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| jgood | Guillows Series 200 - Fokker DR-1 Triplane | Build | 01-Jul-07 19:57 |  | | Views : 895 | | This is the red tissue that came with the kit. I brushed the glue onto the frame, sanded it lightly, let it dry, then applied another coat of glue and immediately put the tissue on the wet glue. |
| jgood | Guillows Series 200 - Fokker DR-1 Triplane | Build | 01-Jul-07 19:55 |  | | Views : 1015 | | Covering the lower wing. You can see my glass of 50/50 Elmers wood glue / water mix. |
| jgood | Guillows Series 200 - Fokker DR-1 Triplane | Build | 01-Jul-07 10:34 |  | | Views : 998 | | Topwing aileron actuators. The ailerons are glued to the metal rod, and pushing and pulling the end of the torque rod moves the aileron up and down. |
| jgood | Guillows Series 200 - Fokker DR-1 Triplane | Build | 01-Jul-07 10:30 |  | | Views : 946 | | Showing the lightened horizontal tail feathers. They will be operated by a pull-pull cable system, for maximum lightness. |
| jgood | Guillows Series 200 - Fokker DR-1 Triplane | Build | 17-Jun-07 16:46 |  | | Views : 1222 | | CD-ROM motor now mounted, upper and lower wing leading edges sanded. AUW currently coming out as 4.4oz. Seems to balance with the battery behind the firewall, and the servos in the cockpit. |
| jgood | Guillows Series 200 - Fokker DR-1 Triplane | Build | 20-May-07 19:33 |  | | Views : 1350 | | Placed together because I'm impatient to see how it's going to look! And also because I needed a 3D model to try and work out how to hook up the ailerons, rudder and elevator. |
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| jgood | Guillows Series 200 - Fokker DR-1 Triplane | Build | 19-May-07 12:06 |  | | Views : 1113 | | Fuse basically together now. I've done an 'anti Duckett' on it, and actually removed wood from a Guillow's kit! Sorry David. :) As can be seen, I've milled out some of the wood from the rear formers to keep weight down. You can also see the lack of side k |
| jgood | Guillows Series 200 - Fokker DR-1 Triplane | Build | 19-May-07 12:04 |  | | Views : 1012 | | Here is a change I am making to the kit. Instead of using the heavy side keels, I've replaced them with stringers. At the front, the stringer is doubled up for extra strength, the rear 2/3rds is just a single. I'm holding the original side keel up for com |
| jgood | Guillows Series 200 - Fokker DR-1 Triplane | Build | 19-May-07 11:59 |  | | Views : 1014 | | Rudder. It looks a bit odd because I've milled out a lot of the wood in the frame to save some weight. The Dr.1 is notoriously tail heavy, so tiny amounts saved here should actually help. The alternative was to bend laminated strips around the outline and |
| jgood | Guillows Series 200 - Fokker DR-1 Triplane | Build | 17-May-07 07:51 |  | | Views : 1089 | | Wing parts now together - ready for leading edge shaping and finishing, and ailerons begin cut into the upper wing. |
| jgood | Guillows Series 200 - Fokker DR-1 Triplane | Build | 17-May-07 07:50 |  | | Views : 1226 | | Middle wing on the building board. |
| jgood | Guillows Series 200 - Fokker DR-1 Triplane | Build | 17-May-07 07:49 |  | | Views : 1024 | | Fuselage construction closeup. |
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