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Well, I'm a little excited to find out.Originally Posted by Vettster
All these bolts in the molds has to mean something?
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Your going to have to wait till Christmas to find out lol
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If you do not have the time to do it right, where do you get the time to do it over?
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Finally home long enough to open the mold... I have a fuselage!!Very happy with the results.
Weight so far...
2 wings...1273
2 Horizontal stabs..654
Fuse..2155
Total...4082 grams or 9 lbs
Still have to include the vertical stab,wing tips and ailerons..so possibly under 12 lbs. Much lighter than I expected. I was figuring about 15 lbs. The wings will be made much lighter in the future as I have redesigned my method for holding the wings on.
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Great job Trevor , best building I've seen since living by Graeme Mears and hanging out in his workshop years ago .
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Hey thanks for the huge compliment Roger!!
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Noticed a couple of problems. One not so big..but the other will take a bit of time.
A closer look at the fuse shows a slight misalignment. Good enough for the prototype but not production. That has been fixed with the addition of some 3/4" frames to stop the top mold from twisting. The other is more complicated. I chose the wrong location for the elevator tube and this means re working the molds. Not the end of the world..but a set back for sure. The tube needs to be further forward to place the load over the vertical former for structural strength. Oh Well.. no one said it was easy
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I glued the lower halfs together. I'm impressed with how light it is but yet super strong.
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Yeah that honeycomb is great for panel stability and super light , I see your using carbon fiber in the more critical areas to prevent fractures ,good job ..
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Cheers Roger
Got a lot done today. Modified the molds for the new spar location, layed up a new rudder with the honey comb material, laid up a canopy and most difficult of all figured out the formers for the spar. The electric version is easy with a solid tube receiver and tube going right across the engine pod, but the turbine version is cut into 2 pieces to allow for the pipe to pass. I will be using the turbine version for proof of concept.
Things to do...
Make hatch
Finish engine pod formers/engine mount
Relocate spar location in Horizontal stabs.
Glue on wing tips.
Are you ready for this....
ASSEMBLE PLANE!!
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Merry Christmas Trevor
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