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| John M Oshust | 04-Nov-07 19:55 |
| The top is almost there. Guillows calls for pieced stringers. Fortunately my "mini lumbar yard" yielded stringers that can span the wing in one piece....but I must mark and cut notches as Guillows forgot! |
| Barnstormer | 04-Nov-07 19:59 |
| Looks great dispite the Guillows crap, I'm working on a mini lumber yard inventory also. |
| David Duckett | 05-Nov-07 06:28 |
| The wingspan is 36", the box it came in is 20 and 1/4". I'm curious as to which notches Guillows forgot. |
| John M Oshust | 05-Nov-07 07:26 |
| DD none of the wing thingies, spars, were marked or notched. I know the length is based on the box, the wood and Quality control is garbage! |
| poppy | 05-Nov-07 09:40 |
| I don't think John likes Guillows balsa. |
| JohnG. | 05-Nov-07 10:17 |
| What John does not like, he overcomes with ingenious tenancity!!! |
| jimvt | 09-Oct-08 11:58 |
| Well, I was glad to see the comment about the lack of notches on the top of the 'F' ribs.
Lordy, for a first-timer trying to out-think Guillows is a real challenge!
Jimvt |
| David Duckett | 09-Oct-08 12:25 |
| All Guillow plans show where the notches are to be cut, simply lay the wooden piece on the drawn outline of that piece on the plans. |
| jimvt | 09-Oct-08 13:39 |
| Yeah..thanks Dave...when I looked closer I saw the location of the notch cuts. I guess they didn't want to diecut them for fear of breaking my balsa!
Some guys here cud make a buck by organizing some of these plans into a logical, easy-to-follow sequence adding their own tips and selling the result.
Ciao |
| SteveM | 09-Oct-08 14:23 |
| Guillow's plans are said to be some of the best. I have built a plane by Dumas and was impressed with the wood but annoyed with faulty directions and poor fitting plastic parts. The Midwest Aero-Star was by far the the best in wood, plans, and directions. But overall the Guillow's wood is pretty bad and their plans fairly good. The 400 series P-51 I am building now had stringer notches partially cut out, as they typically do. But the depth cut is often too deep or slightly off center which makes running stringers a real challenge. I prefer to have the stringer positions shown on the plans and be allowed to cut my own notches.Organizing and making building directions with tips like you have described is often called a practicum. I have seen these for ship models but not for planes. Rather than pay for a practicum you can often get all the information you need for free from right here on the Virtual Aerodrome. |
