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SFS 31 Milan

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Noël Rumers
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Re: SFS 31 Milan

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More work was done to get the engine to the firewall and prepare for the exhaust.
This is always a bit fiddling with the space and the parts.
All must fit under the exhaust box and cowl...
However the exhaust flange was connected to the engine and the elbow installed with the first half of the exhaust pot.
If you see the partly finished exhaust off the engine, all looks really mess up!!
But due to side trust, engine angle etc, all works out fine once screwed to the engine while on the firewall.
I use a fine felt-tip pen to mark the position before brazing things together.
Now I have to decide to go for the scaled exhaust on both sides or just fake once with a tube going out downwards...
I sleep over this problem tonight... ;)
Noël
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2015 10 010001starter finish and firewall.JPG
2015 10 020001exhaust fittings.JPG
2015 10 020002exhaust fittings.JPG
2015 10 020003exhaust fittings.JPG
2015 10 040001engine to firewall with exhaust.JPG
2015 10 040002engine to firewall with exhaust.JPG
2015 10 040003engine to firewall with exhaust.JPG
2015 10 040004engine to firewall with exhaust.JPG
2015 10 040005engine to firewall with exhaust.JPG
2015 10 040006engine to firewall with exhaust.JPG
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Noël Rumers
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Re: SFS 31 Milan

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...and more...
I use the fiber glass reinforced brush on the drilling machine, it is safer than the metal ones.
No pins fly out while grinding the brazing etc...
Noël
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2015 10 040007engine to firewall with exhaust.JPG
2015 10 040009engine to firewall with exhaust.JPG
2015 10 040010engine to firewall with exhaust.JPG
2015 10 040011engine to firewall with exhaust.JPG
2015 10 040012engine to firewall with exhaust.JPG
2015 10 040013engine to firewall with exhaust.JPG
2015 10 040015engine to firewall with exhaust.JPG
2015 10 040016engine to firewall with exhaust.JPG
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Noël Rumers
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Re: SFS 31 Milan

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We decided to build a removable front hatch. This way one can get to the servos up front to control the engine and starter as well as access to the fuel tank and possibly the batteries.
These formers had to be designed and made.
A quick fit shows the size of the space underneath this hatch. I know now to the fuel tank will fit easy underneath it as well.
Two kind of fuel tanks are shown to be able to taken the best fit, but both are OK.
For the exhaust, the night has given me a thought, like always if you get to the point of counting sheep...
See what I found that could be used. Need more 10x.0.5 mm steel tube now,

Noël
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2015 10 040017engine to firewall with exhaust.JPG
2015 10 050001fuselage front cover.JPG
2015 10 050004fuselage front cover.JPG
2015 10 050006fuselage front cover.JPG
2015 10 050007fuselage front cover.JPG
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2015 10 050010fuselage front cover.JPG
2015 10 050011fuselage front cover.JPG
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Noël Rumers
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Re: SFS 31 Milan

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Hi, yes I am still working on the exhaust.
A few things had to be sorted in my cellar too.
Now I have a nice table to work from...
The exhaust...
I went for a scaled working exhaust seen a few years ago on this site.
The flat tube I have is something they use in wardrobes to hang your coat hangers onto.
Very useful and not too strong. I made some V-cuts to bend it and brazed it back together.
In the end I also made the exhaust tube holder separately.
This way the tube could be clamped in the milling machine to drill the two holes for the small tubes with holes in.
Some calculation was done to see how much exhaust surface I had in different places in the complete exhaust.
The drilling of the holes in the tubes were tested first. Hand drilling showed me that no one hole was in line...so a no go this way.
The milling machine made this easy, just counting the 3.5 mm for each next hole, 16 of them.
Now the link between the oil filter second pot and the flat tube must be made.
See the result so far.
Noël
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2015 10 060001scaled exhaust.JPG
2015 10 060004scaled exhaust.JPG
2015 10 060006scaled exhaust.JPG
2015 10 060008scaled exhaust.JPG
2015 10 060009scaled exhaust.JPG
2015 10 060010scaled exhaust.JPG
2015 10 060011scaled exhaust.JPG
2015 10 060013scaled exhaust.JPG
2015 10 060014scaled exhaust.JPG
2015 10 060016scaled exhaust.JPG
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Noël Rumers
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Re: SFS 31 Milan

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...and more...
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2015 10 080001scaled exhaust.JPG
2015 10 080005scaled exhaust.JPG
2015 10 080006scaled exhaust.JPG
2015 10 080009scaled exhaust.JPG
2015 10 080010scaled exhaust.JPG
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Re: SFS 31 Milan

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Hi Rossco,
it's the workshop...
He has a different one. The way I am doing this is less complicated for me ;) .
The film however is looking great!!! and all the others behind it too... ;)

Today I will get back to finish my exhaust.
Had a few other things to sort out first...done now!
The rear attachment plate of the K14 landing gear had pushed out the former where it was bolted to.
This was the only thing I didn't reinforce on this gear...now taken care off too.
Next was a problem with the ailerons on a bird. They didn't work on the other project, steering to the LH make it turn to the RH and visa versa...
Not good, now spoil flaps are just behind the main spar. Opening up the wing on the top, to be able to get reinforcements in.
Now all controls are fine, even so that with only 1 cm up one side, the bird turns to that side without use of the elevator.
Ailerons are closed up.
Noël
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2015 10 130001Rear retract repair and reinforcement.JPG
2015 10 130002Rear retract repair and reinforcement.JPG
2015 10 130007Rear retract repair and reinforcement.JPG
2015 10 130008Rear retract repair and reinforcement.JPG
2015 10 130011Rear retract repair and reinforcement.JPG
2015 10 130018Rear retract repair and reinforcement.JPG
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2015 Buzzard wing 0044.JPG
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2015 Buzzard wing 0050.JPG
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Noël Rumers
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Re: SFS 31 Milan

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...by the way...I did miss the MW event last weekend...
However at our club we had also a smal meeting with guys from two clubs nearby.
See a few pictures.
Noël
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2015 10 100027De condors mini meeting Mach.JPG
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Dave Smith
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Re: SFS 31 Milan

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Noel,

Some pictures of a nicely done electric D-KORE built by a friend of mine in British Columbia....
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Peter Balcombe
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Re: SFS 31 Milan

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Dave,
Do you know what scale/weight of model & what the power train components are?
I will be building a 1/4 scale Milan very soon, so would be interested in the setup used.
Peter
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Re: SFS 31 Milan

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Peter, it's 1/4 scale, but I'll have to ask the builder what he's got in it and the weight.

DS
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