The Cyprus LANCASTER

It was the only bit of shade around at that time of day and i could not take it inside because of the smell of the paint, i pit it on the ground because of the wind

Got it all sanded back to the panel line tapes

It took as lot to get the tapes off as it did to fix them on :S
So now iv started the wonderful job of riveting, fist time of doing it with glue blobs, and doing each one seperatly

And i need some practice thats for sure

So another riveting day tomorrow :blink:

No picys today as they would be the same as yesterday still riveting, getting on quite well i think, one wing done and im working on the tailplane, fins, rudders
only another 100,000 to go :woohoo:

DOT DOT DOT DOT, at last i have all the rivets done :blink:
Tonight i started to fit the electric retracts i got from Hobby King along with my home made oleos

They work well, very good value for the money

Mounted the two engines and connected the throttle servos, setting them up so that the inside pair of engines work on the throttle stick and the outer engines work on a slider switch on the same side rear of the Tx, my thinkong being if i have an engine problem i can shut the opposit one down as well
I got the retract fitted and working in the same wing







And tried the cowls and spinners

Now thats a big big hole where the wheel goes in , and it will fill with gung from the exhaust so i think ill try to do some doors on it

awsome work BB.

Been faffing about with the gear doors today, not got on to well
Got them planked



And sanded



Had some of these hinges so thought i could use them

No way could i get them to work

Finished up useing some plastic flap ones that im not happy with but i have the doors mounted





And my mate Eric keeps me company

i used plastic pin hinges for the bomb doors on the shackleton.
looking forward to seeing how you do the servo for the doors, i need the help for the ones on the shack.

Not a clue as yet Tony :S :S

yeah i got the same problem.

After sitting drawing different mechanical contraptions to open/close the doors :S i just got a mini servo fitted it in where i could get it and connected it up,
It works the doors open and close ok But im not to happy with it
A. the linkage is at the front end, be better in the middle
B. the arms on the servo are a bit weak, i could make new ones from carbon or F/G but i think the small servo needs the little bit of flex so as not to burn out
C,. wish i had never started the doors in the first place :evil: :evil:

And nearly forgot, The other reason im so peed off with it i have a orange 8ch receiver and my Futaba 14SG tx so with using the doors i will need all 8 ch so i plugged them into ch8 the receiver and set up the tx but could i hell as get it to work plugged the servo into different ch it works ok, checked the tx it was showing the chosen ch working on the screen
Spent hours with it trying to sort but everything i tried did not work by this time i was ready to explode and throw the thing out the window so went and had my tea
Sat there eating and suddenly it hit me orange receivers on faast have 8 ch the Futaba 14SG on faast ONLY HAS 7ch
So now i have to buy a very expensive Futaba receiver to fly the lanc
Or scrap the doors

exactly the same problem i have with the shackleton.

can you not fit operating arms on the u/c legs and a return spring so the doors close as the leg retracts

Having the retract legs on one channel, and the wheel doors on another is fine - UNTIL you have to land in a hurry, and forget to open the doors first! :oops:
I'd go with Tony Bloop's suggestion, and use the legs to open and close the doors.
Occam's razor! (and Murphy's Law!)