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  1. AKNick

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

    Awesome!!
  2. AKNick

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

    Oh you lucky duck you! Nice to have that kind of help, I'm jealous!!
  3. AKNick

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

    I may have heard that they are working on a high wing... don't know if that was conceptual or actually in the skunk works. They've got to come up with something! Pilot RC = Skywolf, Extreme Flight = TurboBushmaster, AJ = BushHawk? I cannot remember what they were working on, and so Skywing =...
  4. AKNick

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

    Lots of ways to do it! Part of the muse point, I guess. What I did was use the cowl radius lines, pulled the line to create a new sketch plane basically and then use a three-point arc line that mimicked the general form of the cowl lines on the plans, deleted the excess. Then blended (lofted)...
  5. AKNick

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

    All the extras and little pieces of ingenuity throughout makes it a happy purchase. The skywing planes are cheaper than EF, not only the buy it now button but the addition not having to buy baffles, fuel tubing, fuel tank, carbon spinner, servo wires, ect... The 91ARS is to date the easiest ARF...
  6. AKNick

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

    Very nice! That scheme was going to be my spare 91" ARS until I decided to get a 104" Extra instead. That scheme is visible, aggressive, clean, and unique. Great choice. You have my stamp of approval! :yesss:
  7. AKNick

    110" TIMBER Assembly Thread

    Gotcha. I'm somewhere near Hawaii on the map in this place called Alaska LOL. If I was to do it, I'd make an entire cowl.
  8. AKNick

    110" TIMBER Assembly Thread

    I'll send you an e-mail. I rarely printed this for anyone, just made the file so others can print it. The cleanup and prep took a while back then. I've since refined my slicer abilities and I'll see if I can do it again. I was beginning to make a cowling in CAD for fun, but that has its own...
  9. AKNick

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

    That is simply awesome! Good work! And yes... sorta. What you mentioned was what it did, except making that skin conform to two convex curves that I wanted to incorporate along that new surface without adding construction planes. This helped give it a slight bull nose look. If that even makes...
  10. AKNick

    110" TIMBER Assembly Thread

    maybe @Snoopy1 can answer that. My gas setup with the big tires is pretty darn heavy! I'd think an electric setup would float like a butterfly
  11. AKNick

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

    Got to pat myself on the back today. A flying buddy was at a standstill on a scratch build with a hammer 20. Trying to convert to electric and was stumped on the cowl. I’ve had a hard time trying to cast and bend compound curves from multiple construction planes but alas!! I figured it out! From...
  12. AKNick

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

    Splendid! Glad it worked!
  13. AKNick

    Yippee! What the postman brought

    Here’s what I was able to come up with tonight. Just a tad undersized on the length by 6mm. Upload Link: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5793827
  14. AKNick

    Yippee! What the postman brought

    I can make your drawing no problem. My 2 cents; The height and angles are all relative to the planes attitude in flight. The appearance of the model will change a bit along with the added drag possibly. The idea of creating the low pressure without inducing a back eddy is hard to visualize...
  15. AKNick

    Yippee! What the postman brought

    I could remake one in CAD. 160mm wide x _____mm deep? How high do you want the lip? Holes in the flange OK? Sketch it on paper and I'll mimic it in CAD. Personally, I like a shorter lip (maybe 10mm) with a steeper angle. I've been wondering if a more U or W shaped design would be better as well...
  16. AKNick

    Yippee! What the postman brought

    Excellent!!! Must have been the 67" ARS 300? https://northwestrc.com/SW--67-ARS-300--OrangeCharcoalWhite-scheme-E_p_3412.html I was going to buy a spare 91" ARS 300 but decided I should up my game and get a 120cc. I'm nervous to bring THEM home (yeaup, I gone done it)... Also got a 104" EF...
  17. AKNick

    Yippee! What the postman brought

    Well I've ordered my first 120cc and keep thinking "what am I doing?!" LOL. But with NWRC leaving the west coast I kind of felt like it was now or maybe never. Got a 104" Skywing Extra NG in R/W/B scheme. I just love how their products assemble and after thinking about getting an extreme flight...
  18. AKNick

    Scale Nelitz 1/3 scale Cub build

    I know a guy who liked to use genuine wood screws for his motor mounts..... The blind nuts would be fine with some locktitie and with a split lock washer under the bolt head I'd Think. I probably would have used a fender washer and a nylock. Should be just fine though!
  19. AKNick

    Scale Nelitz 1/3 scale Cub build

    I've used some 4mm EVA Foam sheet as a wall heat shield before with good luck.
  20. AKNick

    Scale Nelitz 1/3 scale Cub build

    Good work on the ignition bracket! I may suggest adding a heat shield deflector from the cylinder in from of it. I'm pretty sure I've killed an ignition due to that. Although I'm sure your cub will run cooler than my gasser! Are you going to paint the firewall silver??:)
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