SR71 BUILD - The Blackbird.

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At last i have managed to get a picture of the build im doing, will now hopefuly do the build blog
Hope i have got this bit right



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it comes apart from the front of the delta
and i still did not insert the pic right on here, i think i need some help.

No worries Tony about that, i dont know what im doing with the leccy side but will work it out.
its prooving to be a challenging build hardly a straight peice of wood in it, a bit like the su 27
i should get the replacement undercarrage next week and the fans, found some cheaper ones than the lander that were stolen, now looking for motors.

yes it still holds the speed record for jet engined planes i sat in one at the boeing museum very very large aircraft so impressed that i had to have one alongside a spitfire and a mossi i have the brian taylor plans for the mossi and im working on some for the spitfire

Hi Grumpy i got the plan of ebay i asked the guy for the wing span and length and knew i had to have it, the bidding went very high but it had to be mine.
Totaly thrilled with it when i saw the plan, but have found some major discrepences with it, but they have been sorted up to yet.
would you like a copy.
The wing span is 1300mm and its 2800mm long up to yet it is all 1eigth ply and spruce it will be totaly planked with balsa, im putting two 125mm edfs in it on 10s lipos, i dont know much about the leccy side but think that will be ok, some people say not ????

Hi Grumpy
it was designed for nitro ducted fans they are on the plan two rk 40s what ever they are, its me thats converting it to edf, its an old plan i think
you will need a electric fret saw the formers are 39" long 1 eigth ply about 30 all told.

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At last i am able to start the blog from the beginning.

Mid November
Cutting one eigth ply formers

Who's this bugly ugger?

November 2011
Starting the nose cone

The first of the ply formers

And one i have done between formers from the RCM&E free plans

Formers and ribs, still more to be cut

Formers sitting on the plan, working out how to build it