Scale The Red Eagle rebooted

[acerc]

Things cured up enough to get it on the stand and install the stringers and tailwheel ply. I think I'll go ahead and put the legs on it before moving it aside for the wings.

 

[TonyHallo]

That's a very neat stand. Did you make it?

 

[acerc]

That's a very neat stand. Did you make it?

No sir. Terrys customs did and it is nice, very handy. https://www.terryscustom.com/

 

[acerc]

And we have legs.... Next up, the bottom wing halves.

 

[acerc]

All of the bottom wing ply parts cut out of their tree and the burrs sanded off. Guess there is nothing left to do but start to glue, after a nice break for my back.

 

[BalsaDust]

Looks good so far

 

[Snoopy1]

Coming along nicely. I just have to ask from everything I have see so far just cannot see how this’s plane would weigh 40 lbs. what is the wingspan of the plane.

 

[acerc]

Coming along nicely. I just have to ask from everything I have see so far just cannot see how this’s plane would weigh 40 lbs. what is the wingspan of the plane.

The wingspan is 96", and I was the reason for the excessive weight. This was my first "big" scale build and I went above and beyond in every respect. For example, they gave a ply tray for the rudder servo as seen in the previous pics as well as a seat for the ele servos as part of the tail assembly. They looked to cheap and inaccessible to me so I added a new shelf for each along with all the bracing being hardwood instead of balsa. I basically added a bunch of old school build techniques to a modern arf designed kit, of which I had not been doing. Not to mention all of the hand made accessories such as the slave rod, cabane, and so on was made out of brass. Everything I did to the old girl added lots of weight, this time I am doing my best to stick with the arf style and anything I add will be as light as possible. For example, the old slave rods were nice brass tubes with threading rods brazed into the ends, this one is getting carbon tubes with eye bolts JB welded into the carbon tube which is nearly 1/3rd the weight. My brass cabane is five times as heavy as the kitted one, I can modify the kitted one without adding any weight. The list is never ending, or feels like it.

 

[Snoopy1]

I would say about 8 years ago I build just like you were describing. And it has taken me a number years to learn to build light. My last project was not a very complicated 20cc profile plane. My goal was to build it at 7 lbs or less. I had completely rethink almost everything I use to do. Tough to teach and old dog new tricks.

 

[acerc]

I would say about 8 years ago I build just like you were describing. And it has taken me a number years to learn to build light. My last project was not a very complicated 20cc profile plane. My goal was to build it at 7 lbs or less. I had completely rethink almost everything I use to do. Tough to teach and old dog new tricks.

The funny thing is it only takes removing the covering from one arf to see just how little these airframes need.
By the way, I am doing around the house stuff today and tomorrow. Should be back to the build Friday.