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| David Duckett | Berkeley Douglas F4D Skyray | Build | 18-Jan-16 09:48 |  | | Views : 882 | | The front sections need a bit of repair in the upper right hand corner, all 4 sections, before I can add the braces. An extra piece of wood is glued there and sanding will bring it all together. As soon as it warms up... |
| David Duckett | Berkeley Douglas F4D Skyray | Build | 18-Jan-16 09:44 |  | | Views : 874 | | Phil: The piece is actually 11/16" wide...you have a good eye! You can see how it curves. Here's planking on the fuselage, infill on the wing, and sheeting in between. These rear panels look tricky but are actually fairly flat. |
| Don C | Guillows Series 300 - DeHavilland Beaver | Reference | 17-Jan-16 22:53 |  | | Views : 1227 | | Sky,this is the plane. Years ago it was piloted by a friend and neighbor in northern Minnesota. It flew over our home so much that my kids knew it's sound. Thanks to Rayl finding this picture, I found it alive and well in Old Town,Maine. The fun is in the challange of creativit y |
| rayl | Scratch Built Loening OL-8 Amphibian | Build | 17-Jan-16 14:13 |  | | Views : 1034 | | Assenblage of parts waiting to be doped and tissue applied. IT was (-)22 deg. F. overnight and is going to get up to (-) 8 deg. today: the dopeing can wait. Besides I have to get ready to watch the Steelers wump the Broncos. |
| rayl | Scratch Built Loening OL-8 Amphibian | Build | 17-Jan-16 14:11 |  | | Views : 1007 | | One of two wingfloats. 3 coats of nitrate dope. |
| Don C | Guillows Series 300 - DeHavilland Beaver | Build | 17-Jan-16 11:40 |  | | Views : 1238 | | DD,I submit about 12 hours of infilling just to show how artistic and precise yours is. I'll keep practicing and thank God for paint. |
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| David Duckett | Berkeley Douglas F4D Skyray | Build | 17-Jan-16 11:14 |  | | Views : 981 | |
| David Duckett | Berkeley Douglas F4D Skyray | Build | 17-Jan-16 11:13 |  | | Views : 929 | | The approximate scale location for the main gear |
| David Duckett | Berkeley Douglas F4D Skyray | Build | 17-Jan-16 11:12 |  | | Views : 890 | | Styrene tube for plug in landing gear. |
| pfinn | Pat's Custom Models Brown B2 Miss LA | Reference | 17-Jan-16 04:26 |  | | Views : 1020 | | The geometry (monkey Motion) was calculated by the Helicopter guys (which I am definitely not!) and I began to CAD up all the parts, then fabricate all the parts (minus the gears and motor), assemble, and test this thing. It fly successfully in the simulated Mars atmosphere in JPL's HUGE vacuum chamber the test all the Earth orbit satellites in. Just nine little "Hops" but it actually did better that the 4 channel vehicle. Here's a JPL video. I made most of the Rail vehicle, and my two channel is at 1:57ish. http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/video/details.php?id=1355e. |
| pfinn | Pat's Custom Models Brown B2 Miss LA | Reference | 17-Jan-16 04:10 |  | | Views : 816 | | This is something I did for work last year. JPL came to Aerovirnment (where I work) to test the feasibility of flying a rotor-craft on Mars. After a successful proof with a Rail-Guided model in a very large vacuum chamber to simulate Mars atmosphere at JPL, we were asked for a Free-Flight model to further prove the concept. We decided that some control would be needed so a 2 channel (throttle and yaw)) would suffice. Atter further consideration a 4 axis craft was decided on though the Boss Man still wanted the 2 channel for backup. Hence I was told I was on my own to develop the 2 channel vehicle. |
| pfinn | Pat's Custom Models Brown B2 Miss LA | Build | 17-Jan-16 03:20 |  | | Views : 919 | | After a couple lunch-time builds and after hours, the tail feathers are done and the wing is almost ready for shaping. Blazing florescent lighting doesn't make for very dramatic lighting. The laser cutting on this model is superb. |
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