Scale RCM 1/3 Scale Champ Build

[dhal22]

Nice work you spent a little time at the drill press but you did quite a bit of weight out of surfaces

Hopefully a good Forstner bit sped that up some.

 

[BalsaDust]

Hopefully a good Forstner bit sped that up some.

I would be lost without my Forestner bits.

 

[dhal22]

Me too.

 

[TonyHallo]

Have a cheap set from HF, not sure why they are rarely used? Might give them a try again.

 

[TonyHallo]

Cut out the former for the cowl and glassed it in with epoxy and 6 oz. bias cut cloth. Boy how things have changed, the plans show the former being 1/2" thick with a 3/4" firewall behind it. The former used was 3/32" thick. The cowl shape was quite a bit different from the former on the plans, it was sitting on the shelf for 2 or 3 years, maybe gravity got to it. it is pushed into shape now.

Haven't decided how the cowl will be held on yet.

 

[Bartman]

So Tony, why a giant Aeronca Champ?

 

[TonyHallo]

I always wanted one since seeing it on the cover of RCM in 1991. I like odd stuff, off the beaten path. When you go to a fly in, there is a very good chance you will see a cub, heck two years ago we had 6 Cubs in the air at one time during our Summer Solstice fly in. There were no Champs to be found however, I want to change that. I don't expect the Champ will be ready for June 26.

 

[dhal22]

I'm finding thoughts of my next build to be primarily civilian aircraft. Tony, you are mostly civilian aircraft builder?

 

[pawnshopmike]

I agree. Always nice to see something different. When I had my 30cc Stinson it always drew a crowd at fly-ins.

 

[TonyHallo]

Yes that's all I do, civilian. Cherokee 140, Balsa USA Super Cub, Bob Godfrey One Design, Frank Knoll One Design, Frank Knoll 37% Christan Eagle, Cessna Float Plane, Byron Glasair. Planes on deck, Great Planes Piper Tomahawk, Sig Mossey Bravo, S3 Decathlon (Another Oldie). As you can see I like the old stuff.