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SFS 31 Milan

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Gert J.

Re: SFS 31 Milan

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Still waiting :-p
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Noël Rumers
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Re: SFS 31 Milan

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...after our holiday this will move on. :D
With the SF27 ready to paint the Milan can be build to the finished too.
Till later,
Noël
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Noël Rumers
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Re: SFS 31 Milan

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With the SF27 B M ready...finally back to the Milan now to the finish.
The elevator is under construction now.
Servos are build in, the arms pop out and in the end all will be inside the fuselage.
The hinges are made and the control arm for the moving parts are drilled, cut and sanded.
Noël
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Noël Rumers
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Re: SFS 31 Milan

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...The elevator is finished for 95% now.
Hinges installed with a long 2 mm wire where a special brass nut was soldered to.
This way easy pulling out is possible.
The cowl is now under construction too.
All was grinded till for me the shape was OK. The glass fibers lay-up with epoxy is done.
Adding filler is on hand now as well as more grinding...more filler and grinding...etc. :roll:
Noël
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Elliot Howells
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Re: SFS 31 Milan

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Noel,

you truly are an inspiration! keep those pictures coming, I had to post because it looks like no-one is interested otherwise and I'm sure there are lots of 'silent' viewers like me really enjoying your build and engineering skills!

Ell.
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Noël Rumers
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Re: SFS 31 Milan

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Hi Elliot,

Thanks for your kind words!!!
Indeed I see the counter from the viewers too.
Since MW last October I had no time for the hobby.
It was good to learn that a lot of the pilots over there had been following the building of the SF27 B M.
So posting info on the SS site is never wasted...
I will post more but three family affairs and garden work kept me from doing much on the Milan till now.
This will change next week I hope, if Murphy lets me, he had a hand in it too...

Till later and just a few more days...fingers crossed!!

Noël
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RobbieB
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Yes Noel, we are watching with a lot of envy..............
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Noël Rumers
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Re: SFS 31 Milan

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Hi Robbie,
thanks but don't, it's a lot of work in the end, probably I like it... ;)
I made some progress on the grinding of the cowl.
The problem is: " The master is watching..." and I am struggling...
In the end this will look close but still a long way to go.
It is not the easiest cowl to make, and different from the RF4 one.
From now on normally I will go forward again.
Noël
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Re: SFS 31 Milan

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Hi All,
After a long time not building much and posting anything, due to family matters and more,
I am now back at last back with some good news:
" I finally move on with the Milan!!!"
Over the last few months some building had been carried out but the progress was so slow that I didn't want to post.
Sorry about the long waiting... and Murphy, yes, if you can get hold of him... :( he also had a hand in it...

Well, due to the need of the elevator and rudder, to fit the fuselage before moving forward with the construction of the fuselage,
I decided to build these first. The elevator was finished before, and over the last few months I finished the rudder now.
Enclosed the pictures...
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Re: SFS 31 Milan

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...the hinges were made as I always do, a 2 mm dia welding wire with a soldered on brass inside threaded rod end with alu hinge points and nylon hinges.
This way the wire can be pulled out to have take the moving part off.
The rest of the buildup is simple and a gap was left into the guiding tube to take the bearings. All was measured before so I could point out the exact location afterwards.
I did glue in a few scrap balsa blocks to hold the hinges...
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