The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

[Snoopy1]

This is hard to believe but I checked the numbers a couple of times. The plane cam in at 4 lbs 15.5 oz and all the hardware and mean everything came in at 6 lbs 3.2 oz so that gets me to 12 lbs and a couple oz’s. Do not think that is to bad for a plane that has wingspan of 85 inches and a wing area of just under 1400 square inches. Note this weight does not include covering which still needs to be done. Hopefully it comes in below the 13 lbs but most likely it will just go over, time will tell. And by the way @BalsaDust can you tell me the weight of your 50cc profile.
Now all I need to do is buy a DA50 for the plane.

 

[BalsaDust]

Mine when I first weighed it was 13.4lbs. I think it has a gained a little weight in a few places but still under 14 when dry.

 

[AKNick]

Cutting up some foam to be glued in place for my shiny new transmitter. My 8FG wore out the foam to the point where it was disintegrating.

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[49dimes]

I think I might have gone a wee bit too far with the "scale" stuff. 's even look real

 

[AKNick]

I think I might have gone a wee bit too far with the "scale" stuff. 's even look real

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Pot hole?!?! what happened, must explain yourself!

 

[Snoopy1]

I think I might have gone a wee bit too far with the "scale" stuff. 's even look real

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O’boy What did you do. I hope that is all you did to that poor-cub. We need all the details and do not blame the radio.

 

[pawnshopmike]

I think I might have gone a wee bit too far with the "scale" stuff. 's even look real

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Yes do tell.

 

[BalsaDust]

Cutting up some foam to be glued in place for my shiny new transmitter. My 8FG wore out the foam to the point where it was disintegrating.

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I have that same exact pair of scissors. They cut awesome.

 

[AKNick]

I have that same exact pair of scissors. They cut awesome.

Costco! I’ve had them for quite some time now and they haven’t seem to get dull with all the abuse I have put them through. Most of my cutting was a strait edge with a xacto blade though!


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[Snoopy1]

@BalsaDust need some help. Did the glas method of joining Ultracote together it work great and you can not separate the two from one another. But ran into problem hope you have a solution. When the two pieces were joined the sheet of Ultracote was flat and smooth. Went to install on the elevator everything went well but when I went to shrink it down is when the problem showed up everything pulled nice and tight and the seems never moved glued solid but what happened is the seam started to corrugate and I could not fix it as soon as I put some heat to the seam to get rid of the corrugation the started to let go. Has this happened to and if so how did you fix it, thanks.