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West Wings Skylark build thread
Fred:
Good morning (I'm back :) )
Good start of the build! :clap:
As for glue, another tip.
When in a "hurry", I use white glue, with a few dots of CA. You get the best of both world!
Instant grab, and tough bond :)
angry_muppet:
Well, after a hiatus, I've got back building.
But, I seem to have an issue... I don't think the instructions and the plans tally; and I followed the plans...
The plans say to build the tail plane from 6 x 4.5mm balsa - the instructions seem to suggest 3mm. I now need 6 x 4.5mm to build the vertical stabiliser. Options are to either buy another length or cut out the trailing edge and replace with 3mm?
And for the hawk eyes among you, I seem to have glued the horn in back to front... I assume that would drastically impede the "pitch up" control authority. Question is, what's the easiest and cleanest way of turning it around?
Happy Days:
Feeling frustrated David? I know that feeling very well. I’ve made similar mistakes a thousand times,…….well a few hundred perhaps,….certainly a couple of dozen times anyway…… :roll:
First thing to remember is not to panic…..panic is the enemy! You’ll learn a lot from these little “errors.” :wink:
As far as the elevator horn is concerned, leave it as it is if I were you. Provided it’s not going to impede the operation of the elevator or anything else it’s not worth the effort of changing it around.
As for the 6x4.5 balsa. The plans are normally drawn to scale, so if the tail needed 6x4.5 then only that size of wood should fit onto the plans exactly. Where as 3mm wood would have been too small to exactly fit over the diagram on the plans.
I think it might be a good idea to move onto a different part of the plane and try building that. If it turns out at the end you are short of lots of pieces of wood you can make a bulk order for some extra pieces. Or you can order some more 6x4.5 now. I’m not sure of suppliers in Ireland,…Balsa Cabin in UK would certainly have what you need, but it might be expensive to ship such a small amount over. (Hence my suggestion to finish as much of the build as you can first.)
I have to say, having built quite a few kits, I’ve never yet found a kit maker that didn’t supply enough wood of the correct type to complete the model…I suspect you’ve read something wrong somewhere. It can be very easy to “speed read” something in a hurry to get on with the build so that you read something which says do such & such a thing, but the instructions actually say DON’T do such & such a thing.
Above all else, don’t give up.
Many years ago I was talking to a man who worked on the Apollo moon mission. He told me that when NASA started out with the intention of putting a man on the moon they had no idea how many problems they would face. But they knew there could only be a finite number of them. So all they had to do was to keep solving the problems as & when they came up. And when they solved the final problem, Neil Armstrong made his famous declaration about “One small step for man….”
Just keep working at it David, and when you’ve solved the final problem that Skylark will fly.
angry_muppet:
The craft shop in Enniscorthy, or the one in Wexford, both have a small amount of balsa. I've continued on with the right wing which now has all the ribs in place. Hopefully, tomorrow I'll get a bit more done.
The telling thing will be if it all stays together in the air!
Happy Days:
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The telling thing will be if it all stays together in the air!
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And wont you feel proud of yourself when it does! :D
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