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Houndpup Rc
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Might put it on the goblin too! how strong are the wings on the goblin?
Mr Man
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From my experience they are pretty strong with tape over the wing join, but I would still add a skewer or something in there as it wouldn’t hurt to have extra strength.
Houndpup Rc
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Think I will put a aluminum spar in. ( I still have some left from the NNspit.)
Mr Man
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Nice! Always good to hac]ve extra strength!
Houndpup Rc
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Got some progress on my NN Spitefire!
Both wings beveled:
Spars glued together:
Servos installed in wing:
One side of the wing glued down:
Both wings beveled:
Spars glued together:
Servos installed in wing:
One side of the wing glued down:
Mr Man
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Looking Good!
Houndpup Rc
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Thanks!
Houndpup Rc
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I like how solid the NNSpitfire is! It really feels good in the hand!
Houndpup Rc
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More progress on the NN spit! I made some cool mods!
My fuselage in progress.....
Added Coffee stirs to help prevent flexing of the control rods.
And now comes my cool mod! I used foam board instead of the original poster board! (I hate poster board!) I used the original turtle deck poster board for a template.....
Cut to the right size. (I had to change the width of the piece for sitting on top of the fuselage vs. extending down the sides of the fus.) molded it like a Maser Series, and cut down the formers to condensate for the thickness of the foam. (also snacked on some very good homemade raisin bread fresh out of the oven
)
And ended up with a very nice solid foam turtle deck!
I then put on the side flarings at this point. (my least favorite part in the whole build!
I manufactured my own firewall.
Test fitted the motor. (yikes! its a tight fit!,I had to carve a little material off the part underneath the motor.)
I then made my own piece for the front, I skipped using a former in the front because its only really necessary with poster board. I just eyed it up and cut out my piece and cut to the right size.)
To be continued in next post......
My fuselage in progress.....
Added Coffee stirs to help prevent flexing of the control rods.
And now comes my cool mod! I used foam board instead of the original poster board! (I hate poster board!) I used the original turtle deck poster board for a template.....
Cut to the right size. (I had to change the width of the piece for sitting on top of the fuselage vs. extending down the sides of the fus.) molded it like a Maser Series, and cut down the formers to condensate for the thickness of the foam. (also snacked on some very good homemade raisin bread fresh out of the oven
)
And ended up with a very nice solid foam turtle deck!
I then put on the side flarings at this point. (my least favorite part in the whole build!
I manufactured my own firewall.
Test fitted the motor. (yikes! its a tight fit!,I had to carve a little material off the part underneath the motor.)
I then made my own piece for the front, I skipped using a former in the front because its only really necessary with poster board. I just eyed it up and cut out my piece and cut to the right size.)
To be continued in next post......
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Houndpup Rc
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Did the same for the middle piece.
Then I made a very nice hatch, and reinforced the edges of the foam so it wouldn't delaminate with use.
And it's looking pretty good so far!
I really like the way that the foam looks vs. the poster board!
Then I made a very nice hatch, and reinforced the edges of the foam so it wouldn't delaminate with use.
And it's looking pretty good so far!
I really like the way that the foam looks vs. the poster board!
Mr Man
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Looking good!
You can use foam board for that.
Cut the shape, remove the inner paper, use a smooth slick marker or similar, to slowly rub/crush the foam while on a cylindrical shape like a pipe, can, etc.
@Splinter189 (John O) even does this in a few of the MS build vids.
Here's a clip....
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Houndpup Rc
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If you look at the rest of the pictures you can see how I did do that.You can use foam board for that.
Cut the shape, remove the inner paper, use a smooth slick marker or similar, to slowly rub/crush the foam while on a cylindrical shape like a pipe, can, etc.
@Splinter189 (John O) even does this in a few of the MS build vids.
Here's a clip....
- YouTube
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Oh, my mistake. The filets/fairing look to be a little different shade of white relative to the other foam board parts, so...my bad. Carry on, brother!If you look at the rest of the pictures you can see how I did do that.
Mr Man
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I believe those are posterboard, but the turtle decks foamboard.
Houndpup Rc
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Oh, no the fairings are poster board. (I couldn't think of a way to mold them backward without wrinkling the paper.)
Mr Man
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Unless you peeled the paper on the opposite side.
Houndpup Rc
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Yeah, but then it would look funny with the paint job. I have been thinking for the sr-71 on how to do that, if you took a heat gun you might be able to soften the foam enough to allow you to form it the other way....
No. The paper is removed from the inside. Still has paper on the outside. Watch the build vid.Yeah, but then it would look funny with the paint job. I have been thinking for the sr-71 on how to do that, if you took a heat gun you might be able to soften the foam enough to allow you to form it the other way....
