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Peter

 

There was never any doubt that you wouldnt recover gracefully. As an aside, Ive been thinking about a fixture I can use to mount the Ryan in so I can spin the fuselage and mark it for the aluminum panels. Youve solved my problem with yours . :)

Thank you!

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Geoff

 

I like the red better :)

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evening chaps, hope you are having a great weekend at the bench :)

 

..bit more Fury mayhem...

 

..attached the lower wings - I replaced the carbon rod spars (two of which had snapped off anyway as I had to partially cut them after realising there was dihedral..). Basically I drilled out the first inch or so and put brass spars through the tubes in the fuselage (already part of the cockpit frame) and slid the wings on - I also perforated the mating face on the wing itself for better adhesion as all the time I had been concerned with the strength of those carbon spars after i compromised them by cutting them

 

the whole lot was jigged up and JB Weld metal used & left overnight - they are good and strong now..

 

 

..with this done the radiator bath was added too so I can do the final skin parts around it..

 

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..also some last minute detail was added to the radiator

 

..the wing gaps will be taken care of when I skin this bit..

 

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..next up was the prop - I had a crumpled drawing to work from..

 

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..this was cut and cropped into sections so I could align a datum line and get it as near as straight as possible and a new drawing made in scale..

 

..with that and a bit of basswood left over from the fuselage plug I had what I needed..

 

..I had originally planned to try 3D modelling, but it's way out of my wheelhouse, so I thought I would just try it..

 

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..stuck the drawings to the wood and used my new bandsaw to cut the outlines in both axis I had..side first as it leaves a flat top for the plan to go down..

 

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..I tried really hard to get the angled hub right, but in the end thought it better to turn a hub and vacform a skin having checked K2902's prop was painted..

 

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..got rid of some of the wood underneath to make room and made it fit - filling the void with CA..

 

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..after quite a bit of refining I was happy with it - I also turned the hub from perspex acrylic..

 

..I would have liked to have stained the prop after so much work, but not to be...

 

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..I tested painting just the wood as I wanted to preserve the texture, but the result was overall better after a prime with Mr surfacer and then paint..

 

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..probably can't see it in this dry fit, but the grain can just be seen and it has a lovely texture..

 

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..it looks overscale here, but I think it's just because it's missing the top wing so looks out of proportion - it is as per the drawings and other plans & I think looks fine..

 

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..just that radiator and under wing skinning left here then its onto the upper wing where it will get dull for a bit :)

 

TTFN

Peter

 

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