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« Reply #45 on: January 05, 2011, 07:43:12 AM »
Thats the ailerons. They're cut free and a half round strip added

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« Reply #46 on: January 05, 2011, 08:23:15 AM »
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« Reply #47 on: January 05, 2011, 09:27:17 AM »
Ar-ha! Now I see! :)
I thought that the parts of the wing I was looking at were inboard, near the wing root. :roll:

All cleaver stuff 8)

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« Reply #48 on: January 05, 2011, 12:11:11 PM »
Curvy wingtip should have been th giveaway :wink:

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« Reply #49 on: January 11, 2011, 12:49:43 PM »
i've ordered some wood from the Balsa Cabin and i'm in the process of making a fuselage jig  :D
so fingers crossed we might be building soon :clap:
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« Reply #50 on: January 14, 2011, 09:31:15 AM »
By the way...  :D
Have that done for a while now, still waiting for the first flight.
All EPP, and should be my Nano Floh replacement (even easier to transport everywhere with the 2 parts wings  :D )





Might be a fun one!  :D
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« Reply #51 on: January 14, 2011, 09:51:12 AM »
Being all EPP, and having two part wing, how do you set the wing incidence angle. :?:  What I mean is, how do you stop the foam around the incidence pin from compressing or stretching so that the wing doesn’t “wobble” around the wing joiner? :!:

Not sure I’ve explained my question very well here……can’t find the right words this morning. (I’d forget my head if it wasn’t screwed on. :oops: )

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« Reply #52 on: January 14, 2011, 09:59:06 AM »
Hey Keith,

Well, the wing are joined together with  the classic carbone wing joiner, then slided into the fuselage.
You don't see here here, but then, a plastic screw... well, is screwed from the top, to hold everything together.

Not sure if I'm clear either here ! But this is basix stuff  :D
Photos of the kit might gives you a clue :

http://www.gliderireland.net/index.php/slope-soaring-in-ireland/swift-s1-epp
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« Reply #53 on: January 14, 2011, 12:10:38 PM »
Hi Fred, now that is one lovely glider and you will have mega fun with her !

I am still waiting the mini Toon first production  :D

Fred is your new swift the same as this plane in the video ?
I have been trying to find out about this swift for some time  :!:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/v/MlqrQ3wgTI0&feature=fvw[/youtube]

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« Reply #54 on: January 14, 2011, 12:36:33 PM »
Hey Richard,

Nope, not the same.
The one on the video, as far as I know, is not mass produced, but really easy to reproduce with a basic 3 views  :D

For mine, I went the easy/lazy way  :oops:

For the other 'batic glider, hopefully some news soon  :D  Sent the files to be cutted already, just waiting for the delivery.
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« Reply #55 on: January 14, 2011, 16:44:48 PM »
Richard, it apparently comes from here:

http://www.rctw.net/

But I can't find any of the translation tools that will do it :!:

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« Reply #56 on: January 14, 2011, 17:29:19 PM »
You could try building one this way Richard?

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1327457

Looks reasonably simple

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« Reply #57 on: January 16, 2011, 15:53:11 PM »
Managed to get some work done today.  :shock:

Set up the tail on the KA3
 


And got a bit more done on the mechanics for the cnc foamcutter. It's based on the "La Rustica" plans



Hopefully the weather will stay mild and I can spend more time in the workshop :clap:

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« Reply #58 on: January 16, 2011, 16:12:28 PM »
looking good bill  :clap:

i have my fuselage jig made for the K13 i'm just waiting on the wood coming from balsa cabin  :D

sorry i've no photo's of the jig i don't know how to get the photo smaller for the forum  :?
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« Reply #59 on: January 16, 2011, 16:22:54 PM »
download a free programme like http://www.irfanview.com/ which allows you to resize using: Image > resize/resample and set the longest side to 650