RE: A bit of vintage flying at Cocklebarrow.
Thanks BB for my few minutes of fame ( or is it exposure ?? ) john aka big mam'selle
Posted on: 8/14/2012 8:22 AM by Author "John 38" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: are wing tube sockets neccessary
My wing tubes extend to the face of the root ribs and I harden around them with some thin cyano john
Posted on: 5/28/2012 5:05 AM by Author "John 38" in the forum "Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD"
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RE: tappered wing and the sandwich method for shaping ribs
. john
Posted on: 4/3/2012 7:22 AM by Author "John 38" in the forum "Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD"
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RE: Wing Washout?
Derek, pack up the TE at the wing tip by the required amount - this gives gradual washout from wing centre to tip. john
Posted on: 3/10/2012 11:38 AM by Author "John 38" in the forum "Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD"
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RE: Got a Deweyville Special today
for the ailerons but if you can - build some in john
Posted on: 2/22/2012 4:08 AM by Author "John 38" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: Got a Deweyville Special today
will understand what I mean. john
Posted on: 1/29/2012 12:09 PM by Author "John 38" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: Got a Deweyville Special today
photo of my deweyville here [link]http://www.rcuniverse.com/community/profile.cfm?section=gallery&memid=307561[/link] alas no longer with us john
Posted on: 1/26/2012 12:11 PM by Author "John 38" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: Got a Deweyville Special today
The plan CG is 4" back from the leading edge on a 12" chord wing. If you need any other info - let me know john
Posted on: 1/10/2012 7:19 AM by Author "John 38" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: Got a Deweyville Special today
My plan has been back and forward across the pond several times now - so if you give me a little time to dig it out I can tell you where the cg should be and if you have any other questions - line them up. try a search on this forum - you shpuld find some photos of the dewey including mine john
Posted on: 1/9/2012 10:44 AM by Author "John 38" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: ESC keeps beeping, NO MOTOR POWER
tearing around john
Posted on: 8/23/2011 1:10 AM by Author "John 38" in the forum "Electric RC Jets"
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RE: DWG to tiled PDF
; continuous paper. thorw out nothing till you are absolutely certain you wont need it john
Posted on: 8/7/2011 1:13 AM by Author "John 38" in the forum "Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD"
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RE: Quaker Flash
nicely covered - you cannot beat transparent red for showing off a nice airframe and the red shows up well way up in the sky john
Posted on: 5/23/2011 1:09 PM by Author "John 38" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: Pica Aeronca Sedan build.
; span and the kit was released in 1952 hope this of interest to those wanting the plans john
Posted on: 4/27/2011 12:57 AM by Author "John 38" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: Quaker Flash
, I would put the effort into floats john
Posted on: 4/22/2011 12:40 PM by Author "John 38" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: looking for a good laser cutter
I've used manzano and found them to be very helpful as is the website. www.manzanolaser.com John
Posted on: 4/8/2011 12:42 PM by Author "John 38" in the forum "Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD"
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RE: Spook 96
[quote]ORIGINAL: Jeanskydive for covering the spook , I use Solartex naturel with three coats of clear nytrade dope, Why did you dope solartex which is a finished material ( and heatshrinks nicely to tighten material and firm up the airframe ) ?? John
Posted on: 3/4/2011 12:36 PM by Author "John 38" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: Wood for wing sturts
seen it on sale for years john
Posted on: 2/24/2011 11:56 AM by Author "John 38" in the forum "Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD"
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RE: Wood for wing sturts
It will be helpful if you indicate size and type of model to indicate stress and also whether they are working or non working struts. I have used dowel glued to trailing edge stock when I could not get hardwood shaped struts john
Posted on: 2/21/2011 9:14 AM by Author "John 38" in the forum "Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD"
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RE: filling coverall or poly dress lining.
? - if so - try putting on dry and then doping using 50/50 thinned. John
Posted on: 2/17/2011 1:06 AM by Author "John 38" in the forum "Tips & Techniques"
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RE: filling coverall or poly dress lining.
Walmarts ( several as they all seem to stock different colours etc ) or Kmart john
Posted on: 2/16/2011 2:36 PM by Author "John 38" in the forum "Tips & Techniques"
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RE: mmmm ribs
I have just started using a small orbital sander which has the sanding paper velcro'd on to allow you to change grades. Being right handed, I hold the sander in my left hand and work the rib block with my right. Faster and saves a lot of effort. The sander I have ( a cheapy from aldi's ) has a tube on it to fit a vacumm hose to suck the dust away - should have done this years ago to stop breathing the dust.
Posted on: 2/15/2011 1:19 AM by Author "John 38" in the forum "Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD"
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RE: fabric for my bird
this in another thread on same forum john
Posted on: 2/1/2011 11:57 AM by Author "John 38" in the forum "Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD"
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RE: building board grid paper
there used to be small rolls of patterned plasticised paper - called Fablon in the UK - which is adhesive backed for covering shelves,worktops and or drawer linings. One of the patterns was a grid pattern of about 3/4" spacing. Try wallpaper stores incl Homedepot and similar kitchen shops, hobby shops ( michaels ) etc. john
Posted on: 1/30/2011 8:32 AM by Author "John 38" in the forum "Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD"
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RE: Balsarite use and tips
get big expensive orders - keeps valu low John
Posted on: 1/26/2011 1:22 AM by Author "John 38" in the forum "Tips & Techniques"
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RE: Scale Change Weight Formula?
(??) and that will end up with more weight/power than say a vintage style model scaled up. john
Posted on: 1/9/2011 2:09 AM by Author "John 38" in the forum "Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD"
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RE: Scale Change Weight Formula?
and these engines fitted quite closely to the above calculation. john
Posted on: 1/8/2011 2:43 PM by Author "John 38" in the forum "Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD"
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RE: Balsarite use and tips
Joe, For coverings, balsarite recommend putting it on with a piece of sponge which is thrown away. dip into the pot for just a smear - dont over load I use about a 1" square of scrap sponge and swab it on as thin as I can. Any on the fingers just peel off when it dries ( fast ) not tried thinning with water to stretch it furthe - anyone tried that ?/ john
Posted on: 12/27/2010 3:00 AM by Author "John 38" in the forum "Tips & Techniques"
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RE: Repairing a cracked canopy
sides together and of course - replace the screen best of luck John
Posted on: 12/16/2010 1:34 AM by Author "John 38" in the forum "Tips & Techniques"
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RE: Envoy kit
hopefully the pdf of the plan will have uploaded successfully [image][/image] cannot see it - my browser complains - unable to open pdf file ??
Posted on: 8/15/2010 4:20 AM by Author "John 38" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: Envoy kit
I dont recall the Envoy being kitted but if it is the Aeromodeller Envoy, it is a nice little tricycle plane originally for freeflight but modern lightweight RC gear would be suitable for it. I have built 2 , the latest languishing in the New Forest with an ED Bee in it which it puttered around nicely on low revs until it caught a low down thermal ( 100 ft ) and that was that.
Posted on: 8/15/2010 4:14 AM by Author "John 38" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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