Full scale F-86 rebuild thread

[jwilliams]

How much for a ride when it is done? Yes, I am serious.
Jeff

[KIM]

flying low over the island of eshima in japan in a 33 while 101s lock on and run a fire sequence yes i remember those days well

[Uncle Brett]

This is soooo cool. Thanks Dave.

[Gus155]

was wondering what happened to our sabers. still a few around here in south africa, mostly in air force museums around the country, but dont think any are still flying.
still think its the best looking jet ever.

[JeeUm]

winch pod?

[50%plane]

Looks like it's coming along great!

	Quote: Originally Posted by Gus155
	was wondering what happened to our sabers. still a few around here in south africa, mostly in air force museums around the country, but dont think any are still flying. still think its the best looking jet ever.

There's a couple flying around in airshows around here.

[CSpaced]

This is awesome, I can't wait to see more progress.

[dangerboy]

	Quote: Originally Posted by JeeUm
	winch pod?

This Sabre, along with many others, was used to tow a target drone for firing practice. The winch held several hundred feet of cable, and the drone was attached to one of the hard points on the wing, and then released, just as a bomb would be.



Here is a pic of Flight System's next generation target tower, the A-4. See the Dart out on the l. wing?

[ken crane]

awsome project, question. we race offshore powerboats and often need to remove the paint and zink cromate from the lower units. those are mfg from aluim as well. we used peelaway. they are using this on bridges and water tanks around the world. was that a thought befor the stripper you are using?

[JeeUm]

	Quote: Originally Posted by dangerboy
	This Sabre, along with many others, was used to tow a target drone for firing practice. The winch held several hundred feet of cable, and the drone was attached to one of the hard points on the wing, and then released, just as a bomb would be. Here is a pic of Flight System's next generation target tower, the A-4. See the Dart out on the l. wing?

Very interesting, did not know that.

[dangerboy]

Here's some more pics for y'all:



Starting on the vertical stab. See the old Tracor Flight Systems lettering and logo poking through? Looks like they just rattle-canned over that area, it peeled up pretty quick.





Notice the South African flag?







Tail is pretty much done.



The elevators looked brand new when we got the paint off of them, thankfully no allodyne etching, that means polishing will be a LOT easier on them.



Tiny bubbles...





Making progress up the sides of the fuse.

We hope to have the fuse done in the next couple of days.

As far as the scheme goes, it looks like we've settled on one, I'm gonna go ahead had keep it under my hat until it's official...and done. It will be military,it will be sweet, and it involves a LOT of polishing.

Later!

[CAPT KIRK]

Man.... Those Pictures are realy making me miss..... Montana (Hamilton in the Bitteroot valley to be exact). But a cop cant make a decent living up there so here I am... Back to business.. cant wait to see the F-100 restoration.