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SteveMGuillows Series 400 - P-51 MustangBuild09-Sep-08 15:15
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Sometimes I forget that I work a 3 minute walk from a 6 story library with 1.4 million books that will loan them to me for 3 months. No need to mail me the book now DD, I can read this copy and don't have to return it till December 8th.
SteveMGuillows Series 400 - P-51 MustangBuild07-Sep-08 02:00
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Here is where the wheel really wants to sit. I guess it is time to grind off all that epoxy and find a way to tilt the brass tubing forward so that the tail wheel will want to rest properly.
SteveMGuillows Series 400 - P-51 MustangBuild07-Sep-08 01:58
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The tail wheel was working just fine till I put on the main wheels and gave it a test roll. This is also the first time I have used a wheel with a metal hub so I was actually able to solder on metal washers to hold it in place.
SteveMGuillows Series 400 - P-51 MustangBuild07-Sep-08 01:55
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I was going to use small Du-Bro hinges on the tailfeathers till the unthinkable happened, someone set a "free" box outside their office door with a box of perfectly good 3.5" floppies in it. So now I have hinge material that it just the right size.
SteveMGuillows Series 400 - P-51 MustangBuild30-Aug-08 23:48
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After doing some more work today I couldn't resist temporarily attaching the tailfeathers to see if it wouldn't look more like a P-51. The next step is to install the tailwheel in its scale location then figure out how to make all the linkages work.
SteveMGuillows Series 400 - P-51 MustangBuild20-Aug-08 02:41
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I went with the FF open frame on the non-movable parts and used some 10 lb. cu. ft. C grain for the movable parts (the aileron will have to be cut out to fit the rudder). The kit supplied wood for this was as heavy as plywood so I opted not to use it.
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SteveMGuillows Series 400 - P-51 MustangBuild29-Jul-08 22:47
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Some of us are young enough to enjoy video games and old enough to enjoy working with our hands too. Almost done fabricating the motor mount.
SteveMGuillows Series 400 - P-51 MustangBuild25-Jul-08 02:57
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Here you can see the brass insert and the hole where the dowel goes. I used orderless thin CA on the brass insert so I will find out in a few hours if it effects me like normal CA.
SteveMGuillows Series 400 - P-51 MustangBuild25-Jul-08 02:54
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As promised, nylon wing bolt in front and wood dowel in the rear. I just used the dowel that was supplied in the kit for the rubber motor.
SteveMGuillows Series 400 - P-51 MustangBuild14-Jul-08 13:16
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The famous flight-of-four lead by the Lou IV.
SteveMGuillows Series 400 - P-51 MustangBuild13-Jul-08 18:47
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Poor man's wing incidence gage, looks like I am a few degrees positive. Stringers gave significant strength and stiffness to the wing, more so than the wing of my MM Hellcat which uses a main spar with webbing.
SteveMGuillows Series 400 - P-51 MustangBuild11-Jul-08 23:14
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Cable moves 1/8" in each direction and ailerons are free to move up to 5/8" in each direction. That means I want to size the aileron horn to give me a 4:1 or 5:1 movement ratio. Nylon wing bolt and brass insert will attach the wing LE to the fuselage.
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