December 1 is here, let's make some balsa dust! 
Balsa Forum Fall Build Along
- Thread starter jsknockoff
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Have fun, guys!!!
Heck yeah! I'm hoping to get the upper wing completely built on my biplane tonight. Not sanded or finished, but all main construction complete. Then the planking on the big L-19 needs some more work (and I'm enjoying the heck out of how fast the planking is making it finally look like an airplane fuselage). I'm off this coming Monday, so maybe the EVA will be ready for the maiden after a 3-day weekend!
TexMechsRobot
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I'm off this coming Monday, so maybe the EVA will be ready for the maiden after a 3-day weekend!
So when we said "Fall Build Along", you really meant "First week of December Build Along" 0_o
Good luck and post the maiden!
If the wife and kids would leave me alone it could be the first weekend of December build along! But I know it won't go quite that quickly since the L-19 needs to keep moving and I'm waiting for the transparent blue covering to arrive from MM. The EVA will be a fairly quick build, however.
If you want to see real building speed, put a camera on TurboJoe and give him a MM Switchback kit!
If you want to see real building speed, put a camera on TurboJoe and give him a MM Switchback kit!
It can be surprising how quickly some models go together . . . until you get to the finishing steps, where the progress slows to an unbelievable crawl
Speaking of quickly . . .
It's not a MM kit or an EVA (fine model from a great company, but really doesn't strike my fancy), but I've just started one of these:
It's a Dumas Walnut Scale Rubber Free Flight kit of a DHC-2 Beaver I picked up at the annual swap meet last march.
And while Free Flight has it's own charms, I've got a champ motor and Night vapor guts begging to fly something small and light . . . so she's getting an RC conversion
I started her a few nights ago out of frustration of not building anything else, but the timing is close, so if you guys in your not competitive contest will turn a blind eye to two nights work on a different airframe, that isn't even an RC kit, I think I'll join youse guys
I'll start a thread tonight, short on pics and heavy on blurry, but here's a taste from the end of night one:
TexMechsRobot
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I started her a few nights ago out of frustration of not building anything else, but the timing is close, so if you guys in your not competitive contest will turn a blind eye to two nights work on a different airframe, that isn't even an RC kit, I think I'll join youse guys
DISQUALIFIED
I kid
I love Dumas kits. I built the T6-Texan and thoroughly enjoyed it. I tried to make it free flight but had no idea what I was doing and it was way to heavy (AUW) and tail heavy in general. It looked great though!
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Excellent! We have lured in another one! :applause:
I've been thinking about a free-flight to night-vapor rc conversion for a while - will be interested in how you solve the electronics mounting and control surface decisions.
Welcome to the fall balsa build along!
I've been thinking about a free-flight to night-vapor rc conversion for a while - will be interested in how you solve the electronics mounting and control surface decisions.
Welcome to the fall balsa build along!
Dang. I was really looking forward to winning <glances again through thread> nothing
They do make beautiful kits. That Texan is a beauty . . . what was that about a safe space? Right! Nevermind! Mine will be awesome (maybe not that awesome, but we'll see).
I know mine will be a bit of a porker for the typical build, but I'm staking my hope on having the tiny power system be grossly overpowered. Weighed out the gear (freeflight and RC) this morning and the brick is roughly the weight of the bare fuselage
eek but the comically red FF prop is about 10% lighter than the electronic motor and prop . . . I might still have a chance.
Excellent! We have lured in another one! :applause:
I've been thinking about a free-flight to night-vapor rc conversion for a while - will be interested in how you solve the electronics mounting and control surface decisions.
Welcome to the fall balsa build along!
Mounting the electronics is a cinch -- if you're building in balsa, creating new brackets for things is easy. Just pull out some stock, cut the bracket to shape and find a strong-but-clear spot on the frame to mount it. Hardest part so far was building a hatch, but even that was pretty easy.
Control surfaces however . . . I have a plan. We'll see how well it works. It's tricky building hinges around 1/16" balsa sticks, but I think I've got a way to "stitch" one together.
Welcome to the fun! I've added you to the builder's list on Post #3 and look forward to your work. Thanks for playing along!
Brian must have taken a stack of boxes to the post office, I just got notification as well that my covering has shipped.
OttoPilot
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I've been super busy over the past two weeks, home for Thanksgiving, and then a week of meetings/tours/test coordination with Dayton T. Brown on Long Island for work...add to that a ton of Christmas orders through my Etsy shop and I haven't had time for any fun over the last couple of weeks...but I did manage to get started on my EVA-3d over the weekend.
Hopefully I'll have some downtime this evening after I get Christmas lights up to get my build thread posted and to take a look at everyone's progress in the other threads.
Hopefully I'll have some downtime this evening after I get Christmas lights up to get my build thread posted and to take a look at everyone's progress in the other threads.
I've got to say, the work being produced so far is very impressive and fun to watch. I sincerely hope that by the end of this project everybody who has joined in is happy with their choice to try balsa and wants to do it again! (It's addictive!)
I hear ya, a series of bad events at work and the Christmas "chores" have slowed my building to a crawl.
