TSR2 in depron

Replied by Ex-Member on topic TSR2 in depron

i thought that BB, its just that edf units cost soo much and they produce so little thrust for the noise.

well i wont be doing anymore to it now until after the vulcan is finished ( i need more depron) i can have a think and play with some sketches.

depron is soft but once covered it is fairly strong, not as strong as balsa, but then it weighs half the amount. so its a trade off between strength and weight.

i recon the sr71 could be kept under 11lbs if you built it out of depron. hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

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between stretching my back sessions i have been using up the offcuts of 3mm depron on the TSR2 nose area.

ordered some more depron now, so i will be getting the vulcan wings finished over the next couple of days and will get back to this when i am painting the vulcan.

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Replied by Ex-Member on topic TSR2 in depron

cut some more fuselage formers today.

its Biiiiiiiig

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been cutting a few formers and the wing cores.

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Replied by Ex-Member on topic TSR2 in depron

spent the afternoon cutting yet more formers while pva was drying on the vulcan.

once i have updated the plans i can glue the other side of the fuselage together.
then i need to look at the wings, so i can sort the wing to fuselage mounts.

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Replied by Ex-Member on topic TSR2 in depron

well i amended the plan to bring it up to date and sat down and finished glueing all the formers and spines together.

its HUGE really HUGE.

plans are going to be HUGE as well.

thats just the middle section of the fuselage.

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Replied by Ex-Member on topic TSR2 in depron

Looks like you need a bigger set square mate........

Notwithstanding, it's looking good and has just given me the inspiration to go upstairs and do some modelling............bfn

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Replied by Ex-Member on topic TSR2 in depron

well i have made my own mind up and will stick to conventional control surfaces.
with that in mind i cut the tailplane and fin cores this afternoon.

fin will be mounted like this when it has been skinned and before the last bit of the fuselage is sheeted.

working on the main wing to fuselage mount now and hope to get it sorted Monday/Tuesday.

onwards and upwards.

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now there is an idea.

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