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| John M Oshust | ManzanoLaser Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.12a | Build | 04-Mar-15 14:27 |  |
| Views : 391 |
| When components fall into place and align with each other in a dry elastically bound fit, you can be fairly certain that all will go well when the wings are placed in bonds of the epoxy molecules in the near future. |
| John M Oshust | ManzanoLaser Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.12a | Build | 28-Feb-15 17:09 |  |
| Views : 367 |
| Pulleys take one...faux pulleys. |
| John M Oshust | ManzanoLaser Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.12a | Build | 28-Feb-15 17:08 |  |
| Views : 351 |
| This past Friday around 11 AM I retuned from my annual physical. I was the recipient of the “you will live out the day” guarantee. Rather than faux pulleys, the design team has decided to remanufacture and make functional pulleys. After I retuning from the doctor, we knocked out 8 pulleys. After my thrilling physical exam, it felt a bit different sitting on the model shop stool, but the feeling will pass with time. I remembered that in the scrap box there were many wood discs from previous builds. Gumby made the pulleys and I installed Al tube bearings, wooden sheaves, some roof flashing for a bracket, and a functioning aileron cable control pulley set emerged. While not strong enough for a flight model, they will serve my purpose in showing how things worked in WW1 aero planes. |
| John M Oshust | ManzanoLaser Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.12a | Build | 28-Feb-15 17:07 |  |
| Views : 403 |
| Thinking about our growing pulley collection I remembered that we had not tapped a great model component resource, that being the son’s Lego part collection. Having just had his 27th B’day, I do not think Toley will miss a few Lego parts. Stripping the tyres off of some small auto rims, ready made pulleys emerged. |
| John M Oshust | ManzanoLaser Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.12a | Build | 28-Feb-15 17:06 |  |
| Views : 381 |
| With Gumby”s help a third type of pulley emerged. Functional in their design and construction, the sheaves on the Lego pulleys rotate. |
| John M Oshust | ManzanoLaser Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.12a | Build | 28-Feb-15 17:05 |  |
| Views : 406 |
| Now that they are all painted. We have a supply to meet all our cable direction needs for this builds and for those in the future. |
