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Browse Images Virtual Aerodrome Image Browser ( Small / Large ) Show : All | Parked | Flying | Build | Aerial | Reference Page (7 in total) :  1   2   3   4   5   6   7  [ < Prev ] [ Next > ] Hangar Aircraft Category Date Preview simpleflyer Guillows Series 4000 - Cloud Buster Parked 10-Sep-10 10:06 Views : 564 Covered with some leftover white wrapping tissue and a couple coats of thinned white glue. A couple more coats, a nut and bolt in the nose for balance, a bit of string attached to the wing, and we're ready to go to the backyard for some test flights :o) simpleflyer Guillows Series 4000 - Cloud Buster Parked 09-Sep-10 12:51 Views : 558 The frame complete and ready for covering. simpleflyer Guillows Series 4000 - Cloud Buster Parked 09-Sep-10 12:48 Views : 554 The retaining stripA3 are glued in place. A while back we found a foot square piece of !/64 plywood at the LHS. We're cutting it into small strips and using it for retaining strips. We will see how it compares to the 1/32 balsa in strength. simpleflyer Guillows Series 4000 - Cloud Buster Parked 09-Sep-10 12:47 Views : 566 The Jr. Cloudbuster is quickly coming together. Wing platform A1 and spacing strips A2 are glued in place. simpleflyer Guillows Series 4000 - Cloud Buster Parked 08-Sep-10 19:04 Views : 531 Wing dihedral formed. !/32 sheet glued to bottom of the pod forming the tail boom slot. Vertical tail attached to tailboom. simpleflyer Guillows Series 4000 - Cloud Buster Parked 08-Sep-10 19:02 Views : 504 The nose pod parts glued together. Hangar Aircraft Category Date Preview simpleflyer Guillows Series 4000 - Cloud Buster Parked 08-Sep-10 18:57 Views : 581 The fuselage pod is made of 1/8 sheet with 2 1/16 sheet doublers. The area removed from simpleflyer Guillows Series 4000 - Cloud Buster Flying 07-Sep-10 15:57 Views : 586 The flight pic shows the prominent drooping nose, so we call it the 'Droop Snoot' :o) simpleflyer Guillows Series 4000 - Cloud Buster Parked 07-Sep-10 15:55 Views : 558 It was built early this summer when it was getting hot and the colors were chosen to remind us that 'pumpkin season' and cooler days will eventually come;o) simpleflyer Guillows Series 4000 - Cloud Buster Parked 07-Sep-10 15:53 Views : 538 If anyone is interested what the model was that was used in illustrating the sliding wing mount. It is a scratchbuilt using the wing and tail shapes of the Zaic Falcon and an original built up profile fuslelage. simpleflyer Guillows Series 4000 - Cloud Buster Parked 07-Sep-10 15:35 Views : 527 Since the Cloud Buster fleet is beginning to show its age, a new one is in order. Having a duplicate CB kit, we took the wing parts and built a new wing. We shortened it by two inner bays and added a reinforced center section. This reduced the wing area about 84 percent so we adjusted the tail parts by this amount. The wingspan of this version will be 14 inches. Here are the new wing and tail parts. simpleflyer Guillows Series 4000 - Cloud Buster Parked 06-Sep-10 13:58 Views : 597 A closeup of the opposing throughts at 'A3' formed by the overlapping strips in the previous picture. 'B3' shows an edge view. The platforms on the fuselage slide through these spaces. Page (7 in total) :  1   2   3   4   5   6   7  [ < Prev ] [ Next > ]