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Yak Man Club Member Galactic Twinkie Jet Pilot Extraordinaire Offline Forum User LastOn: May 2^nd, 2024 Join: Mar 23^rd, 2010 Posts: 1,000 Reputation: 0 Gender: Zodiac sign: Awards: 5 Mood:	Re: My New Ride Reply #20 - Jan 7^th, 2013 at 5:06pm Oh, also the foam cores only had 1/6 sheeting that was held together with 3M-77 contack cement. Here's some shots of the wing as it progresses.
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Re: My New Ride
Reply #23 - Jan 7^th, 2013 at 10:58pm

Yes. If you think this is too light, you don't want to be looking too hard at my AJ Slick.

Yak Man wrote on Jan 7^th, 2013 at 4:52pm:

JackDD wrote on Jan 7^th, 2013 at 9:12am:

Lightning holes in Balsa? Huh

Its not 6061 Al, Wink

is it going to be worth it, Huh

I would have just used a bigger prop Roll Eyes

Have you ever seen inside a modern 50cc size and up plane?
Trust me there's not much there and every gram counts.

Here's a shot of a foam core I did some years back. Foam and a couple carbon fiber strips held that together, and it's still going today

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Yak Man Club Member Galactic Twinkie Jet Pilot Extraordinaire Offline Forum User LastOn: May 2^nd, 2024 Join: Mar 23^rd, 2010 Posts: 1,000 Reputation: 0 Gender: Zodiac sign: Awards: 5 Mood:	Re: My New Ride Reply #24 - Jan 8^th, 2013 at 6:53am waverider wrote on Jan 7^th, 2013 at 10:29pm: is that carbon fibre tape under the spar caps? the wings are a nice job Yes. It's hard to see but it there.
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Reply #25 - Jan 8^th, 2013 at 7:02am

Yea Shane, you know what I'm talking about. Some of there planes are build so light that you would expect them to explode in flight but they don't. Well most don't LOL! Roll Eyes

Shane Morse wrote on Jan 7^th, 2013 at 10:58pm:

Yes. If you think this is too light, you don't want to be looking too hard at my AJ Slick.

Yak Man wrote on Jan 7^th, 2013 at 4:52pm:

JackDD wrote on Jan 7^th, 2013 at 9:12am:

Lightning holes in Balsa? Huh

Its not 6061 Al, Wink

is it going to be worth it, Huh

I would have just used a bigger prop Roll Eyes

Have you ever seen inside a modern 50cc size and up plane?
Trust me there's not much there and every gram counts.

Here's a shot of a foam core I did some years back. Foam and a couple carbon fiber strips held that together, and it's still going today

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Yak Man Club Member Galactic Twinkie Jet Pilot Extraordinaire Offline Forum User LastOn: May 2^nd, 2024 Join: Mar 23^rd, 2010 Posts: 1,000 Reputation: 0 Gender: Zodiac sign: Awards: 5 Mood:	Re: My New Ride Reply #26 - Jan 8^th, 2013 at 7:05am Shots of the rudder and fin. No suprizes there, other then it was a flat slab. I sanded a slight air foil shap in it, just for looks.
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Yak Man Club Member Galactic Twinkie Jet Pilot Extraordinaire Offline Forum User LastOn: May 2^nd, 2024 Join: Mar 23^rd, 2010 Posts: 1,000 Reputation: 0 Gender: Zodiac sign: Awards: 5 Mood:	Re: My New Ride Reply #34 - Jan 8^th, 2013 at 4:04pm waverider wrote on Jan 8^th, 2013 at 8:40am: when do you sleep? I go to bed around12.30am and am up around 4.00am. So I guess I don't sleep much. It's not fun!
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Yak Man Club Member Galactic Twinkie Jet Pilot Extraordinaire Offline Forum User LastOn: May 2^nd, 2024 Join: Mar 23^rd, 2010 Posts: 1,000 Reputation: 0 Gender: Zodiac sign: Awards: 5 Mood:	Re: My New Ride Reply #35 - Jan 8^th, 2013 at 4:06pm Fingers wrote on Jan 8^th, 2013 at 9:54am: on the rudder, I see in the open pics there is a small triangular gusset you left off.....did you put it in before you sheeted? Well Sandy, your right? I guess I missed that one!
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Reply #38 - Jan 9^th, 2013 at 4:49pm

al wrote on Jan 9^th, 2013 at 11:51am:

not a bad picture of that tail al, (better one on the wall behind) Grin

but you need to get something in one or two of those to show us the size, yourself perhaps?

the other day in new glasgow your new ride came up and someone wondered if it would be ready for this season. I just laughed! Grin

looking great so far, but how big is it. Grin

I'll see what I can do.

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Reply #39 - Jan 9^th, 2013 at 4:51pm

al wrote on Jan 9^th, 2013 at 11:51am:

not a bad picture of that tail al, (better one on the wall behind) Grin

but you need to get something in one or two of those to show us the size, yourself perhaps?

the other day in new glasgow your new ride came up and someone wondered if it would be ready for this season. I just laughed! Grin

looking great so far, but how big is it. Grin

nah, we're talking Cool here, not Sandy Angry

Of course it will be ready... Cheesy

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