Brodak Mustang Build

Jim to adjust that do you just turn the TR or you need to take it apart ? I think it looks cool too , well thought out . getback

getback wrote:Jim to adjust that do you just turn the TR or you need to take it apart ? I think it looks cool too , well thought out . getback

I will need to disconnect one end to adjust.

Jim

JPvelo wrote:

getback wrote:Jim to adjust that do you just turn the TR or you need to take it apart ? I think it looks cool too , well thought out . getback

I will need to disconnect one end to adjust.

Jim

Was that adjustable tab your Idea or did the kit come that way? Good Idea?

akjgardner wrote:

JPvelo wrote:

getback wrote:Jim to adjust that do you just turn the TR or you need to take it apart ? I think it looks cool too , well thought out . getback

I will need to disconnect one end to adjust.

Jim

 Was that adjustable tab your Idea or did the kit come that way? Good Idea?

The kit didn't come that way but it certainly wasn't my idea either. At the last club meeting Jim Hoffman showed a machined aluminum hinge with a small set screw on the barrel, to be used for a trim tab on his new build. Now THAT was slick.

Jim

getback wrote:Jim to adjust that do you just turn the TR or you need to take it apart ? I think it looks cool too , well thought out . getback

If you used a left hand die on one end of the rod, you could just turn the rod to adjust it. You may find it convenient to hook it to a closer hole in the horn to get more deflection. Hopefully you won't need more though.

I've mounted tabs two ways. On my Yak-9, I put the fixed tab on the wing TE under the flap with the bend at the hinge line. On the Cardinal I put the downturned tab on the flap TE. I wonder if this causes the amount of drag to increase with flap deflection, causing it to yaw out more during inside turns. Possibly making it less effective for outside turns. The effect of a wing mounted tab seems like it would be more symmetrically effective... does that make sense to y'all? Nitpicking, I guess, but stunters are a nitpicky bunch.
Rusty

Here she is, all done except for leadouts, tank, and clear on the decals. Will probably a few weeks at best before I can do a maiden flight.

Oh yeah! Looks GREAT! Man... I love the look of racing airplanes! E.D. Weiner's bird!

Wow Man that looks Awesome. Very Nice

Well, Beauty IS only skin deep,  Starting out as a Nitro-Stained Pink Thing, you sure ended up with a Beautiful Looking Model there! Congrats on the Completion.

NICE !! Jim she really looks like a racer now , is that monokote checkers ? Should make a sweet flyer . Eric

Wow, that's a good looking airplane

Thanks guys! Eric, that's paint. Took about three hours to mask off all of the checkers. I felt like I needed a visit to the eye doctor by the time I was done.

Jim

I am gonna buy one of these from Brodak and build a race plane!

Great looking plane Jim. As always you build beautiful planes!!

Here is a pic of mine:


I use a Tower .40

Theo

Theo, the B loolks good!

Holee Crap! This is what I get for sitting on the sidelines for the holidays. I just saw it today and it looks fantastic. I'll definitely stay tuned for the maiden and more. Nice work Jim.

I didn't know who's model had that scheme. I have a picture of Mike Palko's at Brodak in my desktop slideshow. One of my favorite pictures.

I hope y'all are settling in after the move. Must've been a hectic holiday season. Welcome to 2016, happy new year.
Rusty

JPvelo wrote:Here she is, all done except for leadouts, tank, and clear on the decals. Will probably a few weeks at best before I can do a maiden flight.

Nicely done, congrats!


Gotta love the 'stangs!

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Mark, that looks like a heavy duty Li'l Plank your son is holding there Lol. Did he build it?
Rusty

Lol, that's like asking a kid if he built his Cub Scout Pinewood Derby Car by himself!

He actually did most of it, I used to have a laundry basket full of odd pieces of scrape wood in the shop to help keep him busy when i was working on a plane. I remember he picked the wood and 'framed it up' (i probably helped nail it together) he painted it with gloss latex. I remember he was pretty proud of it and insisted we take it to the field when we went flying..i think we even hauled it to Muncie one year, it's powered by a Merco .51 case!

WOW Jim I am sure that took some time out of the day mask off / paint / mask off paint dry time and so on would bee enough to drive me , That just puts the personal touch to it though and looks well worth the effort to me ! Eric

Theo Kleynhans wrote:Great looking plane Jim. As always you build beautiful planes!!

Here is a pic of mine:


I use a Tower .40

Theo

I 've always liked the razorback p51 look, Nice looking airplane