Jetpainter
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Thanks Dave, that's what I'm going for.
Scale 50cc Scratch Build From My Own Design Revisited
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Jetpainter
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I installed the cowl ring tonight. First I sanded the inside of the cowl and cleaned it with alcohol. Then I tacked it in with CA and glued it in with Goop. I used a syringe to lay a bead of Goop around the edges, a tip I stole from Terry.
stangflyer
I like 'em "BIG"!
Dang, look at you go. Gonna give Terry a run for his money huh? Looking really amazing. I really don't care for the design of the GEE BEE, but you have brought a whole new appreciation for me to this type of an airframe. Unique, original and really done up nicely. Really looking forward to seeing the completed masterpiece.
Jetpainter
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Thanks guys, Terry is who I want to be when I grow up. Since I'm already older than him and have yet to grow up that may be a problem. 
Terryscustom
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Nice work! Fly Low / Never Grow Up! 
Jetpainter
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I've been working on my wheel pants and axles. The axles are just standard DuBro so nothing trick there, but the wheel pants are massive. Normally I would just install a piece of plywood around the axle big enough to mount the blind nuts that hold the pant on. This time I decided to make the plywood bigger and let it run farther back into the pant. I fly off grass, and after a while the pants always seem to crack right behind the plywood. Hopefully this will be a little stronger since it has a lot more pant to support.
Since there is no flat area on these pants I had to bevel the edge pretty drastically to make the wood fit flush against the pant as much as possible. I also added an extra piece right where the axle and blind nuts are just to make sure it will tighten up to the gear leg without distorting the pant. After I had a satisfactory fit, I glued them in with Goop.
Since there is no flat area on these pants I had to bevel the edge pretty drastically to make the wood fit flush against the pant as much as possible. I also added an extra piece right where the axle and blind nuts are just to make sure it will tighten up to the gear leg without distorting the pant. After I had a satisfactory fit, I glued them in with Goop.
Jetpainter
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When your doing just a small piece of ply to hold the blind nuts you normally only need to bevel the bottom.
Last night I cut the slots in the pants so they will slide over the axle, and installed the blind nuts. Since I fly off grass I raised the wheel pants up some. I've done that before and it does help on the wear and tear. Unless you hit a pine cone that is. Those things are really hard on wheel pants.
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Now that the holidays are mostly past it's time to get back to work on the project. I had 27 people in the house for Christmas Eve which meant I had to turn the family room back into a family room instead of an airplane hanger and I needed to clean the shop. Now that all that madness is over it's time to get to work.
I had decided earlier to round the tips of the ex Yak 54 elevators and wings So they look more at home with the fuse design.
Unfortunately I didn't take any pictures of the process since I was playing it by ear. When I do the other side I will take pics. Here is what the first one looks like compared to the original shape.
I had decided earlier to round the tips of the ex Yak 54 elevators and wings So they look more at home with the fuse design.
Unfortunately I didn't take any pictures of the process since I was playing it by ear. When I do the other side I will take pics. Here is what the first one looks like compared to the original shape.