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CCRCS past President and AMA member
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have shelved the L-19 for a spell as the front and rear windows have
tossed me for a loop. I have not yet been able to find
a clear plastic that I can shape and keep glued on the
plane. I have made so many of them and when I go to glue them
on the glue joints will pop loose. Any suggestions as to type of
plastic and glue would be greatly appricaiated. |
In
the mean time I have decided to build my Dynaflite Decathalon as I was
so thrilled with the way my Dynaflite Chipmunk flew. I started with the
horizontal stabalizer and elevators. |
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stab is built by cutting up a lot of 3/16 inch pieces of wood and stick
stock. Nothing to high tech there. The trailing edge of the elevators
is built by laminating 1/16 inch by 3/16 inch strips together 5 times. |
It
is very time consuming and you will need alot of ammonia and water to
get the strips around the compound curves. In the picture you can see
the T Pins that are used to shape the curve. More later as I progress,
Dave |
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| Well
I have had spent more time on the road these last few months and not
enough time at home, which has really cut into my flying and building.
I finally got a few hours out in the garage and got some work done on
the Decathlon and I even got nervy enough to work on the L-19 |
The
Decathlon now has a vertcile stab and rudder . This was built using
balsa sticks and blocks. I went with my wife to Joann's one day and
found a great tool for cutting balsa strips at the proper angles. It is
a mini miter box made by Midwest and it comes with pins to lock the
wood in the miter against the cutting edge and the saw. |
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I. have also built the fuselage which is standard construction using
locking tabs. It is quite large in size. It has the servo mounting
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about midway between the cabin and the tail. I am not to sure about that, but we shall see. More later, Dave |
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