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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: New Toy Reply #80 - Feb 10^th, 2016 at 7:46am It's ready for covering well almost. There's a bit of a hold up waiting for parts so I can start the covering in some areas.
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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: New Toy Reply #82 - Feb 10^th, 2016 at 9:28am It looks really good Al.
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Steve Mosher Club Member Offline LastOn: May 9^th, 2024 Join: Mar 24^th, 2010 Posts: 464 Reputation: 0 Gender: Awards: 4	Re: New Toy Reply #83 - Feb 10^th, 2016 at 8:34pm Looks great, Al!
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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: New Toy Reply #85 - Feb 17^th, 2016 at 6:55am The flaps turned out real good. They have zero bind and fit the wing very well. Unless they fall off in flight I think I`m going to use these offset hinges again. Nice product.
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JackDD Club Member Offline Forum User LastOn: Yesterday Join: Apr 25^th, 2010 Posts: 542 Reputation: 0 Gender: Awards: 2 Mood:	Re: New Toy Reply #86 - Feb 23^rd, 2016 at 8:40am love the colour scheme al, highly visible, going at the speed of light....
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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: New Toy Reply #88 - Feb 23^rd, 2016 at 10:04pm Looks real good Al. I've never been able to master the art of covering a model. The highlights in the pictures show that the surfaces were seriously well prepared. You must have invested a lot of time getting it ready to cover. I'm wondering if you were able to find any Balsarite to precondition the surfaces?
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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: New Toy Reply #89 - Feb 25^th, 2016 at 5:59am JackDD wrote on Feb 23^rd, 2016 at 8:40am: love the colour scheme al, highly visible, going at the speed of light.... Thanks Jack. I'm trying to make it pop. Nothing worse then second guessing your plane in the sky.
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Re: New Toy
Reply #90 - Feb 25^th, 2016 at 6:05am

waverider wrote on Feb 23^rd, 2016 at 11:06am:

al
what material is the covering?

...and a narrow black speed strip between red and ?white? at the wing tips

great job al!

Hey Brian
The covering is from HK. Best deal around and I find it works better then monocoat. Just saying.

That narrow strip will be clear and yes it will be on all the edges.
Don't need any of that HK stuff blowing off. Ha

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Re: New Toy
Reply #91 - Feb 25^th, 2016 at 12:31pm

al
that's very interesting
i had a long conversation with the ProRC owner out here in the wastelands
according to him. kit prices vary beacuse of covering material
the cheaper kits from china use 1$/sq m covering. the american supplied kits from the top brands sometimes approach 9$/ sq m

whether that is accurate, or not, i do not know
but i cannot cover an .airframe to save my life... i am genetically guided to ARFs. My best covering was done using a white shirt, dope and dope talc mux. the aircraft weighed a ib more looked great and flew slowly

keep going al
dont forget to cycle the gear many times upright and inverted
great winter read

bye from "have oil just dont have any money"

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Reply #92 - Feb 25^th, 2016 at 1:01pm

Brian - great way to cover sport planes is the "silk" and dope methond

buy some terylene (?) dress lining material - thinest your lady can find. Use it like silk span.

Cover air frame with clear dope; wet a piece of material and lay it over the frame (side at a time, just like any covering, starting from bottom) pull taut, and brush clear dope around the edges, soaking the dope through to the dope on the frame. Let it dry. When the piece is dry, use the heat gun carefully and it will tighten up pretty good. Once the frame is covered and tightened, start with the clear dope in the "old" method.

That's what I did with my first CG Ultimate - 21 coats of clear and white. Was still lighter than Don Menchions covered with plastic. Plane lasted 14 years till Carl Layden rolled it through a potato field.

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Re: New Toy
Reply #93 - Feb 25^th, 2016 at 1:16pm

waverider wrote on Feb 25^th, 2016 at 12:31pm:

al
that's very interesting
i had a long conversation with the ProRC owner out here in the wastelands
according to him. kit prices vary beacuse of covering material
the cheaper kits from china use 1$/sq m covering. the american supplied kits from the top brands sometimes approach 9$/ sq m

whether that is accurate, or not, i do not know
but i cannot cover an .airframe to save my life... i am genetically guided to ARFs. My best covering was done using a white shirt, dope and dope talc mux. the aircraft weighed a ib more looked great and flew slowly

keep going al
dont forget to cycle the gear many times upright and inverted
great winter read

bye from "have oil just dont have any money"

I don't know if I would trust anything out the pro-rc owner's mouth. He is quite the talker.

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Re: New Toy
Reply #94 - Feb 25^th, 2016 at 7:06pm

Mike, you were asking about Balsarite a few posts back, all you have to do is smuggle a bunch back with you next time you go south, like I did.

Seriously though, I did grab a few can's when I was in Wisconsin this summer since I had the room, and it was being driven across the border rather than flying.
If you're looking for a source, I might be able to part with a can.

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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: New Toy Reply #95 - Feb 26^th, 2016 at 9:26am Thanks for the Balsarite offer but my almost complete lack of covering skills makes it unlikely that I'll need any anytime soon
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Glen Club Member Offline Forum User LastOn: Yesterday Join: Aug 5^th, 2011 Posts: 442 Reputation: 2 Sackville Gender: Zodiac sign: Awards: 2 Mood:	Re: New Toy Reply #96 - Feb 26^th, 2016 at 1:06pm No problem, made sure I brought lots.
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Steve Mosher Club Member Offline LastOn: May 9^th, 2024 Join: Mar 24^th, 2010 Posts: 464 Reputation: 0 Gender: Awards: 4	Re: New Toy Reply #97 - Feb 26^th, 2016 at 7:56pm She's looking really nice, Al. Great job. Even my poor old eyes may be able to keep up with you.
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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: New Toy Reply #98 - Mar 3^rd, 2016 at 6:55am Well I'm still working on it. Back to work so it's a bit slower. The more I do this covering job the more I don't like it! Oh well! The tail is finally installed.
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