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Reply #140 - Mar 20th, 2015 at 10:12pm
 
maybe, but you've been losing weight..... Raa Raa   I've just been sogging around.. More Mods surfing and minding the dog...
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Reply #141 - Mar 23rd, 2015 at 1:05pm
 
Just because I could, and because I really wanted something sheeted, I made up the doghouse for behind the cockpit.
Used a piece of file folder to get the shape, made two pieces from 1/8 sheet and glued them together....this is a place where you should use carpenters glue of some kind - it sands better than CA  Smiley (wipe surplus glue off as soon as you put sides together). Put the pieces together and tape with plastic electrical tape - this stuff stretches so will put a little "clamping motion" on the pieces. You'll likely have to put weights on both sides to ensure they stay flat.
Once dry I sprayed the outside with ammonia window cleaner and worked the piece around a small can to get some curve, then taped it over the fuse to dry. I put some Saran wrap (advertisement) under the piece to keep the water off the stringers.
Piece is dry this morning and ready to glue - yeh!  Raa Raa
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Reply #142 - Mar 25th, 2015 at 3:18pm
 
Hmmmmm. should I use the vacuum formed, or titivate up the plywood version (copy of a laser item  Glenn got from the USA)

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Reply #143 - Mar 26th, 2015 at 9:24am
 
I like the vaccum formed
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Reply #144 - Mar 26th, 2015 at 4:28pm
 
so do I Ben, here's what the original looked like
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Reply #145 - Mar 27th, 2015 at 8:17am
 
What are you going to do for the part that is missing at the top?
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Reply #146 - Mar 27th, 2015 at 8:22am
 
A quick search brought this one up.  Looks pretty fancy!

http://www.cockpitscale.com/product/hurricane-complete-cockpit-for-brian-taylor-...

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Reply #147 - Mar 27th, 2015 at 6:56pm
 
Have a cockpit kit Ben, and there's a gun sight to fill the hole...

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Reply #148 - Mar 30th, 2015 at 10:06am
 
Didn't realize till after I posted that area was for the gun sight.  Quite a few nice cockpits out there.  Some are very pricey...
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Reply #149 - Mar 30th, 2015 at 11:51am
 
Yup, didn't feel like spending 150 Euro for some plastic. I appreciate some of these guys put a ton of work into their creations, but being retarded sorry retired I can't keep up. I got a kit from Dynamic Balsa..was able to pick and choose what i wanted. Didn't bother with the soldered brass frame. got the seat, dash, compass, gun sight - the kind of stuff you see easily.
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Reply #150 - Mar 30th, 2015 at 1:48pm
 
Just noticed this thread has over 14,000 views.  Shocked Wonder how many you will have once finished?
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Reply #151 - Mar 30th, 2015 at 1:52pm
 
most of those views are skeptics, proving to them selves I'm not progressing - they can see the page count is still at 8....once I really get back at it, and the page count hits 50 or 60  they'll lose interest...... Angry
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Reply #152 - Mar 30th, 2015 at 4:49pm
 
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Reply #153 - Aug 12th, 2015 at 2:17pm
 
Well, something I'd let slip from memory is that, YOU HAVE TO PLAN AHEAD.. Angry  Suddenly realized that I was thinking of starting to begin finishing the stringers, but hadn't done anything about the tank yet, nor the cowl  Hit Palm

Since I don't want a ring of small screws around the edge of the cowl, guess maybe have to use something else..Using the firewall as a template, I cut a ply ring - traced shape on plywood, cut outside to shape, then figured where i wanted bolt tabs, drew inside and cut with trusty sabre. Spacing of tabs was important; need enough (4 likely) but also want flexibility so down the road if the plane flies and looks like it will last  Roll Eyes i could "consider" scale exhaust (Todd) and would need to split the cowl along the scale seam.  Huh Sign

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Reply #154 - Aug 12th, 2015 at 2:27pm
 
With the ring clamped in place, drilled for the blind nuts, bolted the ring in place to fit....diddle fit just fine.

Put the ring in the cowl, bolted it on and Voila (that's French for holy cr** it might work).

Of course, we are working with blind nuts. SO, the bolt wouldn't go into one of the nuts  Swear Word This with the nut held inside behind the stringers, from the wing saddle area,  by my trusty brain bone picker forceps...

tried new bolt, worked!!!!  Raa Raa In The Air Smiley Im Happy

Next, 24 hours with hysol, and the ring is permanently attached to the cowl, and I have an invisible mount... Tongue
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Reply #155 - Aug 12th, 2015 at 2:36pm
 
I had always hoped to hide both the switch, and the retract air fillerupper (very technical term). The hurricane has 2 large hatches on the starboard side, but few people ever take pictures or draw 3 views of that side.

Turns out Dave Rowe, from Shearwater, has a drawing hanging on the wall at the museum, with a scaled drawing of the right side.... Smiley   Piece of tracing paper, 5 minutes, sketch of the area in question. Trip to Kwik Kopy, scaled up tracing, taped to side of fuse, jiggling, juggling, profile of the 2 hatches. I'll make both, but only gonna use the rear one, and I'm going to truncate it to fit between the formers (shhhh don' tell anyone), but the switch will be in there..
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Reply #156 - Aug 13th, 2015 at 6:42pm
 
Hysol doing it's thing (curing for 24 hours)  This is Good
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Reply #157 - Aug 13th, 2015 at 7:18pm
 
The company that puts out the cockpit kit i bought says the floor is 6" down from the sill of the cockpit...that's about at the top of the tape. The seat tho is roughly where it has to be to suit the pilot....
I thought the pilots' legs stuck out straighter than they suggest....think I'll go with the floor just under the crutch. If the pilots legs don't fit I'll do a "Doug Bader"

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Reply #158 - Oct 7th, 2015 at 2:59pm
 
While diddling with the fuse hatch (still waiting for the retract air fillerupper) I decided it was time to begin thinking about starting the back end thingy that sits parallel to the wing (WE live in a dream world here) and holds the upper downers...

There are no hints anywhere for how much the ribs have to be shimmed up, and all the threads indicate this is a vertical build..... Oh Joy to the World   Raa Raa this is going to be so much fun..cut the stab trailing edge, center line/rib lines yadda yadda; center lines on each rib, 1 2 3  blocks to hold each vertical, and perpendicular. Do center first, than pairs from outside in.

Always hoping that somehow the front center lines of the ribs do line up so the leading edge can go on..... Fun Bat   This is Good
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Reply #159 - Oct 8th, 2015 at 5:47am
 
Nice work Sandy!  Your getting there.
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