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Scratch built Slingsby King Kite 1/4**
- Bovin
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Re: Scratch built Slingsby King Kite 1/4
Peter,
Good to hear that. I feel the same what you mentioned in the last paragraph. It once saved a plane when the connector with the main battery failed.
Best regards, Vincent
Good to hear that. I feel the same what you mentioned in the last paragraph. It once saved a plane when the connector with the main battery failed.
Best regards, Vincent
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Re: Scratch built Slingsby King Kite 1/4
Now I could cover the bottom of the fuselage. I came up with a sanding tool so I could clamp the panels, otherwise my fingers would get cramped
Vincent
A batten attached to my worktop with a screw clamp , a piece of aluminum angle and two large spring clamps. The sanding went a bit better now. . Fuselage and panel with glue , panel in position and secured with a hot iron. wetted with a sponge bent and secured. After a few days it starts to become a fuselage . Next is the nose, lots of panels ...Vincent
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Re: Scratch built Slingsby King Kite 1/4
The nose of the fuselage is a challenging job. It's important how the fuselage looks, so I hope to do well.
Vincent.
I had roughly sanded the nose into shape and I marked the strips on it with a pencil.
At the connection to the cockpit cover they follow the round frame shape. Further forward, the strips flatten so that they can be bent towards the tip of the nose. There is no double bending . I came up with the idea to mark the strips with a small router, so you can sand some without sanding away the marking. On this picture you can see where the strips will come . Strip by strip, the nose is covered.
For these strips I use veneer instead of ply and I glued them with thick cyano The result
Now I am starting the preparations for the wings and the fairing wing/fuselage.Vincent.
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Re: Scratch built Slingsby King Kite 1/4
Nice detailed work. What glue are you using to fix the panels?
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Re: Scratch built Slingsby King Kite 1/4
Hello Vince,
Thanks for your nice comment!
In the past I used always thick cyano, but (thanks to the very instructive video I picked up at this forum) I use PVA with heat. I will use that mostly in the wings too. The small strips on the very nose of the King Kite I did with thick cyano, the others with PVA/ ironing. I still have some doubts about the strenghts, time will learn. Its certainly less stressfull.
Vincent.
Thanks for your nice comment!
In the past I used always thick cyano, but (thanks to the very instructive video I picked up at this forum) I use PVA with heat. I will use that mostly in the wings too. The small strips on the very nose of the King Kite I did with thick cyano, the others with PVA/ ironing. I still have some doubts about the strenghts, time will learn. Its certainly less stressfull.
Vincent.
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Re: Scratch built Slingsby King Kite 1/4
The wings, I started with the right one
The profile choice I found difficult, the real King Kite had a profile NACA 23021 which looked quite symmetrical. The profile and thickness determine the "looks" of the aircraft and so I ended up with HQ 2.5 with a thickness of 12% decreasing to 10 at the tip. With the flaps (and the ailerons, not prototypical) I can make more camber . With Devwing I drew the wing My friend Adri was kind enough to mill the ribs and the web plates. The root ribs in 2mm plywood and the rest in 2.5mm medium-hard balsa.
With the program “Calculdelongeron” I calculated the main spar, 24X4mm spruce on top and bottom at the root to 2x10mm at the tip. Should be able to take 10G, not including sheeting. By the way, the wing is completely sheeted with 0.6mm plywood, like the real one. I had previously made a glass / epoxy wing joiner with dihedral that fits in 20x20mm aluminum square profile. Because it has a gull wing, I made a building board with the gull angle and laminated the spars in that angle too. All the web plates glued, left open at the root. So the space between the aluminum square and the main spar can be filled with epoxy /micro balloons.
I'm going to build the other (left) wing now.
Vincent
The profile choice I found difficult, the real King Kite had a profile NACA 23021 which looked quite symmetrical. The profile and thickness determine the "looks" of the aircraft and so I ended up with HQ 2.5 with a thickness of 12% decreasing to 10 at the tip. With the flaps (and the ailerons, not prototypical) I can make more camber . With Devwing I drew the wing My friend Adri was kind enough to mill the ribs and the web plates. The root ribs in 2mm plywood and the rest in 2.5mm medium-hard balsa.
With the program “Calculdelongeron” I calculated the main spar, 24X4mm spruce on top and bottom at the root to 2x10mm at the tip. Should be able to take 10G, not including sheeting. By the way, the wing is completely sheeted with 0.6mm plywood, like the real one. I had previously made a glass / epoxy wing joiner with dihedral that fits in 20x20mm aluminum square profile. Because it has a gull wing, I made a building board with the gull angle and laminated the spars in that angle too. All the web plates glued, left open at the root. So the space between the aluminum square and the main spar can be filled with epoxy /micro balloons.
I'm going to build the other (left) wing now.
Vincent
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Re: Scratch built Slingsby King Kite 1/4
Hello Max,
Thanks a lot Max and I am learning also lots from all the build reports
Vincent
Thanks a lot Max and I am learning also lots from all the build reports
Vincent
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Re: Scratch built Slingsby King Kite 1/4
Hi Bovin
Can you tell us more about the program With the program “Calculdelongeron” please? This is not a program I have heard of before but it sounds very interesting.
AEB
Can you tell us more about the program With the program “Calculdelongeron” please? This is not a program I have heard of before but it sounds very interesting.
AEB
AEB = Aeronautical Energiser Bunny (with thanks to CW)
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Re: Scratch built Slingsby King Kite 1/4
Hi John,
Glad that you are interested! Funny, I found this French program on the Dutch "Modelbouiwforum" and later I also found it on the forum "Retroplane".
I am not familiar with basic computor programs, but I managed to get my values in it and get sensible results. I get the impression that I can't send it as an attachment, so I send an PM to.
Vincent
Glad that you are interested! Funny, I found this French program on the Dutch "Modelbouiwforum" and later I also found it on the forum "Retroplane".
I am not familiar with basic computor programs, but I managed to get my values in it and get sensible results. I get the impression that I can't send it as an attachment, so I send an PM to.
Vincent