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| rayl | Scratch Built Loening OL-8 Amphibian | Build | 16-Jun-15 14:45 |  | | Views : 685 | | Lacing jig with wheel hub in place on the armature. More to follow, I hope. |
| rayl | Scratch Built Loening OL-8 Amphibian | Build | 16-Jun-15 14:42 |  | | Views : 624 | | I just had to use the new toy. Turned down some PVC pipe, ala John O., to resemble rims for the OL-8. 2" diameter X 3/8" wide w/40 spoke holes drilled through them. The little white washers will be the wheel hubs when assembled. I got carried away with gizmology making the jig, it didn't have to be anywhere that complicated. |
| rayl | Scratch Built Loening OL-8 Amphibian | Reference | 16-Jun-15 14:38 |  | | Views : 767 | | Oh, By the way: My new toy, big sale (+) 20% discount via Harbor Freight. Spent a week taking it down to the nuts & bolts, cleaning all of the ucky red grease out of it and setting it up. I'm gonna have a good time with this one. |
| rayl | Scratch Built Loening OL-8 Amphibian | Reference | 16-Jun-15 14:35 |  | | Views : 572 | | Hope that you are all having a good summer. Just finished restoring the orange glider but need to have time to sit in it. |
| rayl | Scratch Built Loening OL-8 Amphibian | Build | 16-Jun-15 14:33 |  | | Views : 663 | | Hi All! Had a rainy day so no landscaping or mowing. Covered the bottom of the Main Flaot with 1/16" basswood and sanded fair. I'm still trying to figure out the L.G and wheel wells before covering teh rest of the float and moving on. |
| rayl | Scratch Built Loening OL-8 Amphibian | Reference | 16-Jun-15 10:14 |  | | Views : 676 | | Hey Don!! Check this one out. |
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| rayl | Scratch Built Loening OL-8 Amphibian | Build | 26-May-15 19:22 |  | | Views : 621 | | Another shot of teh basic framework. While it looks bent in this photo, the fuse and float are dead straight. |
| rayl | Scratch Built Loening OL-8 Amphibian | Build | 26-May-15 19:20 |  | | Views : 665 | | Some more progress today. The basic fuse & float are done. I did find a set of Willis Nye Drawings that show most of the details that I was looking for, including the operation and geometry of the L/G, which is a very good thing. Now if I can find a set of photos of the cockpit(s) I will be smiling. |
| rayl | Scratch Built Loening OL-8 Amphibian | Build | 26-May-15 19:15 |  | | Views : 634 | | Built a construction cradle to keep the thing from tipping over. |
| rayl | Scratch Built Loening OL-8 Amphibian | Build | 26-May-15 19:14 |  | | Views : 688 | | AS it is a miserable rainy day today, I slapped teh Fuse framework together. The structure is 1/8" sq. Basswood. Since I don't have to worry about flying wieght, but I do worry about getting ham-handed at times, the extra durability might come in handy down the road. |
| rayl | Scratch Built Loening OL-8 Amphibian | Reference | 22-May-15 15:04 |  | | Views : 852 | | BTW: THis is a Loening OL-8A flying over Ketichan during teh Navy's 1929 Alaskan aerial survey mission. Over 7600 large format pictures were taken. Bet was chilly in those open cockpits! |
| rayl | Scratch Built Loening OL-8 Amphibian | Build | 21-May-15 20:51 |  | | Views : 741 | | Another trip down the rabbit hole. Since DD wouldn't float his Beaver, I felt compelled to start on this 35 in. W.S. Loening OL-8A. This is the fuselage float BTW. There isn't a lot of detail on the plans, nor is there a lot of information lurking in the usual places. But, with the big damn fuselage float, two wings, the bare P&W 1340 hanging out in front, it should be a blast. I'm planning on marking it as one of the planes that did the aerial photographic survey of Alaska in 1928. Wish me luck. |
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