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  1. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    The one on the right is finished.
  2. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Along with hinging another one of the tasks that I don't care for is cutting out the air inlets in fiberglass cowls. Always seem to mess it up then try to sand everything flat from the back side. Years ago I seen a wood worker screw a larger piece of Plexiglass to his router base. Not wanting...
  3. TonyHallo

    Scale Sig 1/3 Scale Spacewalker

    Looking good Randy, you will be ready for fabric in no time.
  4. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Have the left wing root matched to the fuselage with SuperFil, once cured it will get sanded down to match the airfoil. A piece of plastic wrap and a little Vaseline will hopefully keep the two parts from joining!
  5. TonyHallo

    70cc FLEX Ultimate assembly thread.

    Well you answered all the questions I would have ask. Attached is my Champ's telemetry log from the NASA scale contest back in September 2024. RB1 and RB2 are the each battery voltage at the redundancy buss and RXB is the battery voltage of the selected receiver, there are three receivers...
  6. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Woke up last night at 3:30 and made it down to the shop to trim the cowl, was just about the perfect time, maybe another 1/2 hour would have been better. Decided to put a little heat on the mold to speed the cure. Inverted the cowl on the 12" disc sander and placed a 1500 watt oil filled...
  7. TonyHallo

    70cc FLEX Ultimate assembly thread.

    Just wondering what batteries you use?
  8. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Got the cowl laid up. Put on 3/4, 1 1/2, and 4 ounce this afternoon, came home from my grandson's basketball game this evening and put in the 6 ounce cloth. There's over two hours of layup work on it, don't know how the fiberglass folks can sell them so cheap! There's a lot of fiddling around...
  9. TonyHallo

    Scale Sig 1/3 Scale Spacewalker

    Randy Is the center section removable or attached? Looking good.
  10. TonyHallo

    70cc FLEX Ultimate assembly thread.

    Do you believe this 70cc bird will need these?
  11. TonyHallo

    70cc FLEX Ultimate assembly thread.

    I don't know if I should like that or not!
  12. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    When I build a wood plane, the wing aligned holes are drilled with the sides together so that a long drill can be used through the fuselage to drill the holes in the wing,this keeps the alignment pins parallel to the wing tube. This is completely different way of building so I had to come up...
  13. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Put the fuselage back on the bench to set the wing incidence, threw the wings on for a photo op. The door just barely clears the wing. Have seven coats of wax on the cowl mold, might be ready to lay up today. Shipping out the dash foam and yokes to SAC today to get price quoted. Pretty sure...
  14. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Got the plug out of the mold this morning, the valve stem would not do it alone, had to blow air into the back of the mold between the plug and the mold, once I did that and hit the first valve stem it popped out with a bang. It was the easiest one piece to get the plug that I have made, most...
  15. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Have the left wing coped and the lite Ply root rib installed. need to add plywood reinforcement circles inside the fuselage where the locating pins are located before I can set the incidence. Put the last layer of 19 ounce cloth on the cowl mold, tomorrow I will test the air valves. Really...
  16. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Have the right wing root coped and the 1/8" lite ply rib glued on, once the wing incidence is set, the gap will be fill with Superfil.
  17. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Seen this on line, used to eject the part, some molds have a hole where a blow gun is used, the valve stems will provide a positive seal. It is always a pain pulling a part out of a one piece mold. The valve stems are located on the areas that will cut out so no worry about making a mark on...
  18. TonyHallo

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    Nice Nick, do you guys really need 5 port=o-johns?
  19. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    The dash looks to be acceptable, I'm going with it.
  20. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    OK I have the dash in the vacuum bag, I hope it works out. The Naugahyde was first glued to the underside as planned with contact cement, had to use a heat gun to get the Naugahyde flipped over the top of the dash. Once this happened it became apparent that contact cement could not be used so...
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