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Browse Images Virtual Aerodrome Image Browser ( Small / Large ) Show : All | Parked | Flying | Build | Aerial | Reference Page (5 in total) :  1   2   3   4   5  [ < Prev ] [ Next > ] Hangar Aircraft Category Date Preview hjlittman Guillows Series 300 - Piper Cub 95 Build 11-May-12 17:21 Views : 1263 The formers are still contest grade stuff, 1/32" aft of the C.G., 1/20" forward, and 1/16" for the nose former. hjlittman Guillows Series 300 - Piper Cub 95 Build 11-May-12 17:19 Views : 1280 OK. Here we go again. After the "crushing failure" of my first attempt at a super light fuselage I searched out a specific piece of balsa to make my strip wood for the keels and the stringers at the edges of the fuselage. Back in the day, when a bill of materiels called out for a compnent to be made of "rock hard balsa" this is the stuff they were talking about. hjlittman Guillows Series 300 - Piper Cub 95 Build 06-Apr-12 13:18 Views : 1518 The OH $%!# moment. I was sanding it prior to coverning. I tried to build it too light. I've started on a new fuselage with the same weight formers, but 8 to 10 pound wood for the stringers. It may still come out under 20 grams although I'll be happy if it's under 30. Luckily, I've done it once so the next one will be quicker. hjlittman Guillows Series 300 - Piper Cub 95 Build 06-Apr-12 13:15 Views : 1228 Getting a little carried away with the dummy engine. Push rod tubes and ignition harness, top and bottom. Exhaust pipes and intake tracts will be foam. Not true scale but close enough for a flying model hjlittman Guillows Series 300 - Piper Cub 95 Build 03-Apr-12 12:59 Views : 756 Schrodinger, research assistant. hjlittman Guillows Series 300 - Piper Cub 95 Parked 03-Apr-12 12:59 Views : 801 Painting the cylinders Hangar Aircraft Category Date Preview hjlittman Guillows Series 300 - Piper Cub 95 Build 29-Mar-12 20:21 Views : 679 Test fit on nose. Slightly enlarged Fiddler's Green J-3 cooling baffles are the right size and shape, but need to be make of light card stock. Exhaust stacks will be foam, pushrod tubes pins. hjlittman Guillows Series 300 - Piper Cub 95 Build 29-Mar-12 18:00 Views : 677 1/32 inch "crankcases" to attach cylinder assemblies to nose. Tried to make cylinder baffle air scoops from straw material but plastic has too good a memory. Ended up using paper with baffles printed from Fiddler's Green J3 Cub. hjlittman Guillows Series 300 - Piper Cub 95 Build 29-Mar-12 17:57 Views : 889 Cylinder assemblies with Uhu styrofoam glue. It's a contact rubber cement. Apply to both sides, let dry 10 minutes, press together. hjlittman Guillows Series 300 - Piper Cub 95 Build 29-Mar-12 17:55 Views : 652 Flex-Straw finned cylinders. hjlittman Guillows Series 300 - Piper Cub 95 Build 29-Mar-12 17:55 Views : 709 Foam cylinder heads for L-4 engine. hjlittman Guillows Series 300 - Piper Cub 95 Build 22-Mar-12 23:29 Views : 835 Test fit to fuselage. Page (5 in total) :  1   2   3   4   5  [ < Prev ] [ Next > ]