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  1. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    The wing tube stuck in the socket on the above wing panel. I was able to get the socket out and start over. I left the wing tube and the parchment paper in the wing tube when I glued the second socket in, this worked well. This inner panel is now complete with the foam and third rib...
  2. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Fitting the landing gear blocks and wing tube socket. The socket is two layers of 4 ounce cloth. Once the first rib sets up, will fit the foam in and add the second rib. I forgot about the servo wire tube. Might start making the skins soon.
  3. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    If you are wondering, it's probably too much! Cut the wing tube socket holes and finished cutting the inner panel airfoil shapes. Tomorrow will work on the landing gear blocks and support ribs. Maybe put in a servo wire tube as well. Might be ready for wing skins soon. I purchased 3" x 36"...
  4. TonyHallo

    Scale Nelitz 1/3 scale Cub build

    Why? It took me 19 years to finish the Super Cub!
  5. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Cut a little foam today. First cut the 4' x 4' block to the shape of the wing platform, then cut the airfoils. The platforms were cut by myself and I enlisted the help of my wife Debbie to cut the airfoil shape. One down, three to go, will cut the socket hole in the inner panels before the...
  6. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    The wing templates are ready to go, need to made the templates for cutting the socket yet, then it will be time to cut the foam. Have the landing gear blocks cleaned up, there's a lot going on with angles, the wings have 7 degree dihedral angle, the gear is slanted out at a 3 degree angle and...
  7. TonyHallo

    Scale Nelitz 1/3 scale Cub build

    For stock or prototype?
  8. TonyHallo

    Scale Nelitz 1/3 scale Cub build

    The windshield is 9" wide at the posts. I'm sure it will spring another 1".
  9. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Don't believe I will add spars. Ribs two and three will be 1/8" plywood to distribute the landing block load. The basswood landing gear blocks were salvaged from the first 30% model shown below. The gear strut are angled 3 degrees outward and it took some to make them so hopefully I can save...
  10. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Wing construction Step 1 - print the templates from the Compufoil program and tape together. The programs defaults to an 8 1/2" x 11" sheet of paper, if it can be changed I don't know how. No big deal just takes a little time. The root template is a NASA 2315 airfoil that was stretched using...
  11. TonyHallo

    What beer ya drinking tonight?

    You know the drill, Miller Lite!
  12. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    I started laying up the cowl mold. Put the tooling coat on, yesterday morning followed with a layer of 1 1/2 ounce cloth. When I got back home in the afternoon, the top of the cowl puckered in. I didn't add any reinforcement to the cowl so it is only .025" thick over most of the surface...
  13. TonyHallo

    Scale Sig 1/3 Scale Spacewalker

    I would image with a Plane like the Spacewaker, if you start at one end by the time your get to the other end of the wing that the Titebond will be dry enough to remove the pins.
  14. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Complete installation.
  15. TonyHallo

    Scale Nelitz 1/3 scale Cub build

    Would like me to measure my Super Cub? It will spread if need. And it has a very nice scale filler strip on the bottom.
  16. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    It's done. The inner surface was polished with sandpaper and WD40 to 800 grit to remove the tool marks, it is about 3/4" longer than the stock venturi. Working on the cowl mold as well, it it ready to begin molding, all waxed and PVA applied. Once the new cowl is complete I can mount the...
  17. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    That is the smallest boring bar that I have and it just barely fits in the T(.360") letter drill hole. The compound on the small lathes sucks as well. It is a 7 degree taper 1 1/2" long, the radius is 1/4" diameter. I have no bench mark to compare the performance just hoping for the best...
  18. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Almost complete, made a lot of chips.
  19. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Been whittled away at the velocity stack. First off made a fixture plate to hold the part,
  20. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Pickup the 48"x 48"x 6" piece of 1 pound virgin expanded bead polystyrene today that hopefully will become the wing cores. The cost was $53.00. The factory is about an hour from my home. The last time I bought foam from there was in 2003 when building a Hurley Extra 300.
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