Old balsa glow Tiger Moth restoration
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glydr
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Nah - how about an Addy instead?
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Back on track, here are some plans for a 22" Tiger Moth in balsa (the way a Tiggie should be built!).
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=21778320&postcount=449
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Back on track, here are some plans for a 22" Tiger Moth in balsa (the way a Tiggie should be built!).
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=21778320&postcount=449
Tonight's update:
I've been cutting balsa for the top wing. I can't glue it in yet though, as Sheena is still removing the original tissue covering. I won't add any pics, as there isn't enough progress to bother yet.
I've been cutting balsa for the top wing. I can't glue it in yet though, as Sheena is still removing the original tissue covering. I won't add any pics, as there isn't enough progress to bother yet.
Gotta love covering film!
Nah - how about an Addy instead?
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Might there be a little local preference thereThose are sweet planes. I have a buddy that has the e-flite cap 232 and I love that plane. I want the edge BAAAAAAD. It's only about 32" so it's easy to transport plus it uses electronics I already have so it will be cheap one of these days. I like the addiction planes a lot too though, there may be one in my future. I'm having to decide between all of my hobbies and planes are currently losing out. I just rebuilt my Blade 400 again.
Back on topic, that's pretty weird to have two different types of covering. I've never been up close to a doped plane. Is it something you can sand off? Does it tear up the wood really bad when it comes off?
glydr
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Yeah, my PA plane is the Katana Mini which would have the prize for sweetest plane in my collection.
Save your pennies and build a skeeter 30
www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=360600
I have a high spec microdan motor waiting for me to build one of these.
Save your pennies and build a skeeter 30
www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=360600
I have a high spec microdan motor waiting for me to build one of these.
The bottom wing was someone else's repair job - an old one, but not quite tissue and dope old.
The tissue is strongly stuck on - I'm curious about how they got it off the bottom wing, unless they just re-built it.
The tissue is strongly stuck on - I'm curious about how they got it off the bottom wing, unless they just re-built it.
The skeeter is pretty cool.
Haha, serves you right for flying helis
I know right, totally worth it though.
Haha, was hoping to get a bite from glydr...
I couldn't find the right thickness balsa (~2mm) so I used 3mm and sanded each piece to correct thickness. Accidentally sanded my fingers a bit too...
I couldn't find the right thickness balsa (~2mm) so I used 3mm and sanded each piece to correct thickness. Accidentally sanded my fingers a bit too...
con244
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Banshee, I seem to remember from the old days that dope had a thinner that you could use to soften the stuff that doesn't want to come off. Not sure what it was but maybe try acetone? Another thing you could try is to apply more dope and then when it goes soft just wipe it off. I personally used to like the smell of that stuff, probably why I didn't have enough brain cells left to study medicine.
Con
glydr
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What's this? A bite? I think AK is on the money - Helis are totally worth it!
(some people will never understand!)
glydr
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I personally used to like the smell of that stuff, probably why I didn't have enough brain cells left to study medicine.
Con
I know what you mean. Kinda made it a bit more fun when you go to the counter of the hobby shop and whisper;
"Psst - I need to buy some dope"
You know, I've been able to rebuild my heli's a lot of times and they still fly exactly the way they did when they were new. How many people can say that about their airplanes? I know my foam planes that have been crashed never fly quite the same again. They are always a little heavier, or just a little different. My balsa planes not so much, those repairs seem to be a bit more precise.
glydr
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Too true AK. You can get a heli as good as (if not better than) when you flew it last and crashed.
Though I must admit frustration at swapping out bits here and there in order to find that niggly vibration which ended up being (for instance) a slightly bent tail rotor shaft. Last one for me was the feathering shaft despite the blades not meeting anything but air!
Though I must admit frustration at swapping out bits here and there in order to find that niggly vibration which ended up being (for instance) a slightly bent tail rotor shaft. Last one for me was the feathering shaft despite the blades not meeting anything but air!
OOOOOhh I hate that. I was having a tail vibration for the longest time. Finally got rid of that and my gyro started finally working right. I had a feathering shaft go from a hard landing, I think the stock 3mm shaft is weak on the blade 400, I just read that the 450 head comes with a 4mm shaft. I would upgrade but I already spent the money on all the aluminum parts for the one I've got.
Not to say it's impossible to repair foam nicely, but my personal planes never are the same again. I'm a mechanic by trade so changing parts and tuning metal is much easier for me than the arts and crafts stuff like balsa repair and foam. I like it but it's not really my forte.
Not to say it's impossible to repair foam nicely, but my personal planes never are the same again. I'm a mechanic by trade so changing parts and tuning metal is much easier for me than the arts and crafts stuff like balsa repair and foam. I like it but it's not really my forte.
