Older Brothers

ian1954 wrote:It seems to me that you have set up a production line. How many builds do you have on the go at the moment?

How many at the moment?   Well...
1) I have the '67 Ferdinand to go (I finished the '59 last night)
2) Brunhilde to finish.
3) The November Reed Speed entry ready to hang an engine on and rig up.
4) A TD-4 look-alike started.
5) The 70's Super Stunter parts I just got yesterday.
6) Sig Skyray I just started with the son.
7) SkyStreak ARF that I stuffed and broke the nose off that needs repair.  I'm assembling the parts to convert to electric.
8 ) Wife's friend's husband's Goldberg Shoestring to strip and rebuild.
9) Collecting parts for a Cox Warhawk to complete.


In the queue:
1) Templates cut out for a Beginner Ringmaster Bipe.
2) Plans printed out for a WeeBeastie.
3) Cox Action Van to restify to R/C
4) A beam mount Baby Ringmaster
5) Whatever catches my fancy before I get all of the above finished.

The Never Finished Mark

  Not that much then!

Well, the eldest brother got a set of windows and all his running gear last night.  Now he's in the queue for a test flight.



The Backlogged Mark

I may be out of line here, but I would have placed the forward lead-out back a little. It looks almost parallel with the leading edge and may cause some line-tension issues.

Rod.

Oldenginerod wrote:I may be out of line here, but I would have placed the forward lead-out back a little.  It looks almost parallel with the leading edge and may cause some line-tension issues.

Rod.

That's quite alright Rod. One reason I post pics is for you guys to catch me out when I make a mistake. It looks a little forward in the picture, but it's far enough back from the c.g. to keep line tension.  Doing a hang test shows a few degrees down on the nose.  And it's got a couple of degrees right thrust on the engine, also.  I could be surprised on the maiden, but it should be okay.

The Possibly Overly Confident Mark

Well, I couldn’t find any acetate, so I improvised.   I got the thinnest document laminating film I could find and used that.  We’ll see how well it lasts, but for now it seems okay.  But, this just reinforces just how lousy I am with gluing windows on models.  Only thing left is to make up the lines and it’s done.




The Transparent Mark

izzat your babe in the background in the pic?

Hey we could have a forum member wives beauty contest some time. The Ms. Cox World Beauty, Talent and Wit exposition. Swimsuits optional, li'l black dresses mandatory.

Sorry, daydreaming yet again.   

"The pervy Rusty"

Thought I would add the signature for you   

A couple more maiden flights at the Independence Day fly-in at Delta Park.  These fly okay.  But I think I want to use thinner lines on them.  Both planes flew well at minimum control throws, and had enough power to do a comfortable loop.  Now that the maidens are over and I know they fly, I’ll increase the throws a little.  Here’re the videos of the first flights:





The '67 version is a little fragile, as I was afraid of when building it.  The strut attachment to the bottom of the top wing is minimal, and broke loose.  Also, the sides of the nose are unsupported and weak.  I may put some bottom sheeting in the nose area.


The Comfortable Mark

Wow, you're just full of surprises today. It's great seeing your planes in action. You got some pretty good runs out of these planes.
Rusty