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| hjlittman | HJL Models P-6E Hawk | Build | 09-Feb-20 15:59 |  |
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| Pre-production check build before cutting beta test kits. Layout of fuselage parts. |
| hjlittman | HJL Models Satellite | Parked | 30-May-19 12:31 |  |
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| Now for something completely different. This is my latest iteration of my Legal Eagle design that I built last night for the OFFC contest today. I finished it at the meeting this morning and trimmed it during the contest. It flies very well (Designing stable models has never been my problem.) but not competitively. I could probably double the duration with a built for the job prop and the right selection of rubber but it still would not be competitive in this group. There is also the possibility that I've taken the Legal Eagle concept too literally. |
| hjlittman | HJL Models P-6E Hawk | Parked | 03-Dec-18 20:22 |  |
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| Not finished but flyable prototype. The saga continues. |
| hjlittman | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 21-Jul-18 16:00 |  |
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| I traced Former 1 onto a single piece of 1/16" sheet, cut it out and glued it into the back of the plastic nose with the nose reinforcement spacers. Since the plastic nose is meant to go over Former 1 that makes the fuselage 1/16" longer, but who's going to notice? Then I made a simple box key using the opening that existed in Former 1. The top and bottom of the hole is curved so I simply made the top and bottom of the box to match the curves. The key is quite snug and is perfectly aligned but I'm still going to add a couple of neodymium magnets to hold it in place. I hate loose nose blocks. |
| hjlittman | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 12-Jul-18 15:29 |  |
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| I finshed the other side in 15 minutes and left for the dentist. Hint: half height formers are easier to install if you do it after the side keel in installed. More later today, Howard |
| hjlittman | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 12-Jul-18 15:25 |  |
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| I had 15 minutes between coming home from dropping my wife at work and leaving for a dentist appointment so I decided to do the other side of the fuselage. I used some laminated blade tools from another kit as guides to make sure the other half of the formers were in alignment. They happened to be in my building supply carrier but crafter's Popsicle sticks work just as well. I clamped them to the already aligned former with clothes pins, laid the half former against the guides, used a small Scuncii hair clip to clamp it down and applied glue. I find that the little Scuncii hair clips make very useful low pressure clamps. |
