No, its a trainer plane from the flying club's shed. The club secretary gave it to me so I could use it to pass my A certificate, assuming I could get it airworthy.So, was this a swapmeet find?
Great job cleaning it up... I expect in the end it won't even look like the same plane!
As a kid I watched too many of my tissue and balsa Guillows planes shatter into a hundred splinters on the first rubber band to "want" to get back into balsa, but reviving an old bird I might do...
Be really interested in the end if you think it was better to do something like this or maybe just start new?
Calm down!
when I'm all done with the fixes internally then I will get on with the covering.
. Waiting for more pictures of the process from you .
I was surprised how easy balsa is to work with. Using medium super glue makes building pretty quick too. Still awaiting the servos to come so I can't finish up the wings but now working on the fuselage, even cut some light ply this morning for it. Trying to work out the best way to make the hood removable and yet secure without having awkward screws.I've been gone for a while and boy @CarolineTyler you did some amazing progress. Also never would have imagined that you have never worked with balsa you seem to be handling it like a pro. I don't know if I personally would do a balsa build. That was my initial thought though when I started moving to RC that is until I found out how easy it is to work with FB
Nice hatch design! A couple magnets for the the latch and you are all set!
Making the brackets for the magnets as I type!
Absolutely, when there is stress on a joint I'm using a spot of super glue to locate/initially hold and following up with epoxy
It's pretty rough in places, but hey, it's my first attempt and I picked the easiest piece to start withThat looks way better than my first bit of covering!
