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| TJH | Guillows Series 900 - Skyraider | Build | 25-Nov-12 15:13 |  | | Views : 636 | | Today's progress. |
| TJH | Guillows Series 900 - Skyraider | Build | 11-Nov-12 18:11 |  | | Views : 630 | |
| TJH | Guillows Series 900 - Skyraider | Build | 11-Nov-12 18:11 |  | | Views : 649 | | Nolan starting his Skyraider. I will be assisting from the sidelines. |
| hjlittman | Guillows Series 900 - Skyraider | Build | 18-Oct-12 13:41 |  | | Views : 1087 | | Sanded down, the filled area makes a better looking cowl anyway. |
| hjlittman | Guillows Series 900 - Skyraider | Build | 18-Oct-12 13:40 |  | | Views : 1090 | | The noses of the 900 series kits tend to be a little weak so I do a little fill in to make them stronger and easier to handle. |
| hjlittman | Guillows Series 900 - Skyraider | Build | 18-Oct-12 13:38 |  | | Views : 1013 | | am doing a 900 Series Skyraider for the "G" Challenge this year. The Skyraider has been on my small building board for some months but has been sidetracked by more pressing projects. Since there are only 14 days left in this year's "G" Challenge I figured that I had better get to it. Of course I know someone who builds his contest models the night before the contest, but that is another story. The wood in this kit is quite light but a tad on the brittle side. I had to sand the back sides of the sheets to get the parts out. And, even then I still had to do some cutting. Fortunately, the sheets containing the fuselage sides were approximately the same density and grain structure, so the fuselage went together straight without any trouble. |
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| Mazaman | Guillows Series 900 - Skyraider | Build | 06-Oct-12 16:39 |  | | Views : 933 | | Should have read the post on not shrinking the stab. Warped pretty good. Prelim test flights were pretty bad, with a steep bank. I've tried unwarping with steam, but it seems to want to return to warped state. |
| Mazaman | Guillows Series 900 - Skyraider | Build | 06-Oct-12 16:35 |  | | Views : 937 | | Finished base layer of tissue. Put on dry with a glue stick as adhesive. Shrunk with 50/50 alcohol & water. Wings came out pretty good, fuse was ok with a few wrinkles, the stab.... |
| Mazaman | Guillows Series 900 - Skyraider | Build | 23-Sep-12 05:02 |  | | Views : 946 | | Here I completed scalloping. |
| Mazaman | Guillows Series 900 - Skyraider | Build | 23-Sep-12 05:01 |  | | Views : 888 | | I screwed up the plastic nose cowling trying to fit the prop so I made a new one on my mini lathe. The added weight of the wood cowling helped a lot with balancing the plane. Slipped a bit with the skew but should come out when i sand to size. |
| Mazaman | Guillows Series 900 - Skyraider | Build | 18-Sep-12 05:03 |  | | Views : 892 | | In build #1, the plans called for a single piece wing assembly. The A-1 calls for separate wings glued to the fuselage. Separate wings was definitely easier to attach to the fuse, but I wonder what will happen in the 1st crash. I can foresee some major damage to the fuse. |
| Mazaman | Guillows Series 900 - Skyraider | Build | 18-Sep-12 04:53 |  | | Views : 854 | | here is the side profile of the wingtip |
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