Terryscustom
640cc Uber Pimp
Sooooo, ready to cover yet??
3D EMHW 2.15 Ultimate
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Terryscustom
640cc Uber Pimp
Just checking up, I have not had much time the last couple of weeks either.
ThePledge
50cc
I really wanted it done by huckfest, we'll see. Need to do a few things before I can arrange painting.
Working on getting the tailfeathers finished up/ready to cover.
Picked up some .055 music wire/spring steel for the hinges.
I rough sand the bevels than finish with a 45 degree board. Just slide the tailfeather across the table along the board. Then dry fit the hinges to make sure the throw is sufficient and it's not binding on high points. Getting some serious throw.
Working on getting the tailfeathers finished up/ready to cover.
Picked up some .055 music wire/spring steel for the hinges.
I rough sand the bevels than finish with a 45 degree board. Just slide the tailfeather across the table along the board. Then dry fit the hinges to make sure the throw is sufficient and it's not binding on high points. Getting some serious throw.
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ThePledge
50cc
Back at it after about a six month break haha, been attacking it the last couple weeks so I'll have pics of progress going up.
Built the struts. There is a top and bottom shown in a picture by EMHW (Oben/Unten). Expoxied in the blind nuts then bent the brackets and epoxied those in place. I drilled out the hole for the bolts which will hold the wings together so the bolts are easy to insert and had some small 3mm bolts in place when expoxing the brackets. Made sure the brackets were facing the right direction.
Next cut and sanded relief holes into the balsa to allow the balsa to sit over the brackets on one side and to allow the second piece of balsa to make it past the inward facing brackets on the other.
Glued up using cutting boards to keep the struts flat. The light ply had quite a bit of warp, but they came out perfectly straight after gluing up the balsa sides.
Finally sanded a radius using a scrap of 80 grit and 220 grit.
Built the struts. There is a top and bottom shown in a picture by EMHW (Oben/Unten). Expoxied in the blind nuts then bent the brackets and epoxied those in place. I drilled out the hole for the bolts which will hold the wings together so the bolts are easy to insert and had some small 3mm bolts in place when expoxing the brackets. Made sure the brackets were facing the right direction.
Next cut and sanded relief holes into the balsa to allow the balsa to sit over the brackets on one side and to allow the second piece of balsa to make it past the inward facing brackets on the other.
Glued up using cutting boards to keep the struts flat. The light ply had quite a bit of warp, but they came out perfectly straight after gluing up the balsa sides.
Finally sanded a radius using a scrap of 80 grit and 220 grit.
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Terryscustom
640cc Uber Pimp
Great to see you back at it
ThePledge
50cc
Mounted the stabs. In each stab there is a packet where the copper tub for the steel rod is place and covered in epoxy. Cut the copper tube and glued them in on a flat surface with the rods in and the hinge line against a straight edge as a reference. Flipped them over three times to add epoxy while it was still tacky and able to make a chemical bond. (The epoxy I used runs a bit)
Then expoxied copper tubes into the plane with the stabs mounted. The copper tube going through the plane has some play so I mounted the stabs as I glued to check positioning.
Left a few mm of copper tube sticking out and sawed/sanded it off once cured. Made gluing easier.
Then expoxied copper tubes into the plane with the stabs mounted. The copper tube going through the plane has some play so I mounted the stabs as I glued to check positioning.
Left a few mm of copper tube sticking out and sawed/sanded it off once cured. Made gluing easier.
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Naughty Monkey
100cc
I had the same 'aha' moment about cornhuck the other day too. Glad to see you back on it.
ThePledge
50cc
Thanks, got anything cooking?