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Here's a Building Log in Progress...
It's between a Buttercup and Tailwind.
Both are Steve Wittman designs.
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Mike & Jaz the Flying Dogz
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Here's a Building Log in Progress...
It's between a Buttercup and Tailwind.
Both are Steve Wittman designs.
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Gotta Fly...
Mike & Jaz the Flying Dogz
Looking good, fun to see the progress, but are these two-year-old photos or you need to set the date on your camera? ;-)
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I am Groot...
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Some of the latest progress...
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When building a house comes first...
Hobbies take a back seat...
This is my second plane , I'm NOT loosing interest...Life Happens
why doesn't the attachment management work now ???? I think this happened before... . Gotta Fly... Here's the dam picture... But you gotta open it... http://www.wingsforum.com/download/f...5772&mode=view
Cleaned up the Over spray and Aluminum angles, Used Red loctite and lock washers Rear Windows are in to stay. Gotta Fly... http://www.wingsforum.com/download/f...5775&mode=view
. Ah... Radio Check... Is this thing ON ? . Hmmm...Transmit on one and Receive on the OTHER ???? Kind of like trying to post a picture like I was a few posts ago.... I'll try again... Just finished the Tail Wheel and Dampener... and Safety wired. Oooops... Their still in the camera... OK Test picture... The manage attachments below is broken http://www.wingsforum.com/download/f...2424&mode=view
Thanks for the photos. I'm certainly an admirer of Wittman's approach to designs (i.e. lightweight and simple). What engine will you be using?
I got another batch of AN hardware...
$80 bucks doesn't buy much.
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I'm getting the controls assembled.
I used clevis pins on the rudder linkage.
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I've got a couple of the floor pans in place,
I need to put the Brake cyls on before the next pan.
making sure the heads of the screws get silicone under them for added holding strength.
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Brake cyls in position... Still need to hook up the lines.
I can do that with the other floor pan in place.
It can be reached below too.
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I had to remove Cotter pins that I bought from Aircraft Spruce & Specialties (A.S.S)
Because of the poor material used , they cracked and broke.
The FAA was notified because A.S.S didn't seem to see the urgency of stopping them from shipping.
Instead... it was a paper chase.
I've stopped doing business the A.S.S. way
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Here's pictures of those parts.
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PS I'll never put a cotter pin in a plane without looking at it through a microscope...
These were AN parts... Mill Spec... Garbage !
The picture in place of the real bad crack... Was on my right aileron.
Gives me chills to think what could have happened.
Panel work...
Putting some of the instruments in place.
and making a cover over the instrument panel.
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Looks great!
Okay, a little hint:
https://www.bandbaircraftsupplies.com/ for your aviation hardware. Goodness knows I've sent a bunch of money to aircraft spruce - and still order some stuff from them - B&B deserves a call. It turns out the only difference between an four dollar AN-4 bolt from Aircraft Spruce and a two dollar AN-4 bolt from B&B is two dollars....it's all the same standard.
A big bonus is that they speak do-hickey as well, which came in handy when I needed some clevis pins.
Working on things when I can... Weather willing...
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Few pictures from latest progress...
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Got the Horizontal Stabilizers and Elevators done with Polybrush.
The temperature was 20F when I sprayed...
Then I pulled the table in the shop during drying each time...
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Looking at your covering skills all I can say is....I hate you.
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Yep, as one who has covered a few fabric planes.......that is outstanding workmanship.
I agree that it's great work. What are the thin, darker-colored bits under the reinforcing tape between the ribs in the first and second photos above?
Thank you Frank, That's the nicest thing someone has said about it ...
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PS To the other question.... Those are Douglas fir strips
I had to use them to jump the structural tube... The fabric was barely touching it
I used some Toothpicks ( Flat Ones ) to help get close enough to use "Tape" to seal it.
Then extended the Spring Rod Dampener with Balsa wood...using Bondo to glue it.
After it gets Glassed... it can be ground out more..it's just a mold.
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Spring Rod dampeners have 2 part Epoxy primer.
I had to make a booth in the shop.
The first attempt to spray them outside, snow blew off the trees
By the time I sanded out the bad areas and feathered it...
The first coat was practically gone...
A LOT of hand sanding...Also a lot of wood rasp file.
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More Stuff Done...dampeners were finished... brakes are done...
working on throttle and other cable throwing buttons bells and whistles.
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Finally paid the ransom money for tiny shackles on the rudder...Much cleaner/lighter
I designed a sticker like the Tailwind Sticker...( For both sides )
The Sun will write Buttercup with it's shadow...
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I'm close to finishing my Air Box
Not much hardware needed.
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Gorgeous work!
Still haven't finished the Carb Heat Box.
I was working on my Kolb Firestar II , getting her ready to fly again...
We got snow early... and Winter sorta STAYED.
So , back to work on Miss Tickle Madness
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I worked on finishing the doors... One more thing off the list...
I'm also spending time STARRING at the carb heat box... as in , how I'm gonna filter it best...
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Here's pix of the Doors...
The Flames are Bare Aluminum and colored with a magic marker.
http://www.wingsforum.com/download/f...7061&mode=view
http://www.wingsforum.com/download/f...7060&mode=view
http://www.wingsforum.com/download/f...7063&mode=view
http://www.wingsforum.com/download/f...7085&mode=view
http://www.wingsforum.com/download/f...7084&mode=view
http://www.wingsforum.com/download/f...7095&mode=view
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I made a frame to hold brass screen...
From here it will also get a filter laying flat on the Brass / with oil on it ( Like Rotax )
It will clean easy.... The cowl will also have a heavier screen and filter
I'm working on the Carb heat "air supply" at a near by exhaust pipe...The Scat will be short
Pictures @ 11
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Short run...
Short clamps.
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The SCAT needs to be adjust... probably shortened too.
the exhaust wrap has adjusting that can be done... Hotter or cooler
I took a stab at it.
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I took off the exhaust to clean up and put on a ceramic coat (High Temp paint)
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mean while it looked like the aluminum tubes could use a little elbow grease while things were open.
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Hey Guys,
Here's my spinner finally getting some finishing detail...
At the beginning the ridges on the surface didn't look too bad... Hmmm, I started with 150 grit
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I'm laying out some lines while I had the cowl together.
It's close , still needs tweaking, I'm going to make it Thicker at the beginning.
you get the general idea .
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Awesome craftsmanship!
I'm particularly impressed with the ability to draw only the lines to be used on a piece; I always seemed to have two or three extras with squiggles on them to show they aren't to be used. ;)
This was a rough lay-out to "get Back" and see my line... Also an Idea about thickness....
Here's what I got from this...
I had planned on a Red stripe... But taping it Blue...I like Blue too...Hmmm
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I noticed from a distance the stripe looks too skinny at the beginning.
At the Tail... it "ends" too thick... I want a Sliver...Even ending slightly early.
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I might be tempted to Put a red stripe on one side and a blue one on the other...it would match the doors.
Mystical Madness
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PS This all started because I started poking around with the Baffling...Here's some pix of aluminum and paper too...
I was thinking the same, stripe needs to start fatter, but I'm having a hard time picturing that looking right without making the ring around the cowling thicker too, which might start looking odd.
Maybe something like this, to transition from the cowl stripe to a fatter side stripe? Attachment 7778
I still need to paint my aluminum skin white. So I have plenty of time to refine it..
In these pix... One is thicker at the Nose.... one is more slender.
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Baffling ...er... Paper