Scale Soaring UK

Not sure if this is true, I could have dreamed it after falling asleep in the chair thinking about Simon's pilots. But the story is:-

While Eric was talking planes with Simon earlier today Eric's wife Connie was seen to be looking longingly at the compromised pilots. She was twisting her head from side to side like a bewildered cockatoo when Simon's wife said "Oh" I know wouldn't it be good to get the boys back in those positions". Still shaking her head Connie said:-
"I don't think Eric ever got in those positions" Could be true.

Regards Terry.

Settle down chaps, it is supposed to be a build thread!....

Si

This is far more fun than a build thread.



BC

terry white wrote:Eric you are suppose to be going to look at the DG800 !!! Ter.

I did and I was so disappointed . . . that Simon wouldn't let me see his pilot in its compromising situations, well he knows that I have led a sheltered life!

The DG800 is great with its huge canopy and lovely dead straight wings, I'm not into kinky wings - my wife always says I'm a sraight lines person.
I've looked at the photos of the CARF version and it's excellent - you've got a cracker there Simon!

I've started to make the tub for the pilot using depron to make the mould and then I will apply glass over it and (hopefully) release. I plan to make the tub and pilot come out as one unit like the high end manufacturers do (even though it won't look as good as theirs)

I started by tracing off the full size side view "spine" and sticking it in the fuselage.




Front section stuck in with UHU.






Covered in packing tape (could only find red) and waxed




Finally glassed with 4 layers and fingers crossed it will release!





Si

Does anyone have a scale drawing of the DG800 instrument panel "mushroom" - 3 view preferably. I can find lots of front on views of full size showing the dial arrangement etc but nothing on the overall shape and dimensions. I have also got an official DG panel front view drawing with holes cut for instruments so I could probably scale the front view from that - the widest part of it has 3 instruments in it and if each of them is 80mm diameter I guess the panel itself is about 260-270mm wide? So my third scale one would be about 90mm wide...

Simon

Hi Simon did you find any information or plans yet of the instrument panel and mushroom.? If you do please let me know has I have looked but no luck yet . thanks ROO

There you go:-

Hi Roo, Heres more. Hows she coming along? Ter.

Yes thanks chaps - I have lots of photos I was just hoping to come across an actual 3 view drawing (which I haven't other than a front view). I'm not going to go mad on the scale element though so I will just scale the drawing I have.

http://www.dg-flugzeugbau.de/index.php? ... nt-panel-e

I reckon third scale is about 90mm across the mushroom

Simon