HW-4 FLAMINGO 1/4 SCALE
- chris williams
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Re: HW-4 FLAMINGO 1/4 SCALE
Having filled in the spaces with balsa, the first applications of filler are commenced...
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Re: HW-4 FLAMINGO 1/4 SCALE
watching the build, could you set the incidence just using the wing roots .?
i was thinking of doing that with the minimoa instead of wrestling with the wings .
i was thinking of doing that with the minimoa instead of wrestling with the wings .
- chris williams
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Re: HW-4 FLAMINGO 1/4 SCALE
Unfortunately Mick, the wing roots don't really give you enough to work with, considering the importance of the task...
A final skim of filler with the wings on will ensure a near perfect fit. Obviously, it's important to run a blade through the filler just at that stage when it not too hard to cut, but not too soft to tear... (Dependant on ambient temperature & the amount of hardener added)
A final skim of filler with the wings on will ensure a near perfect fit. Obviously, it's important to run a blade through the filler just at that stage when it not too hard to cut, but not too soft to tear... (Dependant on ambient temperature & the amount of hardener added)
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Re: HW-4 FLAMINGO 1/4 SCALE
thanks chris
you make it look so easy
you make it look so easy
- Trevor
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I’m in awe at your prowess with the filler Chris! Access to those servos looks a little awkward though?
Trevor
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- chris williams
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Re: HW-4 FLAMINGO 1/4 SCALE
Not really, Trev, the big hole in the former gives reasonable access...
Meanwhile, the Flamingo's sister project, Motley's 1/4 scale Petrel, is just about mission capable... Fuselage Solartexed & painted, flying surfaces covered with film...
Meanwhile, the Flamingo's sister project, Motley's 1/4 scale Petrel, is just about mission capable... Fuselage Solartexed & painted, flying surfaces covered with film...
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That is absolutely disgraceful. After all the research I did to get the exact profile, which Chris used to create the plan, why bother building it when it turns out looking like an ice cream wrapper
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What flavour is that?
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Vanilla with Blueberry sprinkles
- chris williams
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Re: HW-4 FLAMINGO 1/4 SCALE
It would seem that I am in possession of a non-compliant ethos...
Therefore, to quote Douglas Adams: 'Goodbye, and thanks for all the fish'
Therefore, to quote Douglas Adams: 'Goodbye, and thanks for all the fish'