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RE: Don Smith Cessna T-50
......Test set-up for the finished gear and the newly installed "Down and Locked" electrical conversion..........after a few glitches and retract limit problems were solved........ this system works beautifully.......
Posted on: 12/31/2011 3:17 PM by Author "rhsmrt50"
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RE: Don Smith Cessna T-50
.......More LG parts......
Posted on: 12/31/2011 3:04 PM by Author "rhsmrt50"
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RE: Don Smith Cessna T-50
.......Same song......second verse!!! Rich.
Posted on: 12/29/2011 8:09 PM by Author "rhsmrt50"
in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - General"
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RE: Don Smith Cessna T-50
.....Ken, here is a sneak preview..........13 pic's.....so it will be a two part......you know, sorta like a sequel......enjoy Rich.
Posted on: 12/29/2011 8:05 PM by Author "rhsmrt50"
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RE: Don Smith Cessna T-50
Thanks Murphey...........when I bought my set they were on VHS and there were 64 episodes........but I understand that they found the missing ones that were reported to have been burned up in a film storage facility...........but that was later found to be false.........so, I was wondering how many episodes did you receive? Rich.
Posted on: 12/27/2011 11:47 AM by Author "rhsmrt50"
in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - General"
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RE: Don Smith Cessna T-50
Thanks Ken........I'am planning on it!..........work is in progress as we speak.........so to speak. Rich.
Posted on: 12/27/2011 11:38 AM by Author "rhsmrt50"
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RE: Don Smith Cessna T-50
.......Rich.
Posted on: 12/27/2011 11:10 AM by Author "rhsmrt50"
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RE: Don Smith Cessna T-50
Murphey.......thought I would throw a few picks of the gear we have..........hope they come thru okay... Rich.
Posted on: 12/27/2011 10:53 AM by Author "rhsmrt50"
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RE: Don Smith Cessna T-50
Murthey, as I mentioned earlier, the LG is back from Down and Locked..........and I cant say enough of the parts and workmanship......simply beautiful work.........they are smooth as silk, sound real!........and retract time is the same as the real thing.......positive lock when up and stowed..........positive down lock with no play what so ever.........I am setting a mock-up for a test, so will include photos later on............so, I guess I better put the pen down and pick up the X-acto knife..........time for some more fun. Rich.
Posted on: 12/27/2011 9:30 AM by Author "rhsmrt50"
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RE: Don Smith Cessna T-50
I went with the three peice wing mainly for storage and ease of handling.......I have a van, so transportation is no problem........the center section of wing is one peice including the nacelles and bolted to the fuselage.......wing panels are removable where they meet the nacelles.........the tricky part was how to configure the flaps since they bridged the seperation point......the solution was to hinge two points to the outer wing panels and use a plug-in at the fuselage which provided the third hinge location.......plus, it was also a square plug which also provided drive from the servos.........so really the servos are mounted in the fuselage.............It is illustrated earlier in this thread, but I'am not sure of the page............If you are interested in this modification I will be glad to help ....... Rich.
Posted on: 12/27/2011 9:11 AM by Author "rhsmrt50"
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RE: Don Smith Cessna T-50
....Mighty good looking........ Rich.
Posted on: 12/4/2011 4:52 PM by Author "rhsmrt50"
in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - General"
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RE: Don Smith Cessna T-50
Thanks for the complement Ken.........so glad you have the stouter gear almost ready to install, will look forward to seeing it in action. Rich.
Posted on: 12/4/2011 4:04 PM by Author "rhsmrt50"
in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - General"
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RE: Don Smith Cessna T-50
Murphey, I just realized that I did not answer your question about the power supply to operate the landing gear..........I talked with Mitch in regard to that subject..........and he said, and as you already know, that they were designed to operate on Lithium batteries ranging from 4.8 to 6.0 volts, but they do offer a 6.0 to 8.4 volt option for a small fee...........I told him that I will be using a seperate 9.6V NiCad power supply instead of the receiver batteries which are 6.0V............He said that would be fine as long as I could regulate it below 9.V............I told him I could tap the eight cell NiCad for 7.2 or 8.4V and he said that would be a safe range.........all my lighting operates on 3.0 volts except for the marker Lts and they require 9.0V.........so henseforth the higher voltage..........the battery will be further regulated to provide the necessary 3V. Rich.
Posted on: 12/4/2011 2:52 PM by Author "rhsmrt50"
in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - General"
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RE: Don Smith Cessna T-50
Thanks Chic.......actually the guy in the red shirt is the machinest........I only provided the engineering drawings.........he is a long time friend who was a self employed machinest......but later went into a career of photography..........he still likes to piddle in his shop and works on my projects from time to time......hope the photos and description will give you the info you need......... Rich.
Posted on: 12/3/2011 7:30 PM by Author "rhsmrt50"
in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - General"
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RE: Don Smith Cessna T-50
Thanks Murphey..........I am really back on the board...........hope I can stay there to the finish...........Have had alot going on, and thanks for your support.........I will be in Houston on the 7th....(Pearl Harbor Remerbance day)........and returning on the 11th...........then there are the hollidays.............so with that in mind ........have a very "MERRY CHRISTMAS"...........and I will too..... Rich.
Posted on: 12/3/2011 4:24 PM by Author "rhsmrt50"
in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - General"
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RE: Don Smith Cessna T-50
Hi Chic.......so glad to hear from you..........the protrusions on the inside of the landing gear forks are jack points with mooring eyes installed......I used 0.375" thick walled Alum tubing (wall thickness = 0.031)......it was ground down on the end to 60 degrees and cut at 90 degrees off that line at a distance of 0.375 from the small end...........the part was then glued half way up the fork blade using fast curing JB Weld.............after curing for 24 hours........... drill a 0.188 hole all the way thru from front to back and install the Sullivan (or equivelant) 2-56 eyebolt (stock number 548)........instead of using the flat nuts that are included with the eyebolts....(.they dont look very realistic).........instead, pick up a package of TC3 2-56 minature locknuts made by "Team Associated".......they are beautiful...........but you may have to go to the model car guys to find them..........as a side note, be sure you remove the paint from the point of contact with the fork and also rought-up the interior surface of the part to be installed.........also, start with a much smaller bit when drilling thru the part installed and working up to the final size of 0.188.............Chic, I have included a few photos...... Rich.
Posted on: 12/3/2011 3:19 PM by Author "rhsmrt50"
in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - General"
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RE: Don Smith Cessna T-50
Thanks Murphey...........here is a couple of pic's...... Rich.
Posted on: 12/2/2011 7:54 PM by Author "rhsmrt50"
in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - General"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=10840699
RE: Don Smith Cessna T-50
Murphey..........I sent my landing gear to Down and Locked to have the electric conversion.......their normal turn-around is three weeks......but due to the up and comming hollidays the ship date is projected to be the second week in Jan........I received an email from Mitch today to informe me that the gear did safley arrive........so......all I have to do now is wait..............Rich.
Posted on: 11/30/2011 6:37 PM by Author "rhsmrt50"
in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - General"
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RE: Don Smith Cessna T-50
.....Beautiful work Murphey...........you are an insperation to us all..........the door came out great .....and the dummy engine sits in very well.......I am back to work on my project , so will update as I progress.......thanks for sharing such fine photos Murphey........it really helps me get back in the mood................Rich.
Posted on: 8/14/2011 1:44 PM by Author "rhsmrt50"
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RE: Don Smith Cessna T-50
.....Looks Great Murphey............Do you have pic's of the brass door hinges that we talked about earlier?..... Rich.
Posted on: 6/9/2011 12:34 PM by Author "rhsmrt50"
in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - General"
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RE: Don Smith Cessna T-50
Thanks so much Mike..........Rich
Posted on: 5/7/2011 6:50 PM by Author "rhsmrt50"
in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - General"
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RE: Don Smith Cessna T-50
.....The instrument panel will be made of sheet aluminum with cutouts for the instrument bezel and glass lens.......the pointers will be mounted to the instrument face with a shaft to have them standoff and create the feel of depth.......the faces will be made from a negative transparency.....which means that they will be black with clear tic marks and nomenclature.........my reason for this approach is that I want the panel to glow at night, which means using phosphorescent green paint on the back of the guages and back-lighting with UV lights.......the light green paint will show thru the clear as white during the day but will glo green at nite..........the real instruments on the T-50 were illuminated in much the same way.......except they were front-lighted from UV lamps just above the pilots head.... Rich.
Posted on: 5/2/2011 3:42 PM by Author "rhsmrt50"
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RE: Don Smith Cessna T-50
......Murphey, here is a pic of the AAF panel we talked about yesterday.........this is a Cad drawing and will be reversed to all black with white and silver nomenclature......notice the fuel valve control box........just the right size to hide the gyro under, and it's at the CG.
Posted on: 5/2/2011 2:47 PM by Author "rhsmrt50"
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RE: Don Smith Cessna T-50
.....Original painting of UC-78......for sale on Ebay................Rich.
Posted on: 4/30/2011 9:11 PM by Author "rhsmrt50"
in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - General"
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RE: Don Smith Cessna T-50
......Really enjoyed the video Ken.........thanks so much for sharing..... Rich.
Posted on: 4/29/2011 6:37 PM by Author "rhsmrt50"
in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - General"
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RE: Don Smith Cessna T-50
Congrats Murphey.........your one lucky guy. Rich.
Posted on: 4/29/2011 6:35 PM by Author "rhsmrt50"
in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - General"
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RE: Don Smith Cessna T-50
.....Here is a link to view Jim's working landing lights............they look great and work great also..........Rich. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ1hG1tMxyI
Posted on: 4/29/2011 6:23 PM by Author "rhsmrt50"
in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - General"
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RE: Don Smith Cessna T-50
Thanks Mike..........I have added it to my collection of photos.........
Posted on: 4/21/2011 6:02 PM by Author "rhsmrt50"
in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - General"
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RE: Don Smith Cessna T-50
.....Thats great Murphey.........wish I could join you....... Rich.
Posted on: 4/18/2011 2:20 PM by Author "rhsmrt50"
in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - General"
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RE: Don Smith Cessna T-50
Murphey.............it looks just perfect.............sorry to be late on sending the dimensions........since you already have the outer one you only need the inner dim........but both are included for comparison if you wish......... Rich.
Posted on: 4/17/2011 3:02 PM by Author "rhsmrt50"
in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - General"
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