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  1. TonyHallo

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

    Put the primer on all six pieces and the True Red base coat to the cowl and canopy. The white will go on next. I would normally paint the white first but on the Cherokee I had a little problem when I removed the masking after painting the red. I got little specks of red in the white as it...
  2. TonyHallo

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

    I assume I used epoxy to glue these in and really wasn't looking forward to messing with the hinges. The hinges are also recessed into the rudder post to put the hinges on the centerline. I just use the trim iron as best I could. After sitting for 6 or 7 years, I'm not looking for a show...
  3. TonyHallo

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

    The vertical fin and rudder were a real pain to due the hinging. On the elevators I use Sig X style hinges so they came apart. I had made my own hinges for the ailerons. For some reason I decided to use Robart pin hinges for the rudder so there was no taking apart. Thankfully the hinge pins...
  4. TonyHallo

    Discussion The I’m Going/Went Flying Thread

    That raffle might be worth the ride to Rolla! What a great selection.
  5. TonyHallo

    Discussion The I’m Going/Went Flying Thread

    Say Mike, how did you guys manage to get $10,000 in prizes? I need to start working on our annual fun fly next year.
  6. TonyHallo

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

    Need one more piece of covering to finish off the fuselage, I need to start rounding up the parts to put everything back together, may have used some or lost some? I reported earlier that I built this plane in 2014, but I looked back and found I started in 2011!
  7. TonyHallo

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

    The Hobby King covering was removed with a heat gun, those areas where the top plastic layer separates from the color base clean up very easy with acetone. A little more about this plane. I wanted canisters on the plane when I built it, could not find a can to my liking so I decided to modify...
  8. TonyHallo

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

    I have two One Design planes. One designed by Robert Godfrey and the second designed by Frank Knoll. I recently recovered the Godfrey designed plane and put three flights on it this past Saturday. When the Knoll designed plane was built in 2014 I decided to use Hobby King covering material to...
  9. TonyHallo

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

    1st day fall, let's get the builds started!!!!
  10. TonyHallo

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

    How does the 120 compare to the 106? Been flying my friends Aeroworks 35% Extra with a 3W 150CS, insane power.
  11. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% PA-28 Cherokee Build

    What changes? It's all there now. The lug below accepts a CM6 plug, the thermistor bulb are crimped in the lug and a little heat shrink tube and you have plug indication. For 1/4"-32 plugs I use a 10-12 gage 1/4" lug. How many temps do you need? You can daisy chain FrSky SP-RPM RPM/Temp...
  12. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% PA-28 Cherokee Build

    Yes, very stupid mistake on my part. I used a stabilized receiver that I had the the three way switch programed backwards. Never gave any indication that the stabilization was turned on until the plane broke ground. I had planned to fly the flight with it off until the plane was trimmed and...
  13. TonyHallo

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

    We hoped our units would run all year but that was not the case, the units were on a fixed crest dam and there were minimum flow requirements over the top of the dam so we had to reduce load during periods of low flow and of course there were times when the flow was to high and we lost the tail...
  14. TonyHallo

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

    You can spend a lot of money on tooling. Pretty sure my tooling exceeds the cost of equipment.
  15. TonyHallo

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

    Yes I was, retired since 2018, 28 years in coal, 15 years in combined cycle and simple cycle units (Mainly gas with a little oil). Also managed two small "run of river" hydros on the Allegheny River for several years, these plants were built on the existing Lock and Dam system. It was a...
  16. TonyHallo

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

    Nice, at the first power plant that I worked at we had a 22" LeBlond with about a 16' bed. We had great machinist as well.
  17. TonyHallo

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

    No, that was the Cherokee. This plane is 12 years old and needed a little TLC, the canopy was broken and there where several patches in the Monokote.
  18. TonyHallo

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

    Covered the bottom then laid out the white/red line. Since the line runs over the open bays the white Monokote is applied over the open bays and then punctured about every 1/4" to vent trapped air, the top covering is ironed on with high heat. Not sure if I will do the same with the black...
  19. TonyHallo

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

    I pulled a new canopy for the Bob Godfrey One Design while pulling the windows for the Cherokee. Have the canopy mounted and put the Missle Red basecoat/clear coat on it. Tore of the old Monokote and prepped for covering, might start today since it is raining in the Burg, the airframe is 12...
  20. TonyHallo

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

    Is there insulation in the roof planned?
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