RE: UP3 retract valve help needed.
Peter, Let the spouse do that other stuff while you work on your planes:[]
Posted on: 5/19/2013 4:17 PM by Author "samparfitt" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: ROAD TRIPS 2013
Finally, some nice weather. Got 6 flights in, 3 on each plane. Got some bomb diving in and some formation flying in. Yellow spit Z SBD Z P-47 balsausa stearman, DA-150. nosen P-51 ======= Glad they did! Dubro came out with some double arm servo arms and also control horns. servo arms: http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=L5CVZM03&P=7 control arms: http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXCVZP&P=ML ==== The web site fixed downloading pictures: now if they just fixed the 'search' feature to actually give what you ask for! I put a search in for 'road trips 2013' and nada; it'll give me 2012 and 2009!
Posted on: 5/19/2013 4:09 PM by Author "samparfitt" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: UP3 retract valve help needed.
John, As mentioned, in just about all cases that I've encountered, when the air valve is leaking, then there is a leak somewhere else. I usually take some hemo clamps and start clamping one air line at a time (starting at each air line going out from the air valve). It usually becomes apparent quickly which retract or door is causing the problem by working down the malfunctioning line by clamping off each route, one at a time. It can be a bad T, hole in air line, bad O ring in air cylinder, fill valve, tank, air pressure gauge, etc. Some soapy water and small artist brush also helps by exposing the leak with lots of soap bubbles. Putting a bind on the side of an air cylinder rod that leads to a door can cause the O ring to separate from the air cylinder wall, ie, middle of air cylinder rod binds against the door or door opening, usually in the open position.
Posted on: 5/19/2013 2:57 PM by Author "samparfitt" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: ZIROLI 96
re-build (cont) Last few things for the evening. right wing: Sheeting has been sanded to match the original sheeting. Left wing: With the epoxying of the new sheeting, this concludes all the major construction, leaving mostly cosmetic fixes.
Posted on: 9/18/2012 4:42 PM by Author "samparfitt" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: Bates 106
Some parts came in: The nose canopy arrived (bought a whole set, for back up). The DLE-55 rear exhaust engines also arrived. Comes with muffler, electronic ignition with an extra wire for plugging in a tach and stand offs. This size engine takes a 22" blade and that's the distance from the fire wall to the fuse (granted, 6" farther out, the fuse narrows so the blades may fit but not sure what distance that is available to clear the ground since the retracts are still at robart's repair shop). I also may be able to use a scale 4-blade, 18/12 prop from Biela.
Posted on: 9/18/2012 12:12 PM by Author "samparfitt" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: ZIROLI 96
Re-build (cont) Left wing: A duplicate rib w-7 was cut on 1/8" thick balsa and a new W-8 that was 1/16" larger on 3/8" thick balsa to go between W-7 and W-8 to support the original/new top sheeting. Both were epoxied for extra strength.
Posted on: 9/18/2012 11:56 AM by Author "samparfitt" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: ZIROLI 96
Re-build (cont) Right wing: Some 3/32" thick balsa sheeting was glued to the damaged top/bottom areas using carpenters glue. Left wing: The wing tube didn't get damaged so I cleaned off all the old epoxy and re-used it. I re-used rib W-8, aircraft ply, to hold the outer end of the wing tube. To get everything aligned, I screwed the wing tube to the center wing, dry fitted rib W-8 into the outer wing and slid it onto the wing tube, assuring the two outer faces of the center wing and outer wing were flush. Then, I used an acid brush with a dowel for a long reach; lifted the top/bottom wing sheeting to spread epoxy where rib W-8 contacted the sheeting, along with epoxy on the wing tube. I used a wood clamp to hold the sheeting to rib W-8 as it can conform to the same angle as the wing. Initially, I was going to cut out the bottom sheeting but it is undamaged, whereas, the top sheeting has a lot of cracks, so I cut out about an 8" square following along where the sheeting was cracked. This will allow access to putting in rib W-7 and the TE that broke off. After the epoxy dried, I removed the outer wing from the center wing so the broken TE can be re-attached. After dry fitting the TE to the wing, I epoxied both parts and secured them with pins and masking tape. I used robart pocket hinges along the TE of the wing so I only had to remove the set screws to remove the broken off hinges that were inside the pocket hinges. (this is going faster than I thought it would!)
Posted on: 9/18/2012 9:43 AM by Author "samparfitt" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: ZIROLI 96
Re-build (cont) Right wing: I glued a LE onto the sub-LE and also glued some 1/8" thick balsa between the two 1/2" thick ribs where the original sheeting spans the ribs. This will give the new sheeting a good alignment with original the sheeting. Left wing: After cleaning out all the broken balsa from the main spar back to the TE, I've decided it's best to; first epoxy the outer rib, since the rib is not damaged and it will fit perfectly between the top and bottom sheeting. This will also re-establish the correct dihedral. The wing tube was first removed from the outer wing and the outer wing was then epoxied and taped into place. After the epoxy dries, I'll then cut out the bottom sheeting to give me access to glue in new ribs and align the wing tube and re-enforce the underside of the top sheeting that has many cracks in it versus the bottom sheeting with no cracks.
Posted on: 9/17/2012 6:40 PM by Author "samparfitt" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: ZIROLI 96
Bummer! Dead stick: I took my F6F to LMACKY flyin for it's first flights of the season. The first flight, no problem. The second flight, problem! When the engine was started, it was in idle and just died when throttle was added. I started it again and it finally went to full throttle so I assumed the engine was OK and it was due to bubbles in the line. After a full flight, I put the gear down and flaps and the engine died on the far side of the landing pattern. My sequence of decisions should have been reversed. I first put up the gear, then the flaps and by then, it was too late to make a 180 back to the runway. I did the 180 and thought she would make the runway but a chain link fence put a kibosh to that idea. I broke my cardinal rule: any problems, don't fly. The 'engine out' really caught me by surprise as, except for a G-26 engine out on a B-25 in 2009, I can't remember a 'dead stick' for the last several years. The good news: After going on the other side of the fence to retrieve the plane, I was amazed that she was sitting on the ground with the gear down with, virtually, no damage to the fuse and center wing. A large weed put a 4" gash in the LE of one wing. The other wing was ripped off the plane with the wing tube still attached to the center wing. I should be able to repair both wings. The gear appears perfectly sound as well as the fuse. The GT-80 engine appears to only have the metal mount bent as the shaft appears straight and true. The fence borders a land fill and there is not top bar along the fence so I'm assuming the fence stretched and slowed the plane, relatively, and inertia moved the air valve and it settled on the gear. I'm assuming the all wood fuse prevented the total destruction of the fuse. Re-build: I started with the less damaged wing by cutting the sheeting between ribs W-9 and W-10 leaving a 1/8" overlap of sheeting over the ribs. I Xeroxed some W-9/10 ribs from the plans and glued them to some 1/2" thick balsa to make two ribs that will be sistered to the existing ribs. This will give the old and new sheeting a surface for 'butt' joining the two surfaces. The two new ribs were dry fitted, along with a 1/4" square sub-LE.
Posted on: 9/17/2012 2:39 PM by Author "samparfitt" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: ROAD TRIPS 2012
Lee, thanks for posting the pictures. =========== Sept 13-15, Fall Classic flyin at LMACKY at Lexington, Kentucky. 115 miles. Perfect weather (70's-80's) for a great event. A 800' paved and grass runway with electrical hookups for RV's (of which there were several). They had hot breakfast, lunch and an excellent dinner, Friday night. The weather was so nice, I got there on Wednesday and didn't leave until Sunday afternoon. Paul and I got some formation flying in with our SBD's plus Terry, Doug, Paul and I got several formation flying with the heavy metal. It's fun doing rolls, loops, low passes and 360's in groups of two: it's more exciting doing them with three or more! Went through 4 gallons of fuel (11 flights on Friday). Video of Terry's jet/prop powered large Waco, which, I believe, is the only such one in the country: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSZKr9mooec&feature=youtu.be pictures: Paul's Ziroli stuka with siren/bomb drop. Curtis and Gayle.
Posted on: 9/17/2012 11:03 AM by Author "samparfitt" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: ROAD TRIPS 2012
LMACKY (cont) A few pictures I stole from their local newspaper web site:
Posted on: 9/17/2012 5:24 AM by Author "samparfitt" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: ROAD TRIPS 2012
LACKY (cont) They had a good 'spectator' turnout on Saturday.
Posted on: 9/17/2012 5:00 AM by Author "samparfitt" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: ROAD TRIPS 2012
LMACKY (cont) PJ's P-39 and Pilatus. Patrick's edge painted up as a P-51. Doug's ziroli P-47. Joey's cub. Randy's SE5. Paul's dawn patrol at 8:05 AM with a P-47.
Posted on: 9/17/2012 4:55 AM by Author "samparfitt" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: ROAD TRIPS 2012
LMACKY (cont) Terry's jet/prop powered Waco (DA-150). PJ's martin-baker. Patrick's meister FW-190 and ME-109.
Posted on: 9/17/2012 4:51 AM by Author "samparfitt" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: ROAD TRIPS 2012
LMACKY (cont) Randy with his cub. Paul with his Ziroli SBD dauntless with bomb drop. Mark's cub. Chuck's cub. Dennis's cub. Every day, they had several cubs up at once.
Posted on: 9/17/2012 4:38 AM by Author "samparfitt" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: ROAD TRIPS 2012
WOW (cont) I forgot about the mid-air: several warbirds flying at once. Chuck's seafury was 'toast' while Larry's Japanese plane only got the tip of the prop damaged (one confirmed kill)! Only thing that Chuck found was the nose section! The 'chefs': Bob and Karen. Barry with his dad (Barry is on the left!). Lee came from Michigan.
Posted on: 9/10/2012 11:47 AM by Author "samparfitt" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: ROAD TRIPS 2012
Rick, The 'show' is Sept 13-15. Looks like they moved it up a day (a lot of flyin's are eliminating Sunday, a travel day). Working on PM'ing my fleet and will be there either Wednesday or early Thursday. Looks like nice weather. Only a couple hours away from me. ========== WOW (cont) A few pictures from Richard:
Posted on: 9/10/2012 11:44 AM by Author "samparfitt" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: ZIROLI P-61 BLACK WIDOW BUILD
Dave, I never weigh my planes (can't take the weight off, anyway) but it probably weighs around 50 lbs. Manufacturer weights are always too light: no cockpit detail, probably non-functioning doors, no strengthening of the retract area, etc. In my opinion, heavy warbirds fly more realistically. This summer has been brutal, heat wise. I've only flew the P-61 once this year, as most of the meets had temps in the 90's (plus I need a long runway) and it was work just getting two fighters out to fly, let alone hassling with twins.
Posted on: 9/10/2012 6:35 AM by Author "samparfitt" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: ROAD TRIPS 2012
WOW (cont) Bob's crew putting his plane together. Karen and Bob make the lunch hour worthwhile with great tasting food. Rick's P-51. Larry's B-25.
Posted on: 9/9/2012 5:20 PM by Author "samparfitt" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: ROAD TRIPS 2012
WOW (cont) Ron's Nosen P-51 and BUSA stearman. Richard's yellow spit and SE5. X wing fighter. Dave's 'Mossie'. Bill's cub converted to military 'specs'.
Posted on: 9/9/2012 5:16 PM by Author "samparfitt" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: ROAD TRIPS 2012
Sept 9, Wings of War at local club GCRCC in Cincinnati, Ohio. 15 miles. Perfect weather, upper 70's with light winds. Any size warbird was allowed. I got 8 flights on my two war birds. A hawk attacked Chuck's U-2 spy plane. Barry and his kit built P-47.
Posted on: 9/9/2012 5:12 PM by Author "samparfitt" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: What's up with AVG Antivirus blocking Classified Ads?
After a new upload of AVG on Sunday, I was having the same problem but it cleared up, yesterday. My upload said: not compatible with some other software (don't remember which ones) and will upload when available. Perhaps, AVG uploaded a fix, independently, as their options are: load new software from other applications, as they become available. I also did the 'insanity definition': I clicked on marketplace several times and it started working, initially, only partly and now, it's OK. Possibly, the abends prompts AVG to upload fixes. I find it best to have software protection on your PC at all times: Zonealarm, AVG and I believe, Firefox all have software virus checks. Several years ago, I had to reload all my software. Since then, I bought a second hard drive as back up and copy all important doc's to the 2nd drive at the end of each month.
Posted on: 9/5/2012 6:08 AM by Author "samparfitt" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: ROAD TRIPS 2012
For those who haven't, previously, seen this: http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=gn1qMYfFrro&feature=related It also includes a huge HO railroad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN_oDdGmKyA
Posted on: 9/5/2012 12:13 AM by Author "samparfitt" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: Indiana Warbird Campaign
pictures starting at post # 199: http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_10940411/mpage_8/key_/tm.htm
Posted on: 9/4/2012 3:20 PM by Author "samparfitt" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: ROAD TRIPS 2012
Doug, Here's a picture of the arabian farm that I took, by accident. ==== Roger, The fish eye pictures look cool.
Posted on: 9/4/2012 11:37 AM by Author "samparfitt" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: ZIROLI SBD DAUNTLESS BUILD
PM Rudder/tail wheel At the last meet on Friday, I had to abort all my take off attempts so I 'hangered' the plane until I got home. Found the 4/40 rod bent on the servo end. JB welded some brass tubing over the rod, on both ends. I failed to do this 'standard' procedure thinking there wouldn't be much stress on the rudder. (I believe the bungee tie down to the tail wheel while in the trailer, probably caused the bend). I prefer pull/pull but this is not a 'full length' rudder. Main gear: The struts were also getting slop in them which was due to the frame screws working loose.
Posted on: 9/4/2012 11:27 AM by Author "samparfitt" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: ROAD TRIPS 2012
IWC (cont) Paul's huge B-26. Top flite's new FW-190 (right/left views). Guy, Willis, Phillis and friends. Willis's trailer. More pictures will be posted, later.
Posted on: 9/3/2012 5:15 AM by Author "samparfitt" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: ROAD TRIPS 2012
IWC (cont) Chuck with his P-40. Paul's stuka, fokker and dauntless. Chris's zero and P-51. Six stations at the flight line.
Posted on: 9/3/2012 5:13 AM by Author "samparfitt" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: ROAD TRIPS 2012
15 minutes of fame! The local paper put two articles in the paper. One about Dr. Curtis and the other about my planes. The planes being such a babe magnet, I'll now have to start wearing sunglasses to go incognito! (actually, I was the only one at the field that early so the writer picked me!). ps: click on the purple button to enlarge for reading.
Posted on: 9/3/2012 4:39 AM by Author "samparfitt" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: ROAD TRIPS 2012
americana (cont) The corner clock's copper has turned a nice patina green after many, many decades. What appears to be an old gas station, probably from the early part of the 20th century.
Posted on: 9/3/2012 4:19 AM by Author "samparfitt" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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