My twice a week video hangout show

Hey Rus.. "good stuff man"! I watched up to 1:00:00.. but when Wally was trying to give his "tour".. at around 00:55:00 in.. I could see the anticipation on ya'll's faces.. I take it that his connection is slower than yours and Terry's. Good stuff though.. and a good bunch of modelers there! I won't ask about "Flat Earth".. but Terry showed some cool "herringbone" cross-grain reinforcement-work on a profile fuse that he was building. He said he used rib-sheet scrap.. thinned-out by some means? You mentioned wanting to stiffen the fuses' rear-section of your "Cardinal"?? to help prevent torsional tail-twisting with full-on control-deflection. This naturally got me thinking.. .. you mentioned using/having some 1/64" plywood. If you started with square-corners (like you would with a new profile-fuse..) and cut 1/64" ply cap-strips top/bottom running rearward to the tail from a point forward.. but at least the wing's T/E.. this should stop "some" of the twisting.. but leaves you with having to cap those strips with balsa for feathering a rounded contour..

I built my speed-models' profile-fuse using square Spruce rails from the nose rearward.. with a balsa core in-between. Granted.. I didn't have a "kit-fuse" to start with.. but a kit-fuse could be cut-down top/bottom for the installation of stiffening-material.. and then "capped" with balsa to re-establish the shape.

These rails are parallel.. but that's just how I decided to build them. They could be angled tighter toward the tail for more streamlining.. but the Bearcat's tail-moment is quite short.. so I went as far back as possible.. and still be able to achieve the contour.



I capped the rails (top/bottom) later-on.. to establish the shape that I wanted.




I'm not suggesting you install hardwood beams down the tail.. but you could possibly install square or rectangular CF tube within a channel cut for it.. and add a LOT of rigidity. You mentioned using CF. You wouldn't need to "glass" anything.. just choose a size the width of your fuse.. lay it into the channel with CA and it will be flush with the sides. A round tube would also work.. but would require more filler-material/weight.

https://hobbyking.com/en_us/carbon-fibre-square-tube-15-x-15-x-500mm.html

I really enjoyed the first hour I watched of the video Rusty! I'll watch more later.

RknRusty wrote:Thanks, Roddie. We have begun installing a new system that allows much more clear video and audio that will be more like we're all in the same room and not clipping each other by talking over them. Soon to come I hope. I can do it from the shop too, which will be good for our upcoming Winter Build-off series. If you or anyone want to join in the live stream, let me know and I'll help you get started. You can do it with a computer, phone, or tablet.
Thanks for watching.
Rusty

I'd never seen anything like that before.. except on TV maybe. I liked it a lot. Every now and then, someone will post a picture of themselves or a vid where you can actually "see" their face and hear their voice. It's so much more of a connection to know what someone "looks like". This video-chat thing goes so far beyond that. It's also cool to see people's workshops.. and the models on the bench or hanging on the wall.. tools.. glue.. but most of all their "character".. and interaction with other fellow-modelers. It's the next best thing to being there.

Who actually records the sessions.. and how is this accomplished?

Thanks Rusty! Very cool stuff!

Hi Rus, I'm at 1:24:00 into the 9/25 show thus far; watched in two 40-45 min. segments over the last two mornings. It's fun to watch.

You had just discussed the users microphones... and how Gerald's was weak/cutting-out. Outside of trying a different microphone; I don't know what can be done in general, to equal-out all of the users audio signal-output. I think it was "Sparky" (looking through his books for a Corsair..) that was using an audio-mixing board with a bit of reverb on his mic. That was pretty cool.

Everyone's mic will have a slightly different sensitivity.. and its proximity to the source will also vary. Then there's how loudly or softly the user speaks. Headset-mic's might help here.. because the mic moves with the user's head-movements.. maintaining a constant proximity. Background-noise would also be minimized. Wireless units are available for freedom of movement.

The difference in audio-levels definitely detracts from the experience. You previously mentioned a "new" system in the works. It may possibly utilize an auto-attenuation/compression circuit between the different audio feeds.. which would be ultimate.. and the users wouldn't have to be concerned with their individual audio-signal levels.

Thanks Rusty, That was a great show! The audio seemed much better this time. I was working on setting up my Ace throttle experiment.. and had the show on in my workshop the whole time. It really helped to motivate me because it took me a few hours to prepare. By the time the show was over.. I had finished my work on the set-up.

It was great to see our Dave Fountain (TDBandit) make an appearance.. and talk a bit about Cox engines!