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| hjlittman | Guillows Series 300 - Piper Cub 95 | Build | 11-May-12 17:21 |  | | Views : 1437 | | 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 : 1448 | | 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 : 1698 | | 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 : 1385 | | 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 : 822 | | Schrodinger, research assistant. |
| hjlittman | Guillows Series 300 - Piper Cub 95 | Parked | 03-Apr-12 12:59 |  | | Views : 861 | | Painting the cylinders |
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| hjlittman | Guillows Series 300 - Piper Cub 95 | Build | 29-Mar-12 20:21 |  | | Views : 739 | | 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 : 734 | | 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 : 946 | | 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 : 716 | | Flex-Straw finned cylinders. |
| hjlittman | Guillows Series 300 - Piper Cub 95 | Build | 29-Mar-12 17:55 |  | | Views : 767 | | Foam cylinder heads for L-4 engine. |
| hjlittman | Guillows Series 300 - Series Pilatus Porter | Parked | 29-Mar-12 17:54 |  | | Views : 1649 | | Somewhat thrashed and many times rebuilt Porter prototype that I have been flying just for fun lately. Couldn't fly in recent High-Winged Cabin Sport competition because of 25 inch span limit. Span of Porter is 26 inches. Wasn't flying well that day anyway. |
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