Sport Beautifying the Beast

[Krazy Kanuk]

CABANE AND MID WING

The great feature of having all of these build threads, is that you can come across ideas that others have had success with. On this part of the build it was the way to hide the top aerilon wires that go to the receiver. I was able to find a piece of shrink tubing at the local electronics store in Barrie that fit perfectly. I then painted the struts before assembling them to the main fuselage. Per the suggestions, I used blue locktite to hold the tiny 4-40 screws in place.

I'm building this plane to enter into the Sports Scale events around here, and to add a bit more realism to the plane, I added the cross struts to the Mid wing area.

If anyone wants LOTS of pictures of Pitts S12 go to this site. http://www.2wings.com/pages/airplanes/airplanes.htm

It took me forever to cover the mid wing section, I was watching our Blue Jays and it was hard to stay concentrated as they made their great comeback!

 

[Pistolera]

And you ARE going to run those wires into the center section, then out the root ribs...correct? If not then WTFN

 

[Krazy Kanuk]

And you ARE going to run those wires into the center section, then out the root ribs...correct? If not then WTFN

I'm old stupid and senile, BUT not that stupid (yet). I would only do it if I could make the assembly at the field easy, but I haven't figured that out.

That's your project for the morning!

 

[Jetpainter]

Looking good! And thanks for the link to all the S12 pics!

 

[Pistolera]

Well....I'm all 3 of those things plus!!! Thought I had a pic of my wires going into the center section but not. Did find this one of the cabane bracing.

 

[Krazy Kanuk]

Earle what did you use to make the "screws" on the fuselage side. It looks great!

 

[Pistolera]

Earle what did you use to make the "screws" on the fuselage side. It looks great!

Thanks! Good ole aluminum HVAC tape....used to seal duct work in ventilation systems. Has a really strong adhesive.

I sharpened the end of a 1/8" brass tube, chucked it into a drill and used that to cut a bunch of "screws". Once you get a dozen or so up the tube, just poke them out with a rod or something. I laid out the lines and spacing with tape and then hand apply with pointy tweezers.

Same aluminum tape was used to make the flush tank cap and the little latch on the engine oil check door.

Even though there are no cross points on the screws, they look the part.

 

[Krazy Kanuk]

Well....I'm all 3 of those things plus!!! Thought I had a pic of my wires going into the center section but not. Did find this one of the cabane bracing.
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Earle after viewing our picture of your Cabane bracing, I took mine out last night and am installing a new set, one that look more scale like. Again thanks for the inspiration.

Now back to the Major Modification that I am cursing Earle for getting me started on. But al least it looks good. Hope to post later today.

 

[Pistolera]

Ah Oh....I'm in trouble....but can't wait to see it! A scoop maybe???

 

[Krazy Kanuk]

MODIFIED CABANE CROSS STRUTS

After seeing the picture of Pistolera's cross struts, I tore my old ones out and went with a new version. I purchased some Dubro 4-40 Turnbuckles and made up new cross strut wires. I like this look better. I am still waiting for the final package to arrive at my LHS so I can complete the left side.