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Post by Grug - American Neanderthal on Mar 9, 2007 7:32:50 GMT -7
I have been lacking motivation for quite a while to fly, bad weather and being busy hasn't helped. I will show my ugly duckling that is probably my favorite knock around plane. Midwest Citabria But mostly I have been working on these.
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Post by Galvin on Mar 9, 2007 8:48:06 GMT -7
Nice cows. Very realistic. This is just a repeat of the article I posted in another part of the forum but it fits the description of the material asked for so... I found a Byron Staggerwing for sale in my favorite hobby shop up in Everett, WA about a year and a half ago and I bought it thinking a friend of mine would want it. It turned out he was in the middle of moving up to the Canadian border so I ended up with it. Although it was nominally flyable, it wasn't just bad, it was horrible. When we were restoring three full size Lockheed Constellations I said that their respective conditions represented three possiible outcomes: restoration, ressurection, and restaurant. Knowing at the outset what I know now about THIS project, I would have used it for firewood. But I never was that smart. After coming withing about a sixteenth of an inch of just chucking the whole mess in the trash on three separate occasions, I finally have gotten it to an almost complete state. For some reason the left side of the dummy P&W R-985 AN1 looks rusty in the photo. It isn't. It is as shiny on the left side as the right. I replaced the firewall (the wood used still had the bark on it, Well, maybe not that bad but bad enough). This thing is freaking huge. The wingspan is 76" and it weighs 22 Lbs. The previous owner had stuff sticking out all over the airplane. I stuck it all in the baggage compartment. Most serious lapse of judgment in this project? Adding a complete interior. Blue foam seats, foam wall trim, full IFR panel and throw-over wheel yoke, rudder pedals, belts and shoulder harnesses, etc. Even a scratch built old timey mike and WWII style HS-38 headset. I must have been nuts. Kind of hard to see but the interior is complete down to a blanket and a 1947 "Life" magazine on the rear seat. There is a different 1947 "Life" magazine in the right hand map pocket too. The left hand map pocket, the pilot's sidemap pocket contains....what else? Maps, of course. The Byron retract mechanism comes up into the cockpit so I just hinged part of the floor and the front seats tip back enough to allow the gear to operate freely when it retracts. Nobody is looking in the cockpit while it's flying anyway. Tailwheel goes up right smartly with the mains and all have working doors. I can't wait to sell this thing and see the last of it.
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Post by Grug - American Neanderthal on Mar 9, 2007 12:47:29 GMT -7
Heh, yeah, they are fully articulated and mobile, as well as self contained for the most part. I magine that Staggerwing was probably a technical nightmare, but that is just plain plane cool.
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Post by Galvin on Mar 10, 2007 12:33:22 GMT -7
Thanks.
But I still hate it.
I warmed up the interior pictures a bit by kicking up the brightness in Photoshop.
More detail is now visible.
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Post by jetmex on Mar 10, 2007 13:11:42 GMT -7
I've actually had time lately to do quite a bit of airplane stuff. Now that most of the kids have moved out, there's even room in the garage! Thunder Tiger F8F Bearcat ARF, done as the Reno racer "Rare Bear". 64 inch wingspan, powered by a YS-120 four stroke. It's a beautiful kit with a fiberglass fuselage, factory mechanical retracts and factory pull-pull for the rudder. This one is for a friend, but I may have to get one of these (they make a military version as well) for myself..... ;D Just have to finish installing the gear and do some detail work and she'll be ready to fly. Monogram 1/48 A-26 Invader. This one is about ready for paint. When the RC stuff starts to get on my nerves, I do a little plastic modeling. This one will wear a black Korean War scheme when she's done. Revell 1/32 P-47D Thunderbolt. My first plastic model in a LONG time, took about 20 years to finally finish it. What's everyone else doing?
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Post by ctdahle on Mar 10, 2007 20:50:19 GMT -7
Today's project was roto-tilling. Tomorrow's project is to tear down and rebuild the transmission on the roto-tiller. Farmers tell me this is normal. Who needs model airplanes when there are machines to be fixed?
However, I did do my annual cycling of the batteries on the Kadet and we may try it tomorrow if the wind cooperates.
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Post by Galvin on Mar 10, 2007 20:58:09 GMT -7
I have that "Rare Bear" under construction but am reverting it back to the Navy version. One of the things I didn't care for in the kit was the almost total lack of dihedral due to the use of a straight carbon fiber tube to connect the wings and act as the main spar carry through.
I cut the tube in half on mine, cutting it at an angle of half the desired dihedral. I then turned one side of the tube 180 degrees to get the desired dihedral and then glued and glassed the cut. I then added a 1/8th inch balsa wing rib at the root of each wing and sanded it to match the new dihedral angle so that there would be no gap. The result looks great and adds much to the restoration of the airplane's true character. The part that will take time is the replication of the double articulated landing gear retraction setup.
I interrupted the building of it to finish the Staggerwing and will resume it soon. I kinda think my new ASM 79.5" span Black Widow will be finished first though.
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Post by jetmex on Mar 11, 2007 9:06:12 GMT -7
Dave, Thunder Tiger makes the military version of the Bearcat as well: www.acehobby.com/ace/TTR4578.htmProbably the same basic airframe with the original canopy and shorter tail. If you haven't started hacking, this might be a lot easier.... I'd love to see that P-61......
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Post by zrct02 on Mar 11, 2007 11:06:39 GMT -7
Speading fertilizer, trimming trees, removing and burning dead tree limbs and trees, running water line and electrical to hen house. Getting ready for some 'real' chickens. We have bantams. Takes about 4 to equal a store bought extra large. Tastes better though. Been cleaning up/fixing fences. That cowvine is really nasty stuff. Just as bad as working with barbed wire. Restocked coppernose bluegill and fathead minnows in stock tank. Probably add bass in the fall after these populations increase. Got a bandsaw to resaw the Oak trees I've had to cut up. Plan to make Humidors with it lined with Spanish Cedar. No airplane stuff since Kay passed away. No flying near here - not that I've looked a lot. Still going to happen, but don't know when I'll get the time and motivation simultaneously.
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Post by nun45 on Mar 11, 2007 21:18:41 GMT -7
i have spent the last year recuperating from a fairly nasty breakdown. now i am starting to get some planes back to worthiness.---henry
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Post by Grug - American Neanderthal on Mar 12, 2007 5:53:23 GMT -7
Sorry to hear that Henry, but glad to see you around.
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Post by trimtab on Mar 12, 2007 10:25:41 GMT -7
i have spent the last year recuperating from a fairly nasty breakdown. now i am starting to get some planes back to worthiness.---henry Welcome back Henry! Stay well! I've been working on an Arado 96B. Using plans from David Andersen and incorporating his design toward modifying a Chipmunk kit from DynaFlite, I hope to finish this someday. It will be awhile though. No hurry. . . . I'm being pulled in other directions/projects.
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Post by zrct02 on Mar 12, 2007 10:25:51 GMT -7
Going ons this morning. Some projects one just don't plan on havin' to do. Headless Copperhead. It was in the hen house, so I couldn't blast it with the shotgun. Had to resort to the good ole axe.
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Post by nun45 on Mar 12, 2007 19:12:48 GMT -7
thanx guys!, glad to be around again. now my ambitions are getting big, i am looking for a c130 to put 4, os25's on and i think i just found one! reckon i will go to the shop and finish the dc-3.---henry
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Post by Galvin on Mar 12, 2007 20:57:22 GMT -7
Global (Hobby People, formerly Hobby Shack) has a pretty nice 100" span C-130 ARF now under the ASM (Advanced Scale Model) label. This is the Coastie version but they have a Gray USAF version also. I suspect that this is the one you found. www.hobbypeople.net/gallery/190130.aspOne major suggestion: Use four electric outrunner motors and LiPo batteries instead of the four OS .25 grease generators. Once you get comfortable with electrics you will throw rocks at airplanes with internal combustion engines. Now you can even get custom made sound systems that use recordings of the real aircraft's sound and synch them with throttle movement. The major fear of anyone building a multi-engined model is the distinct possiblility that one or more of those engines will quit at an inconvenent time, like when you are flying. I flew my Aeronaut Grumman F7F Tigercat (two Astro 15 brushed motors) many times without ever worrying that one engine would quit and give me the "how to fly a frisbee" lesson that usually accompanies an engine failure in a multi-engined model. I did all kinds of aerobatics with it, including spins, and never had to worry about a sudden case of assymetrical thrust. It was still in great shape when someone bought it off me a couple of years ago and it is still going strong. Another major advantage of using electrics on multi-engined models is that all four motivators will start simultaneously and, more importantly, instantly as you advance the throttle stick. Trying to get all four IC motors running at the same time will often make herding cats seem easy. And, last but not least, electrons are far easier to wipe off the airplane than burned castor oil if you simply must have something to clean up. I usually don't even bother wiping the electrons off and I have yet to see electron stains on the car seats. Worries about fuel-soaked structure are also not applicable and I can fly even large electrics in places where the locals would lynch me if I was flying an IC model. Most people don't even know you are there flying unless they happen to see the airplane. I just took delivery of an ASM Northrop P-61 Black Widow of 79.5" span and I am very impressed with it so the C-130 is very likely comparable in quality. And I don't impress easy when it comes to model airplanes.
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Post by EJB on Mar 13, 2007 8:48:22 GMT -7
This is my Aerotech 35% Yak posing with my buddy Walt. Right now I'm working on a 35% Carden Extra 260 which is just about ready for covering & painting. If I didn't waste so much time BS'ing here it would've been done by now. ;D Yeah, we like em' big & noisy around here.
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Post by Grug - American Neanderthal on Mar 13, 2007 9:11:02 GMT -7
I love them big ol round engined planes.
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Post by nun45 on Mar 13, 2007 19:24:05 GMT -7
thanx for the tips, galvin! and you are right about the plane i found. please don't take offense but i have made my living for the past thirty some years fixing the internal combustion engine. with that said i would like to say that i dispise electric aircraft and would enjoy using them as targets. again, no offense and thanx again.---henry
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Post by SuppaRoosta on Mar 22, 2007 19:01:12 GMT -7
Here is my latest project. Pro Street Truck. This is the donor vehicle, 1998 Dodge SST-360 Magnum V-8 -Auto-21,000 miles First on the agenda was replacing the 360 with something with a little more UMPH! Lets go with 540 c.i. 871 Blown Hemi that makes a little over 700 hp on pump gas. Next I needed to put some of the power to the ground. So I drew up a 4 point rear suspension to use for reference during fabrication. After pulling the bed I found my first mistakes. I drew up the plans using the stock ride heigth. This major error would make the truck have the stance that 31X17X15 slicks would be totally exposed. Also the wheelie bars wouldn't have the needed adjustment range. I had to add a extra plate to the rear end and change the geometry of the frame rails to get the correct stance and weight distribution. Here is the back half after the changes and welded together. Here is the shortened 9" Ford (that's right, Ford) rear end completed. Moser axles connected to a Detroit Locker differential with 456 gears.
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Post by nun45 on Mar 22, 2007 20:55:36 GMT -7
ahhhhhhhhhh!, a fellow mopar man! we are so few and far between. too bad that isn't an avenger or something smaller, but it is still going to be awesome!---henry
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