Avon Flyers Forum Home - DL Aeromodelles Embraer Tucano

Danster

Club Member

Offline

Forum User

LastOn: Feb 10^th, 2019
Join: Mar 20^th, 2010

Posts: 139
Reputation: 0

Truro, Nova Scotia
Gender: male

Zodiac sign: Capricorn

Awards: 3

Mood:

Re: DL Aeromodelles Embraer Tucano
Reply #20 - Mar 4^th, 2013 at 8:10pm

Ok, finished with the stab. All parts have been cleaned up and are ready for a final sand prior to the application of primer.

Now time for the wings. I don't know what the hell they were thinking for the wheel cutouts! They are made for a 4" tire!!! I cut some foam and decided to fill the holes and cut new ones later, to match my struts and final wheel choice, suitable for 2 3/4" or 3". Gorilla glue to the rescue! Grin

A pain to be sure, but will be worth it later.

Dan

Back to top

Wing_1.jpg (516 KB | 365 )

IP Logged

Fingers YaBB Moderator I still got all five! Online Forum User LastOn: Today Join: Mar 22^nd, 2010 Posts: 3,096 Reputation: 0 Dartmouth Gender: Zodiac sign: Awards: 3 Mood:	Re: DL Aeromodelles Embraer Tucano Reply #21 - Mar 5^th, 2013 at 3:28pm looks like they set it up for my kinda landings...
Back to top	Karma is everything IP Logged

Danster Club Member Offline Forum User LastOn: Feb 10^th, 2019 Join: Mar 20^th, 2010 Posts: 139 Reputation: 0 Truro, Nova Scotia Gender: Zodiac sign: Awards: 3 Mood:	Re: DL Aeromodelles Embraer Tucano Reply #22 - Mar 6^th, 2013 at 7:39pm You mean"tundra tires“ Sandy? Ok, got the holes plugged and capped the inside of the servo pockets. Cores are sanded and ready for skinning. I have a couple patches of carbon fibre cloth that will be sandwiched between the foam and balsa sheeting to strengthen the new wheel openings and gear plates.
Back to top	Wing_2.jpg (517 KB \| 342 ) IP Logged

Yak Man Club Member Galactic Twinkie Jet Pilot Extraordinaire Offline Forum User LastOn: Today Join: Mar 23^rd, 2010 Posts: 1,001 Reputation: 0 Gender: Zodiac sign: Awards: 5 Mood:	Re: DL Aeromodelles Embraer Tucano Reply #23 - Mar 7^th, 2013 at 6:54am Looking good
Back to top	Twinkie Jet Pilot Extraordinaire IP Logged

Danster

Club Member

Offline

Forum User

LastOn: Feb 10^th, 2019
Join: Mar 20^th, 2010

Posts: 139
Reputation: 0

Truro, Nova Scotia
Gender: male

Zodiac sign: Capricorn

Awards: 3

Mood:

Re: DL Aeromodelles Embraer Tucano
Reply #24 - Mar 7^th, 2013 at 2:24pm

Thanks Al.

Wing sheeting was sanded and cleaned. Each side was given a scrape coat of west systems epoxy and laid up in the wing saddles. Only used 3 oz of epoxy for all four sides. Everything lined up pretty good so I locked it all down with probably 300lbs of weight. Now they have to sit for 24 hours to cure. Then on to leading and trailing edge sections.

Dan

Back to top

« Last Edit: Mar 7^th, 2013 at 2:26pm by Danster »

Wing_3.jpg (491 KB | 346 )

Wing_4.jpg (549 KB | 343 )

IP Logged

Danster

Club Member

Offline

Forum User

LastOn: Feb 10^th, 2019
Join: Mar 20^th, 2010

Posts: 139
Reputation: 0

Truro, Nova Scotia
Gender: male

Zodiac sign: Capricorn

Awards: 3

Mood:

Re: DL Aeromodelles Embraer Tucano
Reply #25 - Mar 9^th, 2013 at 3:03pm

The wings turned out pretty good. I cleaned up the edges and gave the skins a slight sanding. A little filler will take care of some low spots. Glued up the the leading and trailing edge pieces with... you got it, Gorilla white glue! 3M tape is what I prefer to use because after wiping down the skins, it grips real good.
Next up is the sanding and shaping so I can glue on the wing tip blocks.

Dan.

Back to top

Wing_5.jpg (469 KB | 347 )

IP Logged

Danster

Club Member

Offline

Forum User

LastOn: Feb 10^th, 2019
Join: Mar 20^th, 2010

Posts: 139
Reputation: 0

Truro, Nova Scotia
Gender: male

Zodiac sign: Capricorn

Awards: 3

Mood:

Re: DL Aeromodelles Embraer Tucano
Reply #26 - Mar 11^th, 2013 at 8:07pm

Off with the tape. Leading and trailing edges sanded to shape. I sanded the sheeting as well so I can fill in the low spots. Filler is just Elmers wood filler. Sands pretty easy. Like the stabs, the wings are too short because the stupid cores were not cut properly. Angry

. I had to add a 1/2" balsa piece just to make up the length, so when I finally glue the wing tip on, it will be correct.

Back to top

Wing_6.jpg (530 KB | 336 )

IP Logged

Danster

Club Member

Offline

Forum User

LastOn: Feb 10^th, 2019
Join: Mar 20^th, 2010

Posts: 139
Reputation: 0

Truro, Nova Scotia
Gender: male

Zodiac sign: Capricorn

Awards: 3

Mood:

Re: DL Aeromodelles Embraer Tucano
Reply #27 - Mar 11^th, 2013 at 8:34pm

My kit of parts did not include the plastic exhaust stacks or the cockpit floor, which is an integral part of the strength for the fuselage. So while the work on the wings was being done, I made up a ply cockpit floor and lightened the crap out of it. Scuffed up the fuse and hysoled it in place.

I got the patterns for the exhaust stacks from getting the profiles copied from Jon's set. I glued up some balsa blocks and carved up a set of stacks. I think they turned out pretty good. They are getting a few coats of clear to harden the balsa. I'll hollow out them to a small degree to give them depth.

I also did not get any plastic parts to make the instrument panel sections. So, again, using patterns from Jon's set, I fabricated mine from balsa and 1/64 ply and they weigh next to nothing. Primed and a coat of flat black and all they need is a photo of the instruments.

Back to top

Fuse_1.jpg (528 KB | 352 )

Exhaust_1.jpg (599 KB | 349 )

Exhaust_2.jpg (775 KB | 343 )

Fuse_2.jpg (664 KB | 343 )

IP Logged

Yak Man Club Member Galactic Twinkie Jet Pilot Extraordinaire Offline Forum User LastOn: Today Join: Mar 23^rd, 2010 Posts: 1,001 Reputation: 0 Gender: Zodiac sign: Awards: 5 Mood:	Re: DL Aeromodelles Embraer Tucano Reply #28 - Mar 12^th, 2013 at 5:31am Mmmmm I like the goodies behind the parts! The parts look very nice also.
Back to top	Twinkie Jet Pilot Extraordinaire IP Logged

MkIX Club Member Offline One seat, one engine, guns.... LastOn: May 4^th, 2024 Join: Jan 29^th, 2012 Posts: 320 Reputation: 1 Bedford Gender: Zodiac sign: Awards: 2 Mood:	Re: DL Aeromodelles Embraer Tucano Reply #29 - Mar 12^th, 2013 at 7:43am Its nice to see a thread showing a foam wing again. Nice job. What sort of retracts are you gong to use?
Back to top	« Last Edit: Mar 12^th, 2013 at 7:43am by MkIX » Mike P. Warbirds just look cool! IP Logged

Fingers YaBB Moderator I still got all five! Online Forum User LastOn: Today Join: Mar 22^nd, 2010 Posts: 3,096 Reputation: 0 Dartmouth Gender: Zodiac sign: Awards: 3 Mood:	Re: DL Aeromodelles Embraer Tucano Reply #30 - Mar 12^th, 2013 at 8:31am Yak Man wrote on Mar 12^th, 2013 at 5:31am: Mmmmm I like the goodies behind the parts! The parts look very nice also. raisin tea biscuits and hot cross buns.....super
Back to top	Karma is everything IP Logged

Danster

Club Member

Offline

Forum User

LastOn: Feb 10^th, 2019
Join: Mar 20^th, 2010

Posts: 139
Reputation: 0

Truro, Nova Scotia
Gender: male

Zodiac sign: Capricorn

Awards: 3

Mood:

Re: DL Aeromodelles Embraer Tucano
Reply #31 - Mar 12^th, 2013 at 5:47pm

MkIX wrote on Mar 12^th, 2013 at 7:43am:

Its nice to see a thread showing a foam wing again. Nice job.

What sort of retracts are you gong to use?

The retracts are going to be from Robart. 550RS series, air up air down. The nose is a 105deg 558RS series . All can accommodate 3/8" or 7/16" robostruts. The front one will be their forked strut.

Goodies almost gone Al!

Back to top

IP Logged

Danster

Club Member

Offline

Forum User

LastOn: Feb 10^th, 2019
Join: Mar 20^th, 2010

Posts: 139
Reputation: 0

Truro, Nova Scotia
Gender: male

Zodiac sign: Capricorn

Awards: 3

Mood:

Re: DL Aeromodelles Embraer Tucano
Reply #32 - Mar 30^th, 2013 at 6:54pm

Work has slowed me down along with this head cold. I did cut the fuselage canopy section off and cleaned up the edges. My instrument panel sections fit pretty good and that means I have to fabricate the seats to go with them some time as well. I sanded the primer on the fuse and applied some Bondo filler in a couple places.

My retracts are on their way so that means I will be able to at least get the nose section and door sorted out. Work on the wing is also a little slow and I'll need to buckle down and get it done in order to get to the painting stage.

Dan

Back to top

Fuse_3.jpg (567 KB | 332 )

IP Logged

Danster

Club Member

Offline

Forum User

LastOn: Feb 10^th, 2019
Join: Mar 20^th, 2010

Posts: 139
Reputation: 0

Truro, Nova Scotia
Gender: male

Zodiac sign: Capricorn

Awards: 3

Mood:

Re: DL Aeromodelles Embraer Tucano
Reply #33 - Apr 23^rd, 2013 at 9:09pm

A short update. Got my retract parts from Robart so now I can finalize the nose retract mount and can organize the main ones in the wings.

Speaking of wings, I managed to get the leading edge glued on and sanded, sanded the wing root for the proper dihedral, marked and cut out the aileronsand flaps sections. The original design called to cap these with 1/4" balsa but since I planned to use pin hinges, I made the cuts for 3/8" balsa caps. Even this is not deep enough for a solid pin hinge, so I inserted 1/2" blocks into the foam before I cap them. Some pics show when I did the wing side. Same procedure on the aileron/flap sections.

Dan

Back to top

Wing_9.jpg (572 KB | 322 )

Wing_7.jpg (540 KB | 320 )

Wing_8.jpg (524 KB | 339 )

IP Logged

Danster Club Member Offline Forum User LastOn: Feb 10^th, 2019 Join: Mar 20^th, 2010 Posts: 139 Reputation: 0 Truro, Nova Scotia Gender: Zodiac sign: Awards: 3 Mood:	Re: DL Aeromodelles Embraer Tucano Reply #34 - Apr 23^rd, 2013 at 9:26pm By the way, Gorilla glue works great in this application and foams up and fills any gaps around the balsa blocks in the foam. Once cured and sanded, the 3/8" caps will lock everything together. Dan
Back to top	IP Logged

Danster Club Member Offline Forum User LastOn: Feb 10^th, 2019 Join: Mar 20^th, 2010 Posts: 139 Reputation: 0 Truro, Nova Scotia Gender: Zodiac sign: Awards: 3 Mood:	Re: DL Aeromodelles Embraer Tucano Reply #35 - Apr 24^th, 2013 at 5:56pm Wing caps getting glued on, this time with Gorilla Glue wood glue. Also a prelude to the Margaree dinner menu..... slow cooker beef stew!!! Dan.
Back to top	Wing_10.jpg (506 KB \| 327 ) Stew.jpg (665 KB \| 331 ) IP Logged

JackDD Club Member Offline Forum User LastOn: Yesterday Join: Apr 25^th, 2010 Posts: 542 Reputation: 0 Gender: Awards: 2 Mood:	Re: DL Aeromodelles Embraer Tucano Reply #36 - Apr 24^th, 2013 at 6:48pm Nice job Dan, did you say you would have it ready for Margaree?
Back to top	IP Logged

al

Aerobatic Pilot

Offline

Forum User

LastOn: May 3^rd, 2024
Join: Apr 26^th, 2012

Posts: 317
Reputation: 0

Gender: male

Zodiac sign: Aries

Mood:

Re: DL Aeromodelles Embraer Tucano
Reply #37 - Jun 3^rd, 2013 at 7:53am

Jon took his Tucano up for the maiden flight yesterday. Fantastic airplane! no graphics on it yet but a super paint job by Todd!

video here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5ef3XKz5rc&feature=youtu.be

and while you're at it take a look at his hangar 9 me-109. Spitfires at the warbird meet need to be looking over their shoulders! LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttm2CUP0qOM&feature=youtu.be

Back to top

« Last Edit: Jun 3^rd, 2013 at 7:55am by al »

DSC_0442-1.jpg (95 KB | 313 )

DSC_0452-1.jpg (94 KB | 312 )

DSC_0453-1.jpg (93 KB | 299 )

IP Logged

Link to This Topic
HTML Code:
BBCode:
URL:

	Welcome to our Forum, Guest. If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the Help/FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions. You may have to Login or Register, before you can post: click the register link below to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. *Welcome to the Avon RC Flyer's Forum.* Random Quote: Cultivate an interest in the classics: seduce a senior citizen tonight.
	NEWS: See our new field weather station!