Scale 50% Dalotel 165

[Forgues-Research]

Roger....I hope you have better success with this than I did. The stuff I tried was Durafix. It seemed to work and flow as advertised when I welded a canister stinger back on. Seemed strong when I tried to break it off by hand.....but the first flight it fell off. Haven't fiddled with the stuff since then.

I was thinking about what you said, just wondering if the heat of the muffler with engine vibration had something to do with this,

 

[Forgues-Research]

Roger,
What the trade name of the rod? Looks great

Aladin is what I have here from our local Linde welding equipment,

 

[Forgues-Research]

Just remember this is preliminary, lots of cosmetic still to be done

 

[Pistolera]

I was thinking about what you said, just wondering if the heat of the muffler with engine vibration had something to do with this,

Possibly....although the main reason I bought the stuff was to repair canisters or pipes. I wouldn't think heat would get to 700+, but certainly there is vibration. I'd test the crap out of it on something before I'd trust it for landing gear though!

 

[Forgues-Research]

completed the two wheel attach I guess you can call this, but still some filing and sanding , then on to the oleo struts

 

[Pistolera]

Sweet

 

[wesley.]

Very cool

 

[TonyHallo]

The welding goods great, is there a flux used with the process?

 

[Forgues-Research]

The welding goods great, is there a flux used with the process?

Thanks Tony, no there is no flux, you simply clean the two parts to be welded, to remove any oxidation , Heat the two parts checking with the rod .
The temperature has to be hot enough to melt the welding rod, but not the two parts being welded, also the hot parts melts the rod and not the flame
I'm not an expert and still learning.

 

[Terryscustom]

Very cool!