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| BriandKilby, Comment for image # 13750 | 01 Apr 16 10:18 |
| it's like pulling an engine block out! lol!
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| BriandKilby, Comment for image # 13737 | 08 Jan 15 13:09 |
| thanks for the heads up bill. |
| BillParker, Comment for image # 13737 | 08 Jan 15 13:02 |
| When plywood is cut to 1/4" by 5/16" it becomes spagetti like in it's flexibility. On this plane all the skinny stuff was cut to 48"... On the newer 10 foot jobs we're cutting stringers 3/8" by 1/4 by 8 foot... You can nearly ty a knot in em when they're that long. It's when you try to bend a 4" long piece that you get in trouble. |
| BriandKilby, Comment for image # 13737 | 08 Jan 15 07:47 |
| I didn't know I was repeating myself. |
| David Duckett, Comment for image # 13737 | 07 Jan 15 22:31 |
| Brian: Did you read the answer Bill gave? |
| TJH, Comment for image # 13737 | 07 Jan 15 21:29 |
| Ditto what pfinn said...
Looking great! |
| BriandKilby, Comment for image # 13737 | 07 Jan 15 18:46 |
| how do you get the stringers, which are solid and stiff wood, to fit the fuselage, bill? |
| BillParker, Comment for image # 13752 | 07 Jan 15 16:47 |
| Your fuse... Is built up so to do what I do... You'll have to surgically remove your belly. Drop the wing in, and replace the belly. Then fill and sand. |
| BillParker, Comment for image # 13737 | 07 Jan 15 16:40 |
| Better photo of the belly... The airplane's belly... |
| BillParker, Comment for image # 13752 | 07 Jan 15 16:38 |
| Okay, so I built it so that I could drop the wing in the hole, rather than try to slide it into the fuse. I've always found the the slide in style of construction on the balsa planes needed a bit of trimming around both sides and inside the fuse to allow the wing to slide thru. Little hard to do in pine plywood, so I redrew the plan and made it work more like say a Guillow's P-40... Drop the wing in and build up the belly... Don, if I were doing it all over again, I'd build the wings in 3 parts like you've done, installed the center wing section, (covered) and then installed the belly, and cover. Then add the outer wing panels last... Wouldda made this beast alot easier to handle... |
| BriandKilby, Comment for image # 13737 | 08 Feb 13 10:37 |
| excellent! |
| BillParker, Comment for image # 13737 | 08 Feb 13 10:34 |
| I cut 1/4 pine ply into 5/16" by 1/4" strips, 48" long. The formoers are notches like any average Guillow's or (this one is Diels) plane. I glue and screw each contact point with yellow glue, then a #4 by 5/8" panhead screw. Plane is finally cover in cotton muslin, and thinned laquer is used to seal... |
| lukebozek1, Comment for image # 13737 | 08 Feb 13 10:09 |
| Bill you continue to amaze. That probably could be flown by a small child. |
| BriandKilby, Comment for image # 13737 | 08 Feb 13 09:33 |
| how do you do the stringers that big, bill? you must use whole rolls of tissue at times! |
| BillParker, Comment for image # 13929 | 13 Jan 12 13:14 |
| *LOL* Thank you John! |
| John M Oshust, Comment for image # 13929 | 13 Jan 12 11:53 |
| You have a great excuse...old age. Many happy returns. |
| BillParker, Comment for image # 13929 | 13 Jan 12 09:08 |
| Thank you sir! ummmm... Is that star on the wrong wing? *LOL* |
| David Duckett, Comment for image # 13929 | 13 Jan 12 05:00 |
| Friday the 13th for some but it's a birthday for Bill. Happy Birthday!! |
| BillParker, Comment for image # 13931 | 02 Feb 11 10:48 |
| One of my Favorites! |
| CPN, Comment for image # 13737 | 02 Feb 11 09:08 |
| Bill - I always enjoy your king size builds but this... This is incredible! Keep 'em coming. |
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