Re: 1/2A stunt trainer design

rsv1cox Thu Jun 11, 2015 12:08 am

rogermharris wrote:
RknRusty wrote:Wow, you dudes have some classy looking stuff going on.
Rusty

Thanks rusty!

Having fun for sure. I think I need to cut a machine gun to mount somewhere...

I need to get the other two finished up. Not even sure I have another bee to put on this one..

Now your talking - machine gun, struts, guy wires, profile pilot with a scarf. Decals, gotta have decals. How can your cat be so bored with such a beautiful Bipe inches away. Smile

BTW, what can top did you get the cowl from? I think roddie/Mark/Kim used one from an aerosal spray of some sort.

rogermharris Thu Jun 11, 2015 12:55 am

rsv1cox wrote:

Now your talking - machine gun, struts, guy wires, profile pilot with a scarf. Decals, gotta have decals. How can your cat be so bored with such a beautiful Bipe inches away.

BTW, what can top did you get the cowl from? I think roddie/Mark/Kim used one from an aerosal spray of some sort.

You know.... I will add a pilot for sure and include him and possibly the machine gun.
I have some printable water slide decal sheets on order. Everything overseen doing has been stencil as I also have a vinyl printer/cuter at work.
Jack (the cat) took over my box of balsa parts. Hopefully he did not break anything. He's a special boy. Bottle fed from two days old. We have 8 others. Most were sick kittens that walked into the house and we nursed them back to health and had them fixed.

Ok back to business.... that cap is from a can of zep foamy window cleaner. It's available here at least at home depot. We use a bunch of it at work so will have to start saving the caps!! It's 2" inside diameter and the fuse was about 1.75" so I widened up the fuse for this one to 2" and cut a new fuse. Also a custom firewall and bulkhead to fit the cowl. more to come

roddie Thu Jun 11, 2015 2:44 am

Wow Rog! SUPER COOL!!! Anyone getting a kit can add a cowling. Just find an aerosol can cap that you like the looks of.. and measure the inside diameter. Rog's bipe's fuse is 1.75" tall. Split the difference and glue hardwood bearers top and bottom, to accept sm. short (#2) wood-screws and fashion stand-off tabs for some side-support. Once the cowl-mount is established.. you can measure the distance from the firewall to the center of the engine's cylinder to make the cut-out for it. I used 1" hole-saws to make both my cut-outs. If you measure/cut accurately, this leaves a 1/8" gap around the cylinder/glowplug.. and ample frontal-airflow around the prop drive-plate. It's not like a "cowled-in" engine.. there's plenty of cooling with an open back.

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What did you use to make the cut-outs in your cowl Rog? They look really clean. Remember the qt. sz. plastic pop bottles that had a base to them? it was usually hot-glued on. It had a nice cowling shape already molded in.

Here's a photo.. In the foreground are two of those old 1qt. bottle-bases.. the orange one on the right still has the bottle's cut-off inside.. (hot-glued)

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In the background are caps from the modern automatic air-fresheners (Airwick/Lysol/Febreeze) which have a more streamlined profile.. and are a standard aerosol cap diameter.

rogermharris Thu Jun 11, 2015 3:01 am

Roddie. It's sounds like I can learn you something and I am humbled to do so.
My one go too tool for so many things is a step drill bit. The cutting edge (flute) is straight so you don't get any tearing if you take your time in just about any material.

rogermharris Thu Jun 11, 2015 3:03 am

BTW Roddie. I now have this obsession with plastic caps and container shapes!!!

roddie Thu Jun 11, 2015 3:56 am

rogermharris wrote:BTW Roddie. I now have this obsession with plastic caps and container shapes!!!

There are SO MANY common items that you can use to customize a model! Materials too.. You just need to use your imagination.. and do some testing with glues and finishing.

rogermharris Thu Jun 11, 2015 4:46 pm

well i cut these out today... they are cut from 1/8" ply at the moment. i'm thinking 1/16" should be plenty but, wanted to cut them out to see what they look like.

they will be included in the kit
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duke.johnson Thu Jun 11, 2015 4:49 pm

STOP THE BUS! How much extra for a little ringmaster bipe dude?

rogermharris Thu Jun 11, 2015 4:51 pm

duke.johnson wrote:STOP THE BUS! How much extra for a little ringmaster bipe dude?

included! they are small enough i can place them in areas that would be scrap

duke.johnson Thu Jun 11, 2015 4:57 pm

That's Awsome! Love it.

GallopingGhostler Thu Jun 11, 2015 6:48 pm

Roger, those are nice touches, very well done.

**RknRusty** Thu Jun 11, 2015 7:11 pm

Don't forget Snoopy! lol!

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rogermharris Thu Jun 11, 2015 7:15 pm

RknRusty wrote:Don't forget Snoopy!

and where should he sit rusty??

rogermharris Thu Jun 11, 2015 7:19 pm

i cut the wheels to go with the bipe kits today and made something a bit more speedy to go with my stunt trainer

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GallopingGhostler Thu Jun 11, 2015 9:49 pm

rogermharris wrote:
RknRusty wrote:Don't forget Snoopy!
and where should he sit rusty??

Don't mean to rain on anyone's parade. Smile

That may not be but a user option, Rusty. Snoopy is copyrighted and registered trademark, a good way to get a business in trouble without proper licensing rights. Shocked

rogermharris Thu Jun 11, 2015 10:51 pm

GallopingGhostler wrote:
rogermharris wrote:
RknRusty wrote:Don't forget Snoopy!
and where should he sit rusty??
Don't mean to rain on anyone's parade. That may not be but a user option, Rusty. Snoopy is copyrighted and registered trademark, a good way to get a business in trouble without proper licensing rights.

I could make a snoopy for myself. I'm not looking to make much on any of this stuff. Just figure if I'm going to take the time to redraw the plans to cut a kit out for myself then I will offer it to others. Helps me support my hobby. By selling three kits I can cut one out for myself at no additional cost beyond my time

rsv1cox Fri Jun 12, 2015 12:01 am

Love the pilot, let's call him Jack. Heck, I love the whole concept.

I don't mean to cause you more work, but everybody should jump in on this. More work should translate to more $$'s if you need more, PM me. I too have been eyeing plastic containers all over the house.

Bob

rogermharris Fri Jun 12, 2015 1:13 am

rsv1cox wrote:Love the pilot, let's call him Jack. Heck, I love the whole concept.

I don't mean to cause you more work, but everybody should jump in on this. More work should translate to more $$'s if you need more, PM me. I too have been eyeing plastic containers all over the house.

Bob

My bosses name is jack. LOL!

I don't mind cutting more if anyone else is interest. Once the drawing and layout is done, it does not take much time to cut them out.

Bob, the cap I used is from Sep foamy window cleaner that I get from home depot. I am eyeing every plastic container and cap everywhere I got now. LOL!

**Cribbs74** Fri Jun 12, 2015 2:48 am

Roger,

Sending you a PM. I like your work.

Ron

GallopingGhostler Fri Jun 12, 2015 4:56 am

Actually Roger I hope I didn't sound offensive. You've got a lot of neat work going on there.

rogermharris Fri Jun 12, 2015 11:54 am

GallopingGhostler wrote:Actually Roger I hope I didn't sound offensive. You've got a lot of neat work going on there.

not at all! you made a valid point.
if i were to make a snoopy, i could give it away....

rogermharris Fri Jun 12, 2015 12:30 pm

Cribbs74 wrote:Roger,

Sending you a PM. I like your work.

Ron

thanks Ron!

answered ya Very Happy

fredvon4 Fri Jun 12, 2015 12:44 pm

Roger, I desire on of your RM Bipe kits

let me know total cost with shipping and I will paypal to your account, I still have the address from the beautiful handles you made

rogermharris Fri Jun 12, 2015 12:49 pm

fredvon4 wrote:Roger, I desire on of your RM Bipe kits

let me know total cost with shipping and I will paypal to your account, I still have the address from the beautiful handles you made

Thanks!

$23 includes shipping.

fredvon4 Fri Jun 12, 2015 12:56 pm

Cool, now I only have 23 projects in the airplane shop...grinn

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