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Recent content by Joshet89

  1. Joshet89

    Sport 50CC AMR STICK THREAD

    Man 2 weeks would be amazing! However a job in the car business running a finance department 2 kids 2 yrs and 10 months old and the holidays coming up means little time for the hobbies. Oh well 3 and half years since I started, whats another few months :D
  2. Joshet89

    Sport 50CC AMR STICK THREAD

    Thanks to you guys for all the support, was definitely encouraging!! I really hope so, I have hopes that my son will learn to fly on this like I learned on the one my dad and I built when I was younger. It was certainly strange to shift my brain back to ARF building mode and going thru the...
  3. Joshet89

    Sport 50CC AMR STICK THREAD

    Covering is done!!! Can’t say there were times that I wasn’t sure if it would get to this point but now that it’s here it’s pretty exciting. With this big thick wing it sure is going to be a fun change of pace from my 100cc extra.
  4. Joshet89

    Sport 50CC AMR STICK THREAD

    Finally got my butt back in gear. Life sure has a way of jumping out and grabbing you sometimes. I guess making sure you have enough covering always helps too :rolleyes: After a few weeks of staring at the trim(which has been cut and laid out) to go over the white I got my over-analytical butt...
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    Sport 50CC AMR STICK THREAD

    Came back from a quick trip to Nashville and the weather was terrible to fly so down to the basement I went for a bit. After working a bit yesterday I am down to just trimming out the tops of the wings! Putting the whole thing together with covering on was sure a cool moment. Sure am getting...
  6. Joshet89

    Sport 50CC AMR STICK THREAD

    I know right?! Spending outside with the family at the model field or acting like a hermit in the basement :D :D
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    Sport 50CC AMR STICK THREAD

    I looked at trying one sheet and just wasn't going to work... It's too bad but looking at the .60 sized stik my dad built in the early 90s it has the same seam. Now just on to sanding the other wing so I can get the base colors on there, then it's trim and assembly! Have a trip to Nashville...
  8. Joshet89

    Sport 50CC AMR STICK THREAD

    The wing itself was covered pretty much just how you described it so we are on the same page Where the issue with the tip lies in the total chord of just the wing tip that is glued to the wing is wider than the 24” wide covering I have. So I have to have a seam at the edge of the wing structure...
  9. Joshet89

    Sport 50CC AMR STICK THREAD

    So here where I am having the most difficulty. For the wing structure from the out board rib to the root I did do the tack it down and then heat and rub cloth which worked really well. Adding that second piece to go from the outboard rib to the tip where I have that corner that seems to be...
  10. Joshet89

    Sport 50CC AMR STICK THREAD

    Was able to find a bit of time this week and finished the yellow on the bottom and got the majority of the white covered on the top. The tip transition is sure different than all the aerobatic wings I have covered in the past. I tried once going from the wing structure to the edge of the tip but...
  11. Joshet89

    Sport 50CC AMR STICK THREAD

    I am in NE Ohio and we get flying weather thru most of November. As close as it feels I am not putting pressure on myself to get it flying by any certain date. I am doing a DA-70 with a 2-1 header and a pipe that is going to take a little bit of engineering to get mounted. I think more than...
  12. Joshet89

    Sport 50CC AMR STICK THREAD

    Thanks guys! Feels good to start knocking out the details. Crazy how much closer the maiden feels with color on the plane.
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    Sport 50CC AMR STICK THREAD

    Fuse is done:mario-banana: Started on the wings but forgot that I had just rough sanded them, so I prepped one wing and was able to get the bottom color on. A full sheet of covering is juuuuuuust enough to cover the chord with no seams. With all that yellow on the bottom I should have no...
  14. Joshet89

    Sport 50CC AMR STICK THREAD

    Great tip! I still have quite a few duplicates to make for the wings. I did get all of the fuse color on today. Still none of the yellow. Really needs the yellow to break up the blue in the front.
  15. Joshet89

    Sport 50CC AMR STICK THREAD

    Man don’t I know! I was looking thru my pictures the other night and figured I had at least 4 different ARF builds since I started glueing parts together, plus we moved. The new shop had to be setup which meant framing walls and running electric. On top of all of that my wife and I added 2...
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