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Sorry, I meant that I put screws in six of the tabs, three on each side. Did you mount your servo rails / boxes before or after you sheeted?
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I put rails in before sheeting. I used basswood instead of ply. Some people say it can split but from my testing before hand it seems to work better than ply. I decided against boxes since they would be a lot of work to make with the limited tools I have(wish I had a laser). I haven't cut the sheeting away so I don't know how it will look just yet but if need be I will make some little ply doublers to go around the servo...like what 3dhs includes with some kits for throttle/choke.
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OK, what do you do at the golf course, in South Dakota, in late December when there is no snow and it's 40+ degrees and no wind...........YOU FLY!!!
Here's a few of RobbinsP tearing it up. Almost had a tree, but luckily Dora the Explorer was in control (for his little girl, we're not that strange). |
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I gave my low emotional Extra a smack down:
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We blew off the sand trap, but the trees were just a little close to make some rudder tracks in the sand......have to save that for next time.
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We did some flying yesterday also. At the flying field...
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Very nice!!
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Well, another long weekend and did not do jack with my airplane project
I did go in for a few hours on Monday to finish up the cowl install. There was a fair amount of swearing at it, not because it was hard, but because things did not fit quite right. As noted before the canopy foam must have been a little short because I had to squeeze it together and add material to git it to match the F2A former. I think the foam should have been the actual size of the F2A so that I could sheet over top of it, however the cowl would still have been about 1/4" too tall. I had to trim off 3/8" from the cowl height tapered to 0" at the front. After about a dozen times with the cowl off and on again I got it to fit so that the cowl and canopy deck have a fairly clean line on top, the split joint looks good and the spinner is centered on the cowl. I was going to sheet my rudder foam this afternoon, but it is a little jagged from the wire cutting and I would have had to sand a ton off to get it smooth enough to use 30NF. I sanded the larger groves down and smoothed the "waves" in the rudder and the shucks. Then I installed the sheeting with Gorilla glue instead so that will sit for the night and most of tomorrow. Lastly I got started cutting the canopy shell, but had to go home to work on some non-airplane related laser work for the night so I'll have to pause here for today. |
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Whoever cut that foam has no clue what they are doing.
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Yes, I think Matt should not cut the foam.
It needs to be done right or we are just pis s ign money up the wall. I had the same problems with the canopy fit, but lucky I found this and did the cowl first, then I built up the canopy with 3/8 balsa sticks. Even then it was not right. |
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