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| LASTWOODSMAN | Scratch Built Curtiss Pusher | Parked | 28-Jan-17 15:53 |  | | Views : 251 | | The wheel rim sharp corners were then sanded by Dremel with 120 grit sanding bands on the Dremel 1/4" Drum Sander. Then I fine sanded everything with 320 grit paper by hand. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Scratch Built Curtiss Pusher | Parked | 28-Jan-17 15:45 |  | | Views : 239 | | The #59, 0.041" felloe holes in the wheel rim were then chased enlarged with a 1.5 mm (0.0565") bit, then a #50 - 0.0695" bit, then a 5/64" 0.0781" bit, and finally a 3/32" 0.0938" bit using a pin vise. I wish I had a drill bit between 5/64" and 3/32" - ie an 11/128" 0.0859" drill bit, which would have been a more perfect, tighter fit, for the 0.080" diameter spokes - next time ... |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Scratch Built Curtiss Pusher | Parked | 27-Jan-17 15:47 |  | | Views : 254 | | The holes already drilled into the rim were from a 0.041" #59 drill bit and Pin Vise. Since the hardwood toothpic spokes are about 0.086" in diameter, I will now chase each one of these 16 holes up to 3/32" or 0.0938" holes for the spokes to have some "wiggle" room in order to attach into the hub holes yet to be made. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Scratch Built Curtiss Pusher | Parked | 27-Jan-17 15:28 |  | | Views : 251 | | This is the greater angle of "Felloe" hole through the wheel rim, for the other side of the wheel to provide a "deeper" dish. I used a smaller 4.4 mm spacer under the hub. In this way, the spokes should, I hope, attach to the hub at equal distances from the hub ends. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Scratch Built Curtiss Pusher | Parked | 27-Jan-17 15:22 |  | | Views : 261 | | This will be an "Assymetrical Dish" 16 wooden spoke wheel. This is the shallower angle of the "Felloe" holes in the wheel rim to provide the "shallower" dish side of the wheel. I used an 8.6 mm spacer under the hub to raise the hub to the correct level, slid on the hub, sllid a 1/8 " location pressure holding support tube on top of the hub with a small square balsa pressure plate on top of that to make everything secure. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Scratch Built Curtiss Pusher | Parked | 27-Jan-17 10:16 |  | | Views : 276 | | The 16 spoke wooden wheel is "laid out." The aluminum sleeve bearing is sized and cut, and the Hub and Toothpic Spokes are stained and ready. Now the hard part - drilling the "Felloe" holes in the rim into the same line as the "Moritse" female end holes in the hub, to take the "Tenon" male end point of the toothpic. |
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| LASTWOODSMAN | Scratch Built Curtiss Pusher | Parked | 26-Jan-17 11:29 |  | | Views : 397 | | Katherine Stinson - arguably the greatest femal aviator. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Scratch Built Curtiss Pusher | Parked | 26-Jan-17 11:26 |  | | Views : 316 | | Katherine Stinson - "The Flying Schoolgirl" |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Scratch Built Curtiss Pusher | Parked | 26-Jan-17 11:24 |  | | Views : 270 | | REMEMBERING KATHERINE STINSON She was the first woman to fly air mail in the US, and in Canada, she was the first person, man or woman, to deliver mail between Calgary and Edmonton. She set many records - Dec 11, 1917 she flew 610 miles non-stop friom San Diego to San Francisco in a record 9 hrs and 10 min. She was always a supporter of the Women's Suffragette movement and equal rights for women. In 1917 she became a Red Cross Ambulance Driver in Europe, where she contracted Influenza in the waning months of WW1, which later turned into Tuberculosis in 1920 and she had to enter a Sanitarium. This also ended her glorious, short-lived flying career, as she was too frail to fly anymore. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-RL4Gu07J4 |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Scratch Built Curtiss Pusher | Parked | 26-Jan-17 11:13 |  | | Views : 274 | | REMEMBERING KATHERINE STINSON During WW1, she flew a Curtiss JN-4D for the American Red Cross, having been twice refused as a fighter pilot. In June 1916, she also flew into Western Canda at Calgary, Edmonton, and Winnipeg. She took a boat with her plane to the big cities in Japan and China to flyl exhibitions and raise money for the Red Cross. In April 1917, the US entered the war, and she returned to the US with over $2,000,000 in charitable donations for the Red Cross. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-RL4Gu07J4 |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Scratch Built Curtiss Pusher | Parked | 26-Jan-17 11:03 |  | | Views : 346 | | REMEMBERING KAHTERINE STINSON She was the 4th woman in the US to obtain a Pilot's Certificate on July 24, 1912 at age 21. By 1913, at age 22, she flew a Wright Model B Flyer on Exhibitions Circuits, billing herself as the "Flying Schoolgirl". All of her stunt flying was done in A/C using the Wright control system, which uses two side mounted levers for pitch and roll, and top mounted controls for throttle and yaw. By 1914 she was flying all over the US. On July 18, 1915 she was the first woman to perform a "LOOP" in an early "Laird" biplane. She was also the first woman to flly at night. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-RL4Gu07J4 |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Scratch Built Curtiss Pusher | Parked | 26-Jan-17 10:50 |  | | Views : 275 | | REMEMBERING KATHERINE STINSON Feb 14, 1891 - July 8, 1977 at age 86. She was a Pioneer Aviatrix and Stunt Flyer, who, by the end of 1915 at age 24, had become a national flying sensation. Her flying inspired her younger brothers to form the Stinson Aircraft Company. She first became interested in flying when she took her first ride in 1912 from Jimmy Ward. She took fllying lessons at the Wright Flying School and soloed after 4 hrs of instruction. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-RL4Gu07J4 12 min video of the Stinson family |
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