1/2A stunt trainer design

rogermharris wrote:Great News!

Got my wood order today from Sig!!! It was still not showing shipped on the website and never got notification till I got a "delivered" email today.

Ill bee doing some lunch time lawyer'sin for a few days!!

That's a nice surprise to come home to. All micro-sanded.. ready to cut. I have a lot of wood.. but most of the sheets are rough-cut and narrow (1.75") so.. making a plank-wing requires edge-gluing at least two pieces together. I made fixtures to sand the sheets to three different common thicknesses.. but.. I need to obtain a 24"L. aluminum extrusion (I-beam) that I can face with coarse/fine abrasive for a block. If it works well... I'll probably sand a lot of stock. The fixture sizes are 1/4", 1/8" and 1/16" and are made from pairs of 36"L. gaged steel strips. One serves as a back-fence and the other is held by hand against the sheet's front edge while block-sanding.



I hope all goes well with the laser-cutting. I'm really enjoying this thread Rog. Oh btw.. I'd say that the pit-box you designed/built, is of heirloom quality!

I was happy with the way the pit box came out. It went together near perfect on the first attempt. Normally there is an issue somewhere.  The glow plug top came after cutting the handle. One of those hmmmm moments. I will tweak it some if I make anymore. If anyone is interested I will make them in kit from as well.


Roddie. Rather than aluminum I been that would need to be milled to bee perfectly flat, use MDF as your sanding surface?  That stuff is pretty much dead flat. You could stack it into an I beam.

I'm enjoying this thread as well. Looking forward to getting these kits cut and shipped. Then on to a couple other requested projects. Hard to focus with so many projects hanging.

Roger your about to make a lot of people happy and busy did they ship the ply. or still on back order ?,, trainer is looking really good eric ( for later )

getback wrote:Roger your about to make a lot of people happy and busy  did they ship the ply. or still on back order ?,, trainer is looking really good  eric   ( for later )

the 1/16" ply was back ordered so i canceled it and will pick it up locally. it's a couple more dollars but, no shipping. will start cutting today at lunch and come in over the weekend if need bee .. hopefully it goes smoothly. cutting 8 kits.

i had hoped to have the stunt trainer painted by now. it's all sanded and sealed..not enough time in the day or at least time in the day that i feel like doing something LOL!!

[img][/img]well i extended lunch time today and got all the balsa cut for 8 kits.
firewalls tomorrow and i will pick up the plywood needed most likely Thursday hopefully finish things up.  then its a matter of packing everything....

Man you were really moving from the times I talked to you yesterday , Looking GOOD !!

I can't hardly wait! I don't understand the why though. I just told a friend about the little pilot last night. It will be a great addition to my ringmaster fleet, and he first RM bipe.

After the Beginner RM bipe, we should talk Roger into cutting a short kit for the Baby RM bipe.

duke.johnson wrote:After the Beginner RM bipe, we should talk Roger into cutting a short kit for the Baby RM bipe.

might you be referring to the stunt wing version???

rogermharris wrote:

duke.johnson wrote:After the Beginner RM bipe, we should talk Roger into cutting a short kit for the Baby RM bipe.

might you be referring to the stunt wing version???

The beginner RM has the slab wing like you're cutting now and the baby RM has a built up wing with ribs. Usually the same size plane.

duke.johnson wrote:

rogermharris wrote:

duke.johnson wrote:After the Beginner RM bipe, we should talk Roger into cutting a short kit for the Baby RM bipe.

might you be referring to the stunt wing version???

The beginner RM has the slab wing like you're cutting now and the baby RM has a built up wing with ribs.  Usually the same size plane.

no comment...

I'm sorry Roger, maybe I missed something. I'm all hoped up on allergy medicine. But hears a links to Pat Kings plans on Stunt Hangar's vendors corner.
http://stunthanger.com/smf/index.php/topic,22652.0.html

duke.johnson wrote:I'm sorry Roger, maybe I missed something. I'm all hoped up on allergy medicine. But hears a links to Pat Kings plans on Stunt Hangar's vendors corner.
http://stunthanger.com/smf/index.php/topic,22652.0.html

LOL!! not missing anything Duke...

i have already had a request for a BRM Bipe kit (stay tuned).

i have a couple of one off kit requests after this run of bipes and then we will see.

one thing i like to do is cut and assemble a kit before committing to cutting a bunch.
that way i have time to make and adjustments and changes along with seeing what i may have forgotten.

Judging by what I have seen of yours, I don't think there is much you have forgotten. Everything looks great from here. It is great to have someone like you here to help others out.

Let us all know about the kits you are cutting, maybe we can make it worth your while.

duke.johnson wrote:Let us all know about the kits you are cutting, maybe we can make it worth your while.

i downloaded a bunch (20-30) old plans from outerzone

one that i like is the stuka stunt

the one i am working on now is for getback.
if he wouldn't mind sharing i could figure out a price but i would like to get one put together before offering it. i put probably 15 hours into interpreting/redrawing this one as it was a real mess starting with scanning a bunch of pages and that does not include what i am doing now. once the plan is drawn i have to lay it out for cutting and that can take quite a bit of time as well.

not complaing.. just trying to give you an idea of what's involved. i love a challenge!

Well look what's ready to ship! I will start finding boxes and shipping these over the next few days.

WOOOOOOO AAAAAAAAAAA YOU THE MAN ,, I really think that wee should bee soooooooo Thank Full and let it bee shown for the work that Roger is putting in for us I am surly Thank Full or full of it. I am not quite sure which but ever body wishes wee had a laser cutter and NEW HOW TO USE IT!! O well kisses and hugs I guess I Thank You!! I just hope what I have to offer is enough does any one on the other forums have this capability that they are will to share for so little ????

Thanks Eric!  

It went pretty well but, took quite a bit of time just to get it all packaged. I printed from what I can tell full size plans that I pieced together from Eric. So thank you Eric!  
I also included a clear acrylic handle with each kit.
Hopefully I  broke even on this project

I will have to start looking into getting my own laser. Maybee one with a bigger bed.  I have done some learning and still am. Balsa is tricky to cut and generally needs to bee cut at high speed and low power.  Most required multiple passes so not to char the wood.


Ill bee happy with whatever you send Eric.. we made a deal and I have enjoyed bringing the VS to life.

May need to sell some VS kits.  Too many hours in it not to share but, that's up to you.

With thanks to Eric, if you decide to go with it, I'm in for one.

Bob

The kit is nice here is a pic and I am ok with it wish KIM would chime in I am surprised he hasn't ? The plans came from him for the Veco Scout and would also like his input to bee alright to go with the sells // I will get in touch with him and we will go from there , I don't think I could have made it happen with out Rogers help       I think we decided W/S at 27.75

it actually measures 25.83"

i planed on solid balsa wing tips but, could do them as pictured if you prefer.

As pictured Please , they look better and are easier to cover I think