257" B-36D Scratch build.

[dag214]

Right!
Here is what I got done today, and these wire-keeps are out of this world cool. These wrie-keeps have made my project so much easier to manage all my wiring and air hoses, not sure how I would have gotten everything to fit as nice.
I had to move some airtanks around to get everything to be easy to get to for servicing and maintenance. But she is really coming together.

Thanks, DAG

[John Blackwell]

Dag.
Have you got a calc .on the all up weight of the wiring and the electrics.love the wire keepers and as always what a great job with the details.so many people are concerned with the outside and forget to bother with the inside.keep the pics coming.

[vatechguy3]

are you planning to put something on the bulkhead passthroughs to avoid chaffing on your wiring?

tony

[dag214]

	Quote: Originally Posted by John Blackwell
	Dag. Have you got a calc .on the all up weight of the wiring and the electrics.love the wire keepers and as always what a great job with the details.so many people are concerned with the outside and forget to bother with the inside.keep the pics coming.

At this time she still looks to be about 93-95 pounds. AUW.

Thanks, DAG

[dag214]

	Quote: Originally Posted by vatechguy3
	are you planning to put something on the bulkhead passthroughs to avoid chaffing on your wiring? tony

Nope,
All my war-birds that are electric have never had a chaffing problem. If it was a gas banger, or 3D(high G's) I would.

Thanks, DAG

[dag214]

Today I took the retracts back out of the airframe. I had to take every bolt and nut and loctite them. I also had to adjust the centering of the arms, and adjust the ultimate travel of the air cylinders. I hope to get the retracts back into the airframe and hooked up to the air system for testing by next weekend. If that all goes as planned I will be right on schedule.

I also did a test of my air disconnects, I put a tank on a gauge with a disconnect between the input valve and the tank. The system held 100 psi for 3 days with no loss of pressure. I would say the Robart disconnects work just fine.

Some may ask why I am mixing Century Jet parts with Robart, the reason is that in testing the Robart retracts valves are easier to access than the Century, and the Robart disconnects use rubber "O" rings.

I also threw in a few pics of me and my son with the airframe, and outboard wings. She really is big bird.

DAG

[Baj]

One hell of a project there Dag, fantastic, seeing you and your son next to your project is a real treat. Hope to shake your hand at JoeNall.
Happy New Year

Regards

Baj

[rdgood]

All I can say is OMG!
Dag it looks awesome...

The landing gear is truly immaculate.

I remember the first prototypes you made from then to now -its just completely fricken awesome.
This is defintely first rate.

Ronster

[ericb]

Thanks for the updates.

[Mokken]

	Quote: Originally Posted by rdgood
	All I can say is OMG! Dag it looks awesome... The landing gear is truly immaculate. I remember the first prototypes you made from then to now -its just completely fricken awesome. This is defintely first rate. Ronster

I second your observation..

[Pittsflyboy]

I wish I had your energy!!!! Great build.

[dag214]

Here is what I got do last night and about a hour tonight. I hope to pressurize the nose gear system late tomorrow and see how it all works, then the mains by Friday.

DAG

[rdgood]

Duuude!

i mean DAG...

I hope there will be one of cool vids of the gear functioning.

this is so cool..

Ronster

[66stang]

Dag, on the retract cylinders, how do you plan to secure them to the airframe? The only reason I ask, is on my P-51, sometimes when I fill the tank it wants twist and come lose. I was surprised when I saw the cylinder lose in the airframe once. I then did a test with the wings off and sure enough when filling, the bottle would spin then twist out of the Velcro!

[dag214]

	Quote: Originally Posted by 66stang
	Dag, on the retract cylinders, how do you plan to secure them to the airframe? The only reason I ask, is on my P-51, sometimes when I fill the tank it wants twist and come lose. I was surprised when I saw the cylinder lose in the airframe once. I then did a test with the wings off and sure enough when filling, the bottle would spin then twist out of the Velcro!

They are not lose, they are attached to 1"X10" ply with industrial Velcro like the kind used in sercuring the top of a full scale hot-air balloon. I had to reinforce the ply as the first time I removed a air-tank the Velcro did not want to let lose and ripped out the plywood.

Thanks, DAG