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Re: Moonglow by Mike Birch from 1968
Posted: 01 Feb 2021, 19:04
by stuart mackay
In between teaching duties, I managed to get another couple of jobs ticked off the list!
The tips were added to the completed wing structure and the rear wing hold down fitted after checking the squareness of the wing to the fuselage from tips to fin post and F1 centrelines.
No differences in the diagonal measurements could be found, so it looks like it will be a straight airframe!
Re: Moonglow by Mike Birch from 1968
Posted: 03 Feb 2021, 19:06
by stuart mackay
Re: Moonglow by Mike Birch from 1968
Posted: 06 Feb 2021, 19:37
by stuart mackay
So the 3d jigsaw puzzle that is the Moonglow nose has finally started to take shape.
Don't know what it is, but after making rapid progress, I get into overthinking mode and start to slow up and enter faff mode, pondering for hours if I add this bit then I wont be able to do that , etc etc..
So I gave myself a good talking to this lunchtime and told myself to stop pi55ing about and crack on...with the results you will see below.
Got the epoxy out & gave the nose a good coat inside before glueing on fuse engine bay sides and nose ring. The front lower sheeting had to be cut out for the fixed nose leg and glued on before coating the whole lower sheeting with epoxy. I made up a fuselage servo tray, so hopefully these will be fitted tomorrow and sort out closed loop and lay in cables for rear servos and finally get the top decking on.
Re: Moonglow by Mike Birch from 1968
Posted: 06 Feb 2021, 20:33
by F2B
Oh, how I love seeing balsa sculpting taking place (is that English?
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Been hacking around so many times in the past, while 'removing all balsa that's not an aeroplane'.
F2B machines are notorious, too:
- Neus ruwbouw 1.jpg (72.24 KiB) Viewed 2008 times
- Neus ruwbouw 2.jpg (73.62 KiB) Viewed 2008 times
Re: Moonglow by Mike Birch from 1968
Posted: 06 Feb 2021, 22:58
by stuart mackay
Bruno, that is a lovely looking piece of work not only the cowling, but also the complete model, looks very much in the style of a CAP 231?
Aiming to get the top decking on today
So the fuselage servo plate was fitted into the fuz.
Made up a long twisted Y lead for the rear mounted elevator servos and hot glued it in place in the rear fuselage so it doesnt rattle about.
Next job is to lay in the rudder closed loop linkage before sealing it all up and giving it a good seeing to with the razor plane and sanding blocks.
Re: Moonglow by Mike Birch from 1968
Posted: 07 Feb 2021, 20:21
by stuart mackay
So managed to get a couple of snake inners into the rear fuselage and avoid fouling the two elevator servos and fixed these into place at the rear fuselage and on the wing bolt plate forward, which should considerably simplify the fitting of the closed loop rudder cables.
The big wooden girder with loads of clamps is what the fuz looks like now as the top decking glue dries overnight.
Let the balsa dust creation begin!
Re: Moonglow by Mike Birch from 1968
Posted: 08 Feb 2021, 19:22
by stuart mackay
Re: Moonglow by Mike Birch from 1968
Posted: 08 Feb 2021, 21:46
by stuart mackay
Re: Moonglow by Mike Birch from 1968
Posted: 08 Feb 2021, 22:44
by stormer254
That Prestige set looks good Stuart!
Re: Moonglow by Mike Birch from 1968
Posted: 09 Feb 2021, 07:50
by stuart mackay
stormer254 wrote: ↑08 Feb 2021, 22:44
That Prestige set looks good Stuart!
Thanks Steve and a bit off topic, but it has now committed aviation again!