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10-22-2015, 07:14 AM
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Speaking of Luscombes and corrugations......
Here's a1/4 scale Luscombe aileron I built years ago to see how it would work out. Never did build the rest of the airplane!
It has a balsa spar and ribs with the skins made from polished litho plate. I made a simple press to make the currugations and it worked out really well. The rivets are embossed into the skins with a simple tool I made from a pair of needle nose pliers.
It's tedious but effective as well as being light and stiff.
Cheers,
Nigel
Here's a1/4 scale Luscombe aileron I built years ago to see how it would work out. Never did build the rest of the airplane!
It has a balsa spar and ribs with the skins made from polished litho plate. I made a simple press to make the currugations and it worked out really well. The rivets are embossed into the skins with a simple tool I made from a pair of needle nose pliers.
It's tedious but effective as well as being light and stiff.
Cheers,
Nigel
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10-22-2015, 08:05 AM
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Speaking of Luscombes and corrugations......
Here's a1/4 scale Luscombe aileron I built years ago to see how it would work out. Never did build the rest of the airplane!
It has a balsa spar and ribs with the skins made from polished litho plate. I made a simple press to make the currugations and it worked out really well. The rivets are embossed into the skins with a simple tool I made from a pair of needle nose pliers.
It's tedious but effective as well as being light and stiff.
Cheers,
Nigel
Here's a1/4 scale Luscombe aileron I built years ago to see how it would work out. Never did build the rest of the airplane!
It has a balsa spar and ribs with the skins made from polished litho plate. I made a simple press to make the currugations and it worked out really well. The rivets are embossed into the skins with a simple tool I made from a pair of needle nose pliers.
It's tedious but effective as well as being light and stiff.
Cheers,
Nigel
Being lazy, I'll probably use corrigation from http://parkflyerplastics.com/cart/in...roducts_id=629
On my Cessna 195, I made them frok Plastistuct "V" channel. It was a lot of work, and the plastic added a lot of weight.
10-22-2015, 08:09 AM
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Most likely, the 195 will build tail heavy. You may want to keep everything as far forward as possible.
10-22-2015, 09:05 AM
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The 195 was based on the 165 but was a little bigger due to the 42" radial and was their first all metal airplane. The 190/19e could be considered the transitional airplane between pre-WWII and post WWII production designs. It had a foot in both camps.
10-22-2015, 01:51 PM
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10-22-2015, 03:31 PM
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Speaking of Luscombes and corrugations......
Here's a1/4 scale Luscombe aileron I built years ago to see how it would work out. Never did build the rest of the airplane!
It has a balsa spar and ribs with the skins made from polished litho plate. I made a simple press to make the currugations and it worked out really well. The rivets are embossed into the skins with a simple tool I made from a pair of needle nose pliers.
It's tedious but effective as well as being light and stiff.
Cheers,
Nigel
Here's a1/4 scale Luscombe aileron I built years ago to see how it would work out. Never did build the rest of the airplane!
It has a balsa spar and ribs with the skins made from polished litho plate. I made a simple press to make the currugations and it worked out really well. The rivets are embossed into the skins with a simple tool I made from a pair of needle nose pliers.
It's tedious but effective as well as being light and stiff.
Cheers,
Nigel
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10-22-2015, 09:37 PM
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Dave Platt Waco YMF-3, Sig Ryan ST, Top Flite DC-3, Hostetler C-195, Fairchild 24. There are a few more kits/plans in there that I can't recall off the top of my head. Yep. I'm stuck in the past. Sign me up!
10-23-2015, 04:17 AM
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Very nice Nigel! Probably can't get much closer to looking like the real thing. I'll have to try that next time around. For the WACO I used a grooved aluminum plate to lay up corrugated fiberglass skins. Had to make 3 or 4 to get one good one and I needed 8 of them on the WACO. Any chance you described the method in a build somewhere?
Tony
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No, I haven't documented the process I'm afraid. I can do some sketches at some point when I get a chance, but at the moment I'm in the middle of home renovations, so zero modeling is going on right now!
Cheers,
Nigel
10-26-2015, 12:12 AM
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Let's get EJWash1 added to the list:
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10-26-2015, 10:12 AM
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11-03-2015, 02:30 PM
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I mounted the engine on my Luscombe Silvaire this afternoon.
I really don't have much completed on the model, but it was time to get the motor mounted. Now, I can seal up the front end.
I really don't have much completed on the model, but it was time to get the motor mounted. Now, I can seal up the front end.