Wedell Williams 44

[Mr NCT]

It was time to break out Fusion 360 and make another golden age plane. Years ago Western Reserve Historical Society let me crawl through the plane and take pictures.

 

[Mr NCT]

It looks like Exactflat no longer works with Fusion 360. So I made some "rollation" templates and used card stock to form around them and mark since it's thicker and holds it shape better than paper. One thing I learned was to put a reference measurement on the template so that I can make sure the scale is still correct after scanning. This is my 4th plane on fusion and I'm getting the hang of it. I think a needle cutter is in my future

 

[leaded50]

as remember, i think at one of the "collective" group builds, form some years back they build a DV or DW (?) plane where one made a cowl for 3D printing, with the "humps" on it as orginally of your plane.

 

[Mr NCT]

as remember, i think at one of the "collective" group builds, form some years back they build a DV or DW (?) plane where one made a cowl for 3D printing, with the "humps" on it as orginally of your plane.

Thanks! I've seen that cowl, it would be perfect for this plane.

 

[leaded50]

here, its on thingreverse! It was a DGA https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4979930

 

[Mr NCT]

Excellent!

 

[Mr NCT]

I wasn’t happy with the first attempt so went back to the drawing board. Here’s the new rollation forms.

 

[danskis]

Can't wait to see this one from my favorite era!!

 

[Mr NCT]

Can't wait to see this one from my favorite era!!

Me too!

 

[Mr NCT]

Here I go, flying in the face of popular wisdom – again. I made two identical boxes 14.5”x2.375”x2.375”, one with hot glue, and the other with one part wood glue mixed with two parts foaming gorilla glue. I built both of them with enough glue to stick them together but not enough to foam out of the cracks. In the picture the top one is gorilla glue and it weighed 23 g the bottom one is hot glue and the scale bounced between 22 and 23 g. Sorry 🤷🏼‍♂️

 

[Mr NCT]

It's past time for an update. The fuselage skins are fitting together better than on my first try. Because of the elevator being a little forward of the rudder line I'm going with an internal control horn. Printed a 6" x 3/16" stick and a control horn that slides on it. Peeled the paper back and cut a pocket in the elevator, glued it in and the glued the paper back on top to add strength.

 

[leaded50]

A lot of theese old historic racers are shure looking nice! Some do have a bit to small wings for our use though....but shouldnt be any problem expand for slower use. (have a few one my build list..) Good luck with the build, it seems be very nice!

 

[Mr NCT]

Thanks! This is my favorite era when people were trying to see what would work and what wouldn't. Some interesting designs. This one shares the same wing as my QED which flies really well, just changed the tip profile.

 

[Mr NCT]

Slow but.... well, slow. Made some progress this morning. Tail feathers on with control rods, bottom of tail boom covered, hatch cut out and removable battery tray installed.

 

[Mr NCT]

I'm gonna need a lot of nose weight! I'll have to print @SP0NZ 's radial out of lead.

 

[Ian8Whit]

We’re those photos you took of a p-26?

 

[Mr NCT]

The photos in the first post were from Roscoe Turner's Wedell Williams 44 at the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland. The plane is still on display.

 

[Ian8Whit]

That’s cool kinda looks like a P-26
Very cool and very historical also great photos hope you get what you want with your build it’s looking good so far!

 

[Mr NCT]

I scaled @SP0NZ 's radial up to 120% and printed with 100% infill and it was a perfect balance. Maiden flight was surprisingly uneventful. Unfortunately my video software stopped working so video to follow soon I hope.

 

[Mr NCT]

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