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Alan_Perse:

--- Quote from: "gerryb" ---good to hear alan,  looking forward to seeing some photos sometime. soon maybe?
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Hi Gerry. I hope to have some pictures up of the work I'm doing on my K8 in the next few weeks. I'm making a hatch on the fuselage where the wings join to make it easier to assemble. I'm not sure when I'll get back to working on the Skylark. I'm having health problems at the moment and it's hard to get the enthusiasm to work when your not feeling well. But all going well I hope to have it finished before the summer.

Andrew, I know what you mean. I have two pilots from AH Designs. A 1/4 and 1/5 scale one. Both of them have legs that appear to way longer than they should be. In fact I'm probably going to have to amputate the 1/5 scale pilots legs to get him to fit in my Skylark. I also have a 1/4 scale pilot from Premier Pilots and he seems to be about right. He's the one in my K8.

Fred:
Tape to hold canopies! Or nothing :)

A glider without stuff holding by pieces of tape fly poorly. fact!  :lol:

andrew wallace:
:lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol: you're funny Fred tapes not very scale like  :shock:
Was think of using 3 or 4 magnets  to hold it in place

gerryb:
again, good to hear on progress andrew.

re hinges, i use the du-bro round barbed ones on the ask 13 and 18. they look quite realistic and work well.  my 13 is 21 years old this year and i had no problems with the canopy until i hit it with my boot and split the plastic right at the hinge points.

i use spring loaded hatch catches to keep the canopies closed.

the canopy on the asw 20 is held on by a tight fitting piece of fibre glass strip at the back which engages in the top of the fuse and again a spring loaded hatch catch at the front.

i used small strong magnets (neodymium i think they're called)on a hatch on my ka3 and they stay well stuck in place.

gerryb:
couple of photos andrew.....

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