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  1. TonyHallo

    Sport Racing plane for 3 cylinder Kolm engine.

    Not only is the shear web in compression, there is also the horizontal shear force to consider,
  2. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Thank you both. The red peel ply arrived, needs a little texture. Ordered a can of Rustoleum texture paint, going to try this as a base.
  3. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Thinking the seats will be finished similar to the photo below, red and white or course. Spent a lot of time on these seats.
  4. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Closing in on the seat construction. I hope to mount the radio gear and batteries under the back seats. In order to access the batteries, need the front seats to tilt forward. Rather than fill the seats with foam, added 1/4" plywood hard points to attach the 1/16" thick G10 hinges. Also...
  5. TonyHallo

    Sport Racing plane for 3 cylinder Kolm engine.

    I glue to the sides for two reasons, it is easier to fit the webs and the webs don't need to be precise, so what if it is 1/16" short? Two the glue area is muck larger, two times the thickness of spar ( normally 1/4") verses two times the area of shear web (normally 1/8"or less). Another...
  6. TonyHallo

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

    Wait a minute, that glider has a motor on it!
  7. TonyHallo

    Sport Racing plane for 3 cylinder Kolm engine.

    Easy to drawing, not so easy to do!
  8. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    And so it begins, sand, putty, sand, prime, sand, putty, sand, prime, .... The wing tips were the only parts worthy of guide coat!. Going to block the wings today.
  9. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    I have experience with three different gyros, of course none of ones you mentioned. My first experience was with an E flight M12 foamy, my first and only foamy so far. I bought the plane to fly at the local boat launch parking lot. I felt like it was always fighting me. It was Spektrim AX3S...
  10. TonyHallo

    Scale Nelitz 1/3 scale Cub build

    DO YOUR HOMEWORK!
  11. TonyHallo

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

    That method of choking is why I changed the carb on my FG61, of course I've yet to hear it run!
  12. TonyHallo

    Scale Nelitz 1/3 scale Cub build

    I need a few knees as well, right now still getting shots, my last shots were 12/31/24, my left knee was hurting after cutting some grass yesterday. A few Miller Lights helps to forget! I thought the detail on the BUSA windshield was very nice. I think a bead roller would be required to make a...
  13. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    I'm sure it is due to the fill material. The seat bottom is even more drastic, the plug weighted 177 grams, the glass version weights 37 grams. I have two seats completed and the total weight of both is less than the weight of the seat back plug. Weather forecast looks good today, will...
  14. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Spent a few days in Clearwater FLA, time to get back to work. I had the seat back halves laid up before I left and joined the halves last night after returning home. Did it a little different since there's little to no taper on the the sides. Popped the half parts out of the mold, washed...
  15. TonyHallo

    Scale Nelitz 1/3 scale Cub build

    Have a look ar post 148 on the BUSA build , zoom in and look at the bottom after it is painted
  16. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    The dash arrived from SAC. I'm happy!
  17. TonyHallo

    Scale Nelitz 1/3 scale Cub build

    Drawings. Need to start with a curved piece. Your windshield already has the detail, will you cover it up?
  18. TonyHallo

    Scale Nelitz 1/3 scale Cub build

    On the Champ, I made the bottom seal was made from fiberglass.
  19. TonyHallo

    Scale Nelitz 1/3 scale Cub build

    Why? I don't believe the full scale has serrations. The photo came from the Univar web page.
  20. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Have the seat molds completed, the seat back is ready to lay up while the seat bottom mold is curing. Will start waxing later today. As a note the seat back 3D printed version used for the plug weighted 166 grams, I hope the molded version are much lighter. This molds are much lighter than...
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