Piper Tripacer to Pacer refurb

and a few points that will be sorted as and when i get to them

external switches, gotta go




external servos for elevator servo,s again gotta go




one bit that has been done new rudder, laminated edge scale pos,n for internal structure and rib stiching in white tex





chris

AND FINALY

you may be glad to hear,

i dont have any pics of the u/c in construction but i do have a simmilar set in production for a 1/3 scale piper cub, havent got one they are for sale when finished.







made from 10 mm dia steel tube and braised.

Phew!!

chris

as Tony said, wow!!! Always impresses me seeing things built/made from scratch, too many peeps buy things ready made these days so is lovely seeing such craftsmanship.

nice one Mr P

lovely bit of hand fettling and machining Chris, and some serious weight saving, it wont have to be replaced to balance the beast will it?

DIDN'T I SAY THAT SILENCER WAS BEAUTIFUL? MUCH better than sitting in a box in my attic,

a spitfire is a lump of metal,

Alan

i don't think there will be an issue re weight, what i forgot to mention is that due to it having an 80 in it rather than the 62 it needed 5 ounces of lead in the tail to balance it, so all the metalwork,wood,servo,s/linkages and lead removed so far all weigh over 5 lbs, the new u/c weighs less than 2 with its temporary (too small) wheels, the stainless can weighs less than the standard twin boxes, so its all going the right way, incidentally before i Dremmel the other wing panel i might just weigh it out of curiosity to see how many grams i save.

Chris

AH, i forgot the previous bonnet occupant was a 62, carry on my good man

have been forced into the workshop today, snowday school closed, shame!!!

so stripped all the fabric off the fus removed all the wiring and switches, batteries and servo,s from tail end so now got a completely nekid airframe

chris

HI

been on hold a while due to me injured paw, so not a lot done but some has now restarted, tailplane was removed carefully with a sharp axe!! :'' elevator hinges were robarts and as they were about the third set of hinges that had been installed over its life i have taken the plunge and removed the tailplane trailing edge and elevator leading edges sawn orf, will be making new ones by cutting a thin (1mm) ply core and laminating it up with 6mm balsa to give the 1/2 inch thickness of the originals, the reason for this is that as i have access to a laser cutter i can cut the core complete with slots for some kavan flat hinges that will be perfectly aligned and will have a removable hinge pin installed to allow for batter maintenance also will be easier to cover and finish.

sorry no pics yet, will try to get some tonight :af

Chris

as per DH2 thread finger is finally unwraped and although 5 weeks of physio booked its all go on the two handed front so work will continue two handed

updates asap

chris

Welcome back CeeJay, that saves me a PM

Garry

Post Mortem t,aint that bad!!!!

chris

lol lol lol, funny chaps! Welcome back Chris, glad all mended , dont overdo it!

well finaly got a few photo,s to update

i took the plunge and sawed the fixed tailplane orf a couple of weeks ago, now to refit accurately i drew up a simple design for a lightply "facing" for the fus sides and tailplane ends and cut them out on a laser cutter, you can see them here.







this allowed perfect alignment of the tube to take the piano wire joiners.

chris