for all your help. You sure are a craftsman builder! I can't match you BUT I'm having fun trying. Makes the winter go faster. We had snow flurries yesterday.
  7. Krazy Kanuk

    Sport Beautifying the Beast

    HINGED CANOPY Pistolera (Earle) gets ALL the blame here! I got my inspiration from his Krill 330SC build. I would not recommend this modification if you were to leave the airplane with it's original covering on. And be prepared to swear al lot!!! I did this as I want to make the total...
  8. Krazy Kanuk

    Sport Beautifying the Beast

    MODIFIED CABANE CROSS STRUTS After seeing the picture of Pistolera's cross struts, I tore my old ones out and went with a new version. I purchased some Dubro 4-40 Turnbuckles and made up new cross strut wires. I like this look better. I am still waiting for the final package to arrive at my...
  9. Krazy Kanuk

    Sport Beautifying the Beast

    Earle after viewing our picture of your Cabane bracing, I took mine out last night and am installing a new set, one that look more scale like. Again thanks for the inspiration. Now back to the Major Modification that I am cursing Earle for getting me started on. But al least it looks good...
  10. Krazy Kanuk

    Sport Beautifying the Beast

    Earle what did you use to make the "screws" on the fuselage side. It looks great!
  11. Krazy Kanuk

    Sport Beautifying the Beast

    I'm old stupid and senile, BUT not that stupid (yet). I would only do it if I could make the assembly at the field easy, but I haven't figured that out. That's your project for the morning!:banana-dance:
  12. Krazy Kanuk

    Sport Beautifying the Beast

    CABANE AND MID WING The great feature of having all of these build threads, is that you can come across ideas that others have had success with. On this part of the build it was the way to hide the top aerilon wires that go to the receiver. I was able to find a piece of shrink tubing at the...
  13. Krazy Kanuk

    Sport Beautifying the Beast

    MAIN FUSELAGE READY FOR PAINT The ain fuselage is now complete with the Solartex fabric. A trick I learned on another build site was to paint every seam with thin Cyano to make a perfect seal. After drying use a very shark blade and scrape of any extra residue and then sand down width 400 grit...
  14. Krazy Kanuk

    Sport Beautifying the Beast

    Thanks for the insight. I'll scrap the flap idea.
  15. Krazy Kanuk

    Sport Beautifying the Beast

    Gyros are great for gusty days and for those "PERFECT" landings! I think of it as the same as fire insurance on my house, maybe you will never use it, but it's great when you do need it!
  16. Krazy Kanuk

    Sport Beautifying the Beast

    BOTTOM WING AERILONS AS FLAPS Has anyone had any experience with this type of setup on a biplane. I could program my radio so that the bottom aerilon in 1 mode acts as a true aerilon but in another mode acts a flap. I am pondering this for two reasons:- 1:-Since I am painting this model, the...
  17. Krazy Kanuk

    Sport Beautifying the Beast

    RECEIVER & GYRO INSTALLATION It's great to have a large cavity in the fuselage to place the electronic gear. I've installed a gyro in this plane, and because of that I had to add a rigid mounting plate. I'm not using pipes on this plane so the top of the tunnel was a good place to begin. To...
  18. Krazy Kanuk

    Sport Beautifying the Beast

    TAIL WHEEL I wanted a more "Scale Look" tail wheel for this model, so I opted to use a J & J Tail Wheel assembly. This places the wheel farther back behind the rudder as it is on the real airplane. I had another option in house, a tail wheel assembly that has the same CF with a more "Scale...
  19. Krazy Kanuk

    Sport Beautifying the Beast

    :cryin::cryin: Yes on my Krill 330sc those quick releases made it so much easier for me. I had to make the assembly so that I could remove the twin gas tank holder so that I could get my hands in the front of the plane to attach the batteries. I stole your idea and am now doing a hinged...
  20. Krazy Kanuk

    Sport Beautifying the Beast

    I get mine from Thunderbolt RC up here in Canada. Here is his link. www.thunderboltrc.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=89_188 I also believe the person who makes custom Gas Tanks for RC Pilots also sells them, but I'm not sure of name of the company. Maybe someone else could help out.
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