Anybody else scratch building tonight?
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Figure9
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Sweet !!!
Mr. Gandalf
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Looks great but I think the propeller is missing.
Right now the power pod is glued into my simple scout, it's pretty much the only thing holding it together!
Mr. Gandalf
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Thanks!
speedbirdted
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Interesting choice - I've found PVA based glues don't work well for me at least on foam. Maybe you are doing something different from me.
Packing it in tight!
I also used to hate polycrilic. Now I hate polycrilic even more. But hey, it works wonders making literally anything that's even a little absorbent waterproof until the heat death of the universe...
I like the color of the paper. Maybe I'll give it a few more coats of polycrilic and then sand it down real smooth and clear coat it. If only it had the wood grain it would look like stained mahogany like you see on old sailboats.
The Fopster
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I've just made a canopy for my scratch built Sea Fury. The very definition of scratch built - done by eye with no plans. Hope it will fit - haven't got the fuselage with me at the moment. 😲
Captain Jay
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Have you tried this approach yet? It could look even better...
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The Fopster
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I've got a moulded canopy (bought - spare for a commercial kit) but I'm now saving that for V1.1 after flying V1.0 at full throttle into a tree. Not my finest hour, piloting-wise!
Captain Jay
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Love it!!! Full throttle into a tree... awesome...
Here is another example of a canopy.
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Crawford Bros. Aeroplanes
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Looking good! Reminds me of the X-1 in a way. Maybe that could be your next one?
Captain Jay
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That does look very interesting. I hope we get a good maiden on that thing. Should be fun to watch...
Crawford Bros. Aeroplanes
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"ROCKET PLANE!"
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leaded50
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X-1 is more difficult, because of thinner rear outlet, and very small part extruded from the "belly" .. but, will see
leaded50
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Your not the only one, exited to see- Ill try glide it in a few days, who will give some answers
Captain Jay
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Haaaa, well, if you glide it and it's looking good, you might want to be prepared to push the edf to full throttle and keep going. Hand tossing and glideing a jet might prove to be a fatal move for the jet... I guess only you can be the judge of that choice... haha
leaded50
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@Captain Jay , yeah i know, but even a jet should get a glide, or something similar too it., even if would glide long. You still will see something about how it function in air.
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