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Cliff Charlesworth Ka3 from LCS**

Let us all watch your new project progress.
TonyL
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Location: Lyon France

Re: Cliff Charlesworth Ka3 from LCS

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Major modification of the rubber skid support, using a squash ball,
squash ball cradle from 3 mm ply to support landing skip
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TonyL
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Re: Cliff Charlesworth Ka3 from LCS

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cradle with squash ball to support landing skip
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TonyL
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Re: Cliff Charlesworth Ka3 from LCS

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first rough balancing with the V-tail indicates 500 grams of lead in the nose
(not including the battery) when the fuzz is covered and painted I will fine-tune
the balance

the nose is build-up from balsa and 500 grams of lead glued to the formers, top, side, bottom and front views
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TonyL
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Re: Cliff Charlesworth Ka3 from LCS

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nose glassed
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TonyL
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Re: Cliff Charlesworth Ka3 from LCS

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canopy latch
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TonyL
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Re: Cliff Charlesworth Ka3 from LCS

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canopy frame from 3mm and 2 mm annealed copper tube,
using alu-foil as heat radiators to keep everything together
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TonyL
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Re: Cliff Charlesworth Ka3 from LCS

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Help request for canopy glassing:
using polyzap on 0.5 mm rhodoid (hope this is English) caused
a brittle bond and brittle cracks in the rhodoid.
using epoxy glue avoided the brittleness but the joint with the
rhodoid was weak at best (used alcohol to clean and 300 grit
sandpaper to coarsen the rhodoid for the glue joint.

ps: used the polyzap on some other thin plastic transparent
material, glue joint was good, but the plastic became very
brittle aswell!

any suggestions are very welcome!
TonyL
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Re: Cliff Charlesworth Ka3 from LCS

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skid and squash ball damper installed
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TonyL
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Re: Cliff Charlesworth Ka3 from LCS

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skid covered (not sure it will last as there are some rocky parts on our flying hill)
TonyL
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Re: Cliff Charlesworth Ka3 from LCS

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and the picture
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