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09 Jan 2014 03:03 #181 by Sarah-Jane Smith
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I call it "the thing that holds the wings in place".....am I wrong? :whistle:

I wish I was a glow worm, a glow worm's never glum.
Cos how can you be grumpy when the sun shines out your bum?!

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09 Jan 2014 07:39 #182 by Klipkopwildlife
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Tony has said that the tubes go 3 ribs into the wing, that's a long way. The way I see it, as long as the fits are nice (in an engineering sense) when in negative G the centre of rotation of the wings will be at the base of the cockpit where the wing braces attach, the wings might move a little until the friction caused by the off centre pull will effectively stop any more movement. One wing may (read will) move a little more than the other which will probably result in a small trim change which will need to be compensated for, for landing.

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09 Jan 2014 13:01 #183 by Ex-Member
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as i have a shortage of the right wood, i thought i would do some detail work instead.

card door template.


first wood door gluing.


under seat base floor going in.


working on the seats at the moment.
now do i cover them with foam and fabric and make them folding as per full size, or is that a step too far.

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09 Jan 2014 13:34 #184 by Sarah-Jane Smith
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I vote you make them folding with the seat covers :)

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09 Jan 2014 15:13 #185 by Ex-Member
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and opening doors and sliding windows.

you are a hard task master, sheeeesh.

for Sarah.
brackets to make the seat backs fold down.



can i stop now. :(

rear seat under construction.

Andy i have a question.
the rear seat, is it on legs or just on a block from the floor.

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09 Jan 2014 15:16 #186 by Ex-Member
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Don't know is the short answer to that one Tony and the wife's out. I'll ask her when she gets back, then if that don't work, we'd best go down the strip and have a look......

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09 Jan 2014 15:20 #187 by Ex-Member
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no big rush, if i can know by pm this evening, that will be fine sir. :P :P :P :P

got to work out where to put the sevo's next, probably under the back seat.

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09 Jan 2014 19:00 #188 by Quorneng
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The seats sit on a low welded tube framework.
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09 Jan 2014 20:33 #189 by Klipkopwildlife
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Looking at those brass tubes, surely you can drill a pin sized hole through, then you can push a securing pin through the bottom covering of the wing, just outboard of the rib (read flush), and just short of the top surface. A small piece of sellotape on the under surface would act as a very adequate retainer.

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09 Jan 2014 20:42 #190 by Ex-Member
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According to the wife, Tony, the rear seat in G-BXKX is a civilianised bench seat that sits on four short legs (one at each corner) with diagonal bracing on the side and rear (it may be an inverted 'V' brace at the rear). The legs are fixed to a false wooden cockpit floor.

The front seats are similar to those in Q's diagram above.

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09 Jan 2014 20:48 #191 by Ex-Member
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hmmmmmmmmmmmmm. ta
i have done the front seats wrong then, though i was hoping the solid floor under the front seats would add some more strength to the fuselage.
oh well a bit of bodging will get them looking rightish i hope.
i was hoping the rear seat had a solid front, so i could hide the rudder and elevator servo's under it.
need a re think then.

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10 Jan 2014 08:14 #192 by Ex-Member
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We could arrange for the rear seats to have a plywood front if that helps :lol: :lol:

Looking at it from a different angle, with a heavy motor and heavy LiPos at the front, could you not put the servos in the rear fus just behind the cabin?

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10 Jan 2014 11:17 #193 by GeeW
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Or perhaps luggage placed next to the rear seat in the form of a box (made from depron) under which hides a servo or two?
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10 Jan 2014 11:38 #194 by The Beard
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The motor for this wonderful model must be getting bigger every day as the weight goes on.

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10 Jan 2014 13:08 - 10 Jan 2014 13:09 #195 by Ex-Member
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folding backs on the front seats. (ok Sarah)


the first door sanded to shape and made to fit in the opening, next job is to sort out the hinges and catch.
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