stangflyer
I like 'em "BIG"!
Heck, I would take his "trash" overflow. LOL....
3D "Extreme" makeover Terryscustom edition
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Terryscustom
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LOL, you guy's are funny. I did make some balsa scraps tonight in case you want those.
I edge-sanded all my sheeting and taped up some skins and shot them with a coat of "cheap n nasty" hairspray.
Just doodling on cad with some ideas for lightening my ailerons, root ribs carbon layout and a few other things. Just maybe get to go flying a bit tomorrow but I'm going to try to get these in the vacuum before I go out for that.
I edge-sanded all my sheeting and taped up some skins and shot them with a coat of "cheap n nasty" hairspray.
Just doodling on cad with some ideas for lightening my ailerons, root ribs carbon layout and a few other things. Just maybe get to go flying a bit tomorrow but I'm going to try to get these in the vacuum before I go out for that.
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Ohio AV8TOR
Terry how did you cut the wing tube holes?
Terryscustom
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In post number 5, second pic you can see the templates in place and you can see part of the hotwire bow on the table. This bow is made specifically for wing tube holes. The wire is dropped in from the top and the hole is cut out
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Ohio AV8TOR
In post number 5, second pic you can see the templates in place and you can see part of the hotwire bow on the table. This bow is made specifically for wing tube holes. The wire is dropped in from the top and the hole is cut out
Okay got it, thanks. I did a lot of cut foam wings with tubes but I had access to a 5-axis router which made it easy to bore those holes. So no timing tick marks just free had paying attention to quadrants then?
Terryscustom
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No real magic with the holes I normally rough cut them out, remove the core and then go around the template again. I have a pretty high end power supply for my wire so I can dial down to .01 amps so the wire just cuts and does not melt the crap out of things. I also laser my templates a few thousandths undersized and fine tune the hold with the wing tube and sticky sandpaper. Takes less glue when the tube hole is nice and snug.
I'm not going to this time but I'm considering doing my servo and control horn box holes with the CNC after sheeting. But right now I have too many projects to mess with that.
Have some work to do and hope to get to sheeting later today. This morning I lasered out a few goodies though.
- SFG's
- Servo Boxes
- Foam coring templates (for after sheeting)
- Redneck step drill
The drill is for making the hole larger in the fuse to fit the new wing tube sleeve. I lasered the small step for a slip fit inside the existing sleeve and the large step for a few few thousandths under the new sleeve O.D. to allow for some slop while drilling. First ring on large step has 100 grit sticky sandpaper stuck to it.
I'm not going to this time but I'm considering doing my servo and control horn box holes with the CNC after sheeting. But right now I have too many projects to mess with that.
Have some work to do and hope to get to sheeting later today. This morning I lasered out a few goodies though.
- SFG's
- Servo Boxes
- Foam coring templates (for after sheeting)
- Redneck step drill
The drill is for making the hole larger in the fuse to fit the new wing tube sleeve. I lasered the small step for a slip fit inside the existing sleeve and the large step for a few few thousandths under the new sleeve O.D. to allow for some slop while drilling. First ring on large step has 100 grit sticky sandpaper stuck to it.
stangflyer
I like 'em "BIG"!
We have Rembrant, Van Gogh, Picasso, de Vinci and we have TERRY.....
Damn fine artistry.
Just out of curiousity... It's been some time since I really did any building...per sey, I've heard of the hairspray thing. Can't remember why.... Refresh my memory please?
Just out of curiousity... It's been some time since I really did any building...per sey, I've heard of the hairspray thing. Can't remember why.... Refresh my memory please?
Jetpainter
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The homemade drill bit is an awesome idea!
Terryscustom
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On the inside of the sheeting it keeps the sheeting from soaking up excess resin / poly glue while spreading it. I'll be doing resin and vacuum bagging so it allows you to use less resin.
Some people use it on the outside of the sheeting prior to final sanding but I've tried it and did not see any noticeable difference in covering adhesion.