P-82 Twin Mustang Build Log for Flite Fest Ohio

[Liam B]

It has been brought to my attention that my comment may be taken as rather hostile... I assure you it is not. And as proof of my giant airplane hand tossing skills I present you with proof:

Hehe I remember that episode! I don’t doubt your hand tossing skills, but landing gear might look better?

 

[Liam B]

Or just do the 'ole put it on top of a golf cart method...

Never fails!

 

[Liam B]

@ELEV8 RC - Wow! Quite the challenge (build it, ship it, assemble it, fly it).

Based on what I saw at FFWest last year, you got the skills - Best of Luck!

DamoRC

Haha, thanks Damo! Yeah it’s really ambitious but totally possible if I put in the time.

I’m just worried about how long it will take to ship. I’m probably going to shop it to NeffBros RV so I can have it with me on the ride to FF.

 

[Grifflyer]

It has been brought to my attention that my comment may be taken as rather hostile... I assure you it is not. And as proof of my giant airplane hand tossing skills I present you with proof:

Yeah, but that was 4 years ago...

Just kidding, all in all it's up to @ELEV8 RC to choose how it's gets airborne

 

[Daniel Kezar]

woah! this is gonna be cool!

 

[Pigfarm1403]

Look forward to seeing it at the event

 

[Liam B]

All the paper has been cut! I only did one wing because you really only need one , cause you can reverse it once it’s on poserboard.

Now it’s off to HomeDepot to get posterboard and Super77!

 

[Liam B]

Yeah, but that was 4 years ago...

Just kidding, all in all it's up to @ELEV8 RC to choose how it's gets airborne

I think I’ll do a Golf Cart launch, unless I have time to dream up some landing gear

 

[Liam B]

Got my Super77 and poster board and I’m ready to start working on gluing them all down

 

[PsyBorg]

We can always quick build a trebuchet and lunch it like this brothers new method called the string wing hehe

 

[Liam B]

I ran in to a bit of a problem. I explain what it is in this video. Any ideas?

 

[Grifflyer]

Just make all the cuts so that they are 3/16 in. thick. that's what I did when I made my 70% FT Flyer and it worked great!

 

[Liam B]

Just make all the cuts so that they are 3/16 in. thick. that's what I did when I made my 70% FT Flyer and it worked great!

So just scale the cuts down? Maybe by trimming them manually or just shrinking them by filling them in on the paper?

 

[Grifflyer]

Yeah, just make the cuts thinner on the plans using a ruler and go off of the them when you trace onto the FB.

 

[Liam B]

So, after hitting the cardstock hard for the last few days, I’ve produced all the templates and I got my first wing done!

 

[Liam B]

Both of the wings are complete! Not bad for being only three days in to the project if I do say so myself!

Now on to the interesting part: the fuselages!



This photo shows where I’ll most likely put the spar. I’m not sure if I’ll be able to make the wings have dihedral AND be able to slot in and out into pieces. We’ll see, I guess!

 

[Liam B]

I built this little jig to allow the spar to have dihedral but still be straight for the center wing!

 

[Liam B]

I just realized how low on foam sheets I am. I have two left, so I’m going to build the center wing and the fuselages will be made out of normal DTFB, as well as the tail.

EDIT: I had enough after all

The elevator will be the only DTFB piece.

 

[NicTheEngineer]

So excited to see this AWESOME project and so many others at FFOHIO 18!!

 

[DamoRC]

Wow - you are motoring through this! Like the dihedral doohickey.

We can always quick build a trebuchet and lunch it like this brothers new method called the string wing hehe

Okay - if I understand this correctly, Psyborg has volunteered to build a trebuchet - Subscribed!

DamoRC