| Hangar |
Aircraft |
Category |
Date |
Preview |
| hjlittman | Guillows Series 500 - Hellcat | Build | 09-Sep-07 18:41 |  |
| Views : 1465 |
| Hellcat bones. All kit wood but run through a thickness sander as well as reducing outlines and cutting lightening holes. Most of lightening is doen behind C.G. |
| hjlittman | Guillows Series 300 - Cessna 170 | Parked | 09-Sep-07 18:37 |  |
| Views : 1738 |
| Jim Springer's Cessna 150 was second with a 76 second flight, on rubber. He backed it up with a 75 second flight. |
| hjlittman | Guillows Series 300 - Cessna 170 | Parked | 09-Sep-07 18:36 |  |
| Views : 1615 |
| Cessna 170 by "Stuka" Dave Gee on it's nose behind mine was winner with 77 second flight with Gasparin CO2 engine. 300 series Storch was also by Dave. I had prop troubles and finished last. |
| hjlittman | Guillows Series 300 - Cessna 170 | Parked | 09-Sep-07 18:32 |  |
| Views : 1647 |
| Close up shows Gizmo Geezer free-wheeling prop with adjustable hub. Formers scallopped between stringers where tissue does not need to be attached to insure smooth tissue, Wheel mounting is temporary. I just needed to get it flying Sunday morning. Fi |
| hjlittman | Guillows Series 300 - Cessna 170 | Build | 09-Sep-07 18:28 |  |
| Views : 1480 |
| Tissue on. Stab and rudder pinned down while shrinking to eliminate warps, Wing tissue shrunk with a 1/16 inch wedge under trailing edge of tip rib to build in washout. |
| hjlittman | Guillows Series 300 - Cessna 170 | Build | 09-Sep-07 18:26 |  |
| Views : 1498 |
| Detail of nose modifications, Front of plastic cowl was cut off by rotating it, on it's back on the board, against an Exacto blade attached to a wooden block of the right height. Cowl front filled with balsa. |
