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« Reply #1125 on: September 02, 2017, 05:44:57 PM » |
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 finished it more or less. here are fillet and belly fairing details. will finish in avg colours. she flies but well power off, she rolls and crashes. must be a stall. JIM 
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« Reply #1126 on: September 03, 2017, 11:40:24 PM » |
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This is a 16" W/S stick job I designed for playing with a twin motor setup. I call it Bronco Billy since it is loosely modeled after the OV-10 Bronco. It weighs in at 20 grams. I tested it just before dark with a loop of 1/16" rubber per motor to get an idea of balance in the glide before upping power. It seems to glide best with balance at about 40 to 50% of chord. The wing uses an I-beam spar of 1/32 stock for the center section and a T-spar for the outer section.
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« Reply #1127 on: September 04, 2017, 01:57:25 AM » |
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 PB NICE DESIGN i've see similar designs and they flew great/ jim 
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« Reply #1128 on: September 07, 2017, 05:55:57 PM » |
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« Reply #1129 on: October 10, 2017, 07:57:46 AM » |
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Hi Fellas I know this is not the right forum but I thought some of you could do with a laugh. A friend of my daughter is having a Steam Punk Wedding and she asked for a center piece for the table. As she is going as a Steam Punk Airship Captain and after a bit of research, I came up with what you see here. It is Stick and Tissue and the wings flap slowly and the cranks revolve and piston rods osculate via a 9v geared electric motor and the eyes in the skull and lanterns light up, it's 28" long. It was fun to build 
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« Reply #1130 on: October 10, 2017, 08:04:14 AM » |
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Dave, I have no idea what this is about, but never mind - last night I was just wondering that we hadn't heard from you for ages. Haven't you got a backlog of models to test - the Albatros and the Staaken?! Bill
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« Reply #1131 on: October 10, 2017, 08:55:59 AM » |
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Now you simply have to grow a mahoooosive Hipster beard and start vaping...! 
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« Reply #1132 on: October 10, 2017, 12:40:00 PM » |
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All your usual creative flair Dave - but I'm a bit disappointed it's not steam-powered  . Stephen.
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« Reply #1133 on: October 10, 2017, 02:01:23 PM » |
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Utterly bonkers, but in a good way. 
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« Reply #1134 on: October 11, 2017, 01:01:35 AM » |
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What happened to the crew Dave? It's not an airborne flying Dutchman by any chance  It is crying out for steam power and smoke from that stack. ::)What a table centre piece. John
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« Reply #1135 on: October 11, 2017, 02:20:07 AM » |
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You Fellas are never satisfied  I did think of maybe a candle to create some smoke but I could see it all ending in tears. John, I've 100 plastic figures on order that I hope to be able to modify a few for the crew, I even have photos of what the bride and groom will be wearing!
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« Reply #1136 on: October 11, 2017, 03:39:48 AM » |
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Marvellous! Can't wait for the flight vids.
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« Reply #1137 on: October 11, 2017, 04:17:24 AM » |
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That looks fantastic Dave 
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« Reply #1138 on: October 11, 2017, 06:00:31 PM » |
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I even have photos of what the bride and groom will be wearing! Good they can be the stokers  John
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« Reply #1139 on: October 16, 2017, 01:43:48 AM » |
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Dave, very nice. Any trim flights yet?  Roman
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« Reply #1140 on: October 21, 2017, 09:37:23 PM » |
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Diels Engineering Tigercat, 25.5" span. Weighs 66g without rubber. Now looking for some really really tall and soft grass...
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« Reply #1141 on: October 21, 2017, 10:04:06 PM » |
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Absolutely beautiful!
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« Reply #1142 on: October 22, 2017, 02:40:11 AM » |
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I have been building Nat Sterman's Claude scaled tom 24"
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« Reply #1143 on: October 22, 2017, 03:35:42 AM » |
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You are setting a high standard here Mike with another good effort. Is the wing one piece or separate panels?
John
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« Reply #1144 on: October 22, 2017, 08:40:10 AM » |
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Thanks John - the wing is indeed one piece.
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« Reply #1145 on: October 22, 2017, 06:54:33 PM » |
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Did you cover the top of the fuse and the wing first, then attach the wing and finally cover the bottom of the fuse? The taper on the wing looks like it would have made it difficult to slide the covered wing through the fuse. The wing fuse joint looks very neat.
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« Reply #1146 on: October 22, 2017, 09:11:32 PM » |
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TE on the wing is trimmed just enough to slide the wing into the fuselage. I covered the wing first, fit-checked it into the fuselage, then pulled it out and covered the fuselage. I still ended up having to sand the fuselage slot a bit to get the wing level during final assembly.
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« Reply #1147 on: October 22, 2017, 10:21:25 PM » |
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Very, very nice Mike. I may have missed it, but how did you do the transition between the red and silver tissue at the rear of the fuse? I see the black stripe, but that stripe does not line up with the rear fuse former. Right now I'm thinking magic.....................
dogone: again, very nice work. Anymore pics or construction details?
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« Reply #1148 on: October 22, 2017, 10:59:47 PM » |
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« Reply #1149 on: October 23, 2017, 03:19:31 AM » |
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What a great build! I have been building Nat Sterman's Claude scaled to 24"
This is looking very nice too. Super smooth woodwork!
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