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  1. Bluepilot2003

    Sport 30% Edge 540 Pete Marshall Plans with Laser Cut Short Kit

    So I should have just done the whole fuselage on the plans like I am now before putting the motor box on. That would have guaranteed a straight fuselage from the get go with no worries of warping. I did a good portion of the diagonal bracing tonight. I don't know how much longer it would have...
  2. Bluepilot2003

    Sport 30% Edge 540 Pete Marshall Plans with Laser Cut Short Kit

    After last night, I can see a little bit of lopsidedness starting to show. After further examination, one side stringer is a way harder balsa than the other side. With that in mind, I placed the fuselage upside down flat on the board on top of the plans and pinned it down. Then I wet the hard...
  3. Bluepilot2003

    Sport 30% Edge 540 Pete Marshall Plans with Laser Cut Short Kit

    I did the support pieces first yesterday. I just used some spare 1/8 plywood to make the two pieces. After that, I placed the cross braces in the F-4 area. When I glued in the F-5 cross section, I noticed the other side wasn't flush with the long stringers. I fixed that with a 3/32" balsa...
  4. Bluepilot2003

    Is there any 50cc KITS that can do 3D??

    @Terryscustom I believe you. That poke was more at people recommending ARFs instead of kits, though there are only a few kits available. That was a poke of fun, not meaning to get people mad. I think it's awesome how many people the ARFs have brought into the hobby. And they all pretty much look...
  5. Bluepilot2003

    Is there any 50cc KITS that can do 3D??

    It's kind of ended up as all 50cc 3d aircraft. I'm guessing it has ended up that way since a vast majority of people have never built a kit before;) That may poke a bear, but we will see.
  6. Bluepilot2003

    Is there any 50cc KITS that can do 3D??

    @flycanic I've never heard of that before. Very nice!
  7. Bluepilot2003

    Is there any 50cc KITS that can do 3D??

    Anyone know much or anything about the Precision Cut Kits Pro-line series of kits? There are a few 50cc options there for aerobatic planes.
  8. Bluepilot2003

    Sport 30% Edge 540 Pete Marshall Plans with Laser Cut Short Kit

    Now, I took the time to fix my issue with the F-3 former. As you can see from the picture, it was quite a bit wider than the top down plans show. So I lined up where the former needed to go on the plans and used a straight edge to mark where the inside part of the stringer runs. Then I cut out...
  9. Bluepilot2003

    Sport 30% Edge 540 Pete Marshall Plans with Laser Cut Short Kit

    I got some good work done today. I started off by drilling the new holes in the landing gear plate since the EF gear holes didn't line up. Next, I used a spare piece of plywood to cover the hole in F-1 that would have been used for a canister or tuned pipe. Soon to follow, the F-5 and F-3...
  10. Bluepilot2003

    Sport 30% Edge 540 Pete Marshall Plans with Laser Cut Short Kit

    Well, I glued the sides to the motor box after I was satisfied with the fit. My biggest qualm has been the fit of F-3. So I did it without F-3 in at the time. I don't think I could have it any more square than it is. Though I don't have the phenolic tube, the wing tube itself did a very good job...
  11. Bluepilot2003

    Sport 30% Edge 540 Pete Marshall Plans with Laser Cut Short Kit

    Thanks for the tip!
  12. Bluepilot2003

    Sport 30% Edge 540 Pete Marshall Plans with Laser Cut Short Kit

    Sounds good to me. I will wait to glue until I get the sockets.
  13. Bluepilot2003

    Sport 30% Edge 540 Pete Marshall Plans with Laser Cut Short Kit

    I have the wing tube. I don't have the phenolic socket for it yet. I do have the f-5 former to hold it in place?
  14. Bluepilot2003

    Sport 30% Edge 540 Pete Marshall Plans with Laser Cut Short Kit

    I put in the wing tube doublers into the frame. Then added the back side wing dowl holders. I am contemplating the best way to glue the fuse sides to the f-1 and f-2 formers. I've had it together about 4 times now trying to think of the best way.
  15. Bluepilot2003

    Sport 30% Edge 540 Pete Marshall Plans with Laser Cut Short Kit

    Last work for tonight. Put some triangle stock in the motor box area and epoxied the wing tube plate doublers together.
  16. Bluepilot2003

    The I'm going out flying thread 2016

    I was going to fly it until it didn't range check at all!
  17. Bluepilot2003

    The I'm going out flying thread 2016

    I flew my little Parkzone Trojan 2 times today before 3Turkish mechanical engineering students showed up looking for a pilot and guidance with their own designed airplane. They were here for some sort of competition. The batteries they were using looked like normal c cell batteries in series to...
  18. Bluepilot2003

    Sport 30% Edge 540 Pete Marshall Plans with Laser Cut Short Kit

    So did my first little mess up. Easy fix, though. I glued all 4 sides onto the f-5 former when I had already glued the sides onto the side frames. I just took the sides off of the f-5 former so it will slide right into place now. First pic is of the screw up. The last 2 pics are the tank floor...
  19. Bluepilot2003

    Sport 30% Edge 540 Pete Marshall Plans with Laser Cut Short Kit

    And now F-2 went into place. Looking very square. I used 4 slider clamps.
  20. Bluepilot2003

    Sport 30% Edge 540 Pete Marshall Plans with Laser Cut Short Kit

    I wish I had more small slider clamps. If I did, I would glue the motor box in one shot. Instead, this is just the motor box sides being glued to F-1.
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