Sport Idiot Boy Builds an Old School World Engines Robin Hood 99 Kit

[pawnshopmike]

Dang. Takes a lot of clamps to stick build a toy airplane.

 

[stangflyer]

Dang. Takes a lot of clamps to stick build a toy airplane.

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Clamps on wooden structure: Good
Spilt beer on wooden structure: Not so much.
Drink that brew, and another and another and.... Oh, you want that wing straight??? Lol
Looks great Mike!

 

[pawnshopmike]

Clamps on wooden structure: Good
Spilt beer on wooden structure: Not so much.
Drink that brew, and another and another and.... Oh, you want that wing straight??? Lol
Looks great Mike!

The IPA is what keeps me going.

 

[Decal Dennis]

I thought It would be ready to fly by now....better drink more beer!

 

[HRRC Flyer]

Hey @pawnshopmike
If you wanted to make installing shear webs more exciting, you could have cut them to fit between the topo and bottom spar. . . . .

 

[Snoopy1]

Are sure you want to build this as a one piece wing you still have the opportunity to make it a 2 piece wing with a tube. If I was building this plane it would be a 2 piece wing. This takes me back in the days when I first got into so called giant scale in the days all the wings from Ohio RC and Midwest were all 80 inches and up and one piece and they were a really pain in the A** to work on and carry around.

 

[Terryscustom]

Awesome! Thanks Terry. I'm going to stop by Lowe's on my way to work this morning and see if they have that in stock. If not, I'll order some. Sounds like great stuff.

Another question for you Terry, I can't remember what brand of CA you use? Was it Loctite? I think @BalsaDust uses the same.

Sorry didn't check back for a few days, I really like the Titebond CA because it does not get brittle like other CA's and it also bonds really well with plywood. Apply in in two coats. First a bead with parts clamped together in their final position, let that bead soak in and cure for a couple minutes and then apply another bead. After curing is an amazing bond. Again, not starting the glue debate but tested right next to Zap it is no where near as apt to get brittle. Especially if you use accelerator which you should try to use sparingly.

 

[Terryscustom]

Dang. Takes a lot of clamps to stick build a toy airplane.

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Looking good.

 

[pawnshopmike]

Sorry didn't check back for a few days, I really like the Titebond CA because it does not get brittle like other CA's and it also bonds really well with plywood. Apply in in two coats. First a bead with parts clamped together in their final position, let that bead soak in and cure for a couple minutes and then apply another bead. After curing is an amazing bond. Again, not starting the glue debate but tested right next to Zap it is no where near as apt to get brittle. Especially if you use accelerator which you should try to use sparingly.

Looking good.

Thanks brother. I might give the Titebond a try if I can find it locally.

 

[pawnshopmike]

Are sure you want to build this as a one piece wing you still have the opportunity to make it a 2 piece wing with a tube. If I was building this plane it would be a 2 piece wing. This takes me back in the days when I first got into so called giant scale in the days all the wings from Ohio RC and Midwest were all 80 inches and up and one piece and they were a really pain in the A** to work on and carry around.

I looked into building this as a two piece wing. It would be pretty simple if I built the wing without dihedral. But that would defeat the whole purpose of this build. Which is to have an easy lazy day flyer. Building a two piece with dihedral is a whole other ball game. Maybe if I was a more accomplished builder I would attempt it. So I think I'm just going to keep it simple and strong. I may regret it in the long run. Time will tell.