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Scale / 33% Kaiser Ka-3

« on: November 09, 2012, 00:14:22 AM »

Hardwood was sanded to an airfoil shape, center drilled and then glued into the alu. strut.


Voila, rinse and repeat for the other wing!

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Scale / 33% Kaiser Ka-3

« on: November 08, 2012, 00:44:02 AM »

The wing struts need to attach to something


Every little bit helps to get a better mechanical join.


Then we install the plates in the wing.


And the fuselage.

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Scale / 33% Kaiser Ka-3

« on: November 07, 2012, 16:03:44 PM »

Picture my mate took when I was doing the wing tube.

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Scale / 33% Kaiser Ka-3

« on: November 07, 2012, 00:46:31 AM »

Last days have been spent on the second wing half, so nothing new there.

I've installed the wing tube, cut some hard wood in the gap between the spars and the tube, then glued with epoxy with fibers and microballons. Also added share web to the spars, should be bulletproof!


Same in the fuselage.


The plane has been used quite a lot on the leading edge.


Servo hatch in the wing.

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Scale / 1/3 Scale Ka3 - Another one! With a difference :)

« on: October 31, 2012, 03:35:31 AM »

Oiii, what's this kindle wood I'm left with then... and now you're telling me it can't even perform!!!    :lol:

Looking good, will be interesting to see this one come together.     :clap:

Hope to have it flown by the end of the month.

I know you are fast mate but common 36.5 hours to finish the build, cover, paint(well you can skip that), hope for the right weather and fly it.
I think you need to go easy on the build juice!!!   :twisted:

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Scale / 33% Kaiser Ka-3

« on: October 28, 2012, 02:46:13 AM »

Wing has been sheeted.


Countersinking the elevator hinge hole.


Nice and tight.


Servo hatch in the elevator

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Scale / 33% Kaiser Ka-3

« on: October 25, 2012, 11:54:48 AM »

Must be the wood... or the design!   :wink:

I'll be slowing down a bit though as I'm still waiting for spar material for the other wing.

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Scale / 33% Kaiser Ka-3

« on: October 25, 2012, 01:35:50 AM »

Doubt it as I still need to get two more spars!  :wink:

Now for something completely different.




Wingribs and other parts.


Some time later.

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Scale / 33% Kaiser Ka-3

« on: October 24, 2012, 11:47:37 AM »

Cool, who knows maybe I'll start on one of the wings tonight, decisions, decisions.   :?:

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Scale / 33% Kaiser Ka-3

« on: October 24, 2012, 11:34:33 AM »

Cheers.  

Also, on a side note, as your kit is from 2008, do you have diedhral on your wing?  :?:
I have added a bit at some stage, I can post the templates if you want to modify the holes for the wing joiners in your wings  
Purely cosmetic as mine does not have any, but it looks better on the ground  :wink:

I'll post build photos of my new Ka3 this week end  

Propably not, though there's a plywood angle that isn't 90° so maybe that's for the dihydral?

Looking forward to seeing the new Ka.   :clap:

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Scale / 33% Kaiser Ka-3

« on: October 24, 2012, 02:01:35 AM »

V-tail starting to come alive.


Few cuts with my little hacksaw, 8mm outer tube as I couldn't find a 7mm od. tube.


Tad of Hysol to keep it all together.


Squeesing the outer tube end together will keep the inner tube in place.


Sweeeet!




First change, v-tail servos in the tail. Hobbyking sells these re-badged MKS DS6125 servos, they shouldn't have any trouble moving their surfaces.


Not much left, just the bottom sheeting and access hatch for the servos.  

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Scale / 33% Kaiser Ka-3

« on: October 23, 2012, 15:16:12 PM »

Working...    :wink:

Always time for a beer, not so sure if the build gains from it though!   :lol:

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Scale / 33% Kaiser Ka-3

« on: October 23, 2012, 14:36:55 PM »

True, no time to post, build, build, build!   :lol:

I'll post some pictures tonight.    

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Scale / 33% Kaiser Ka-3

« on: October 20, 2012, 20:59:39 PM »

Cheers Fred, just a happy coincidence about the formers!     :wink:

Well after some cutting, sanding and gluing we are starting to see a structure form.  

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Scale / 33% Kaiser Ka-3

« on: October 19, 2012, 04:25:07 AM »

Well it had to happen, this one has been waiting since 2008 to get up on the building table. I bought a short kit from Fred at Island Models to help speed things along.

Wingspan: 333cm / 131in
Length: 180cm / 70.8in
Weight: ~7kg / 15.4lb

Decent sized plan.


Better start with something easy to warm up, part of the tail.   :wink:


Hmmmmm, maybe not...   :?:


Might be better like this.


Starting to look like something.