We were having an issue with getting the tank to fit in the fiber-glass housing along with some foam for protection to prevent it from raddling around. On May 11th I did a trial fit of the tank, with the foam stuffed in, now that the engine is mounted, painted, etc. to make sure things […]
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May 8th I returned to sanding, in this case paint, as after painting the pylon I needed to do some sanding on the bottom portion in order for the pylon to fit back down into the slot on the fuselage. I sanded to the curve of the top of the fuselage to keep the better
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April 28th, I painted the pylon and applied the base coat to the fiberglass cassing. I then went with yellow paint for the pylon to match the top color of the aircraft (wings and stab are yellow on top). May 1st, I mixed up a batch of epoxy and attached the throttle servo assembly previously
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On March 23rd I worked on getting the firewall and pylon prepped to take the engine and the servo to control the throttle. This involved gluing in a triangular piece for… as well as a rectangular light balsa block which is where the servo assembly is going to mount too. I took the measurements for
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February 21st was about finishing off the Pylon and starting to get the fuselage sides attached. The first step was ensuring the seems of where the spacers meet the formers are secure by applying a bead of medium CA glue long the seems. This was done for all four areas, inside and out, making for
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Monday the 19th was a day of dang’s and backtracking before nicely getting ahead. When I first got there and was working discovered that the sides of the fuselage hadn’t stuck together well enough. Bad batch of glue! That’s my story and I’m sticking to it… the only other evidence I have is that Peter
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