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hjlittmanGuillows Series 300 - Piper Cub 95Build22-Mar-12 23:22
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Now to make a proper J3 nose for this thing.
hjlittmanGuillows Series 300 - Piper Cub 95Build16-Mar-12 13:18
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Landing gear wire C/A'd to the back of the former befrore the sandwich former is glued on.
hjlittmanGuillows Series 300 - Piper Cub 95Build16-Mar-12 13:16
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The landing gear is going on "Beaver style" with an end to end wire sanwiched between two formers not single wires glued to wooden struts like the older 300 series models.
hjlittmanGuillows Series 300 - Piper Cub 95Build16-Mar-12 13:14
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Well, the fuselage has finally got enough structure that I can handle it without breaking something. This has been one of the most maddening models I have built. I'm beginning to wonder if I no longer have the manual dexterity to build with "contest grade" (I.e. 4 to 6 pound/cu ft) wood. The fuselage is still sub 2 grams here.
hjlittmanGuillows Series 300 - Piper Cub 95Build14-Mar-12 15:55
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At least it's light. The wings have not been trimmed or sanded here, but are still sub two grams per panel. I'm beginning to worry about just how much rubber it will take.
hjlittmanGuillows Series 300 - Piper Cub 95Build12-Mar-12 14:27
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Keeping it light, I am using much thinner outlines for the fuselage.
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hjlittmanGuillows Series 300 - Piper Cub 95Build12-Mar-12 14:25
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The wing spars are also all 1/16" square. The trailing edge is 1/8" X 1/16". The leading edge is standard size, but much lighter wood.
hjlittmanGuillows Series 300 - Piper Cub 95Build06-Mar-12 16:52
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Again, printing from scans of the plans, I layed out the formers for cutting, There are some modifications, however. The formers from B1 to B5 are on 1/20" sheet and the formers from B6 aft are 1/32" sheet to keep it light. The hole for the rubber cavity has been enlarged since flying my other Piper 95 showed the need for the additional rubber room. The stringer positions from former B5 aft have been adjusted so that the stringers will be in scale positions for the L-4, and the keel notches, top, bottom, and sides have been adjusted for narrower keels, again for lightness.
hjlittmanGuillows Series 300 - Piper Cub 95Build06-Mar-12 16:47
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Even the stabilizer outline is no problem.
hjlittmanGuillows Series 300 - Piper Cub 95Build06-Mar-12 16:46
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All you have to do is soak the wood strips in water, apply the glue (Original Gorilla Glue in this case), bend them around the mold, tape them down all around, and put them aside overnight to dry. You gotta love the Scotch Pre-Cut tame dispenser. My wife introduce me to that for gift wrapping and it come is real handy for this.
hjlittmanGuillows Series 300 - Piper Cub 95Build06-Mar-12 16:43
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Molds for the wing tip laminations.
hjlittmanGuillows Series 300 - Piper Cub 95Build06-Mar-12 16:42
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Printing scans of other parts of the plans I glued them to foam core board and cut them out to make molds for outline laminations.
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