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hjlittmanGuillows Series 300 - Piper Cub 95Build06-Mar-12 16:24
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I'm building another 300 Series Super Cub, but this time it's kit bashed into an L-4 Grasshopper for the Blacksheep Squadron "Grasshopper Challenge" on March 17th. Actually, any plane that had an "L" designation is eligible, and my Air Force Beaver is Ok (L-20), I thought this one would fly even better. I found reliable drawings of the L-4, traced the critical sections, the nose and greenhouse cabin, enlarged them to the proper scale, printed them on tracing paper, and layed them over the Guillow's plans to see if the kit bash was possible. The nose ended up with exactly the same length (moment) so I went ahead with my project.
pfinnGuillows Series 300 - Piper Cub 95Reference04-Feb-12 15:48
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hjlittmanGuillows Series 300 - Piper Cub 95Parked31-Oct-11 12:33
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Unfortunately, they mowed all the tall grass around the edge of the park, so I haven't found a safe place to test glide and trim it yet.
hjlittmanGuillows Series 300 - Piper Cub 95Parked30-Oct-11 18:21
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hjlittmanGuillows Series 300 - Piper Cub 95Build28-Oct-11 12:55
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Here is the plastic cowl being covered with a single piece of wet Esaki tissue pulled and stretched around it. The excess is trimmed with dry.
hjlittmanGuillows Series 300 - Piper Cub 95Build28-Oct-11 12:54
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Frames being covered, wet, with Esaki tissue. The color scheme is right off the box cover. The bottom of the fuselage is covered with blue tissue. The blue side flashes will be added, dry, as trim after the fuselage has it's first Krylon misting. The blue tissue would turn green with the yellow under it if applied wet. Then the fuselage will get another Krylon misting. Yes, the struts are covered with tissue.
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hjlittmanGuillows Series 300 - Piper Cub 95Build23-Oct-11 00:05
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The basic sanding is done and after the cowl key and magnets I will be able to start the covering process. There are a couple of other changes from stock...I added the wing locating pins, like my Beaver and Porter designs, to keep the incidence correct and a real tailwheel instead of the wooden cutout.
hjlittmanGuillows Series 300 - Piper Cub 95Build22-Oct-11 17:01
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Front of former B1 and back of former at rear of cowl (B0..my designation) are covered with 1/64" plywood. Rare earth magnets will hold cowl on and provide needed ballast.
hjlittmanGuillows Series 300 - Piper Cub 95Build22-Oct-11 12:08
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Straight out of the box build except for the removable nose and colored tissue covering.
hjlittmanGuillows Series 300 - Piper Cub 95Build22-Oct-11 11:44
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Finally got it on the board
pfinnGuillows Series 300 - Piper Cub 95Reference10-Jan-11 18:41
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There was a separate hall for FF and they had a building area for the kids to assemble some rubber power models and fly them. Jimmy and Katarina had a blast. We spent about 2 1/2 hours in there! Katarina won two 1sts in mass launches and Jimmy one 2nd place (due to aircraft breakage right before the call for a "Mass Launch"). Here's a vid of Katarina flying with about 500 winds: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aSlEEizu_I And here's Jimmy with about 250 to 300 winds: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=661VMtUYZTU
pfinnGuillows Series 300 - Piper Cub 95Reference10-Jan-11 18:30
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1/2 scale Hughes H1 under construction. Big.
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