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Geoff Gardiner

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  1. My glue of choice at the moment is Titebond Original, which I believe is an aliphatic glue. Are aliphatics any good with the brown paper covering method / heat reactivity, or will I need PVA? Cheers.
  2. Thanks Ron. I have been watching your Videos and picked up some good tips on brown paper covering, which I think I will give a go on this model. Keep up the good work!
  3. Bit more done to the wing fairings. More later...
  4. I've been a bit sidetracked recently with other stuff but have got a bit more done: I decided to make the motor mount/battery box removable in case I decide to fit a sound system at a later date. Next job was to sort the wing mounting. After fitting some m4 bolts into the back of the T-nut, I put some marker pen ink on the ends and then fitted the wing and pressed down to make an imprint. After drilling the holes slightly oversive, I then 3d printed a pair of washers. This allows fine adjustment of the position of the wing by measuring from the tailpost to each wing tip and adjusting until they are the same. The washers are then glued in place. I then made a start on the wing fairings. More later...
  5. There is a very good video here that takes you through the process.
  6. I am back up an running with the latest version of Fusion 360! As mentioned earlier, my Macs were all to old to install newer versions of MacOS, so I was facing having to buy a new Mac!!! £££££ Then I came across some OpenSource software called OpenCore-Patcher which allows you to install new versions of MacOS on older, unsupported machines. It took a while but I now have MacOS Ventura installed and all seems to be working OK. I could have installed Sonoma but this is fairly new and the are still ironing out various bugs. Happy days.
  7. Are any of you fellows using Fusion 360 on an Apple Mac running operating system Catalina or older? I know that we can no longer update Fusion (which has been the case for a while) but it would seem that it can no longer be used. This is really annoying because my Macs are a few years old and are updated as far as they can go. I would be interested to know if others on these OS versions are having the same issue.
  8. This is the error I am getting which then hangs the program requiring a force quit. The support article is of no help either. Any one getting this?
  9. I have been using the free version of Fusion 360 on my Apple computers for years. The computers are a few years old and are running High Sierra OS (they can't be updated beyond this). Today I am unable the launch the program and it freezes my computers. I haven't tried to update Fusion as I know that newer version are no longer compatible with High Sierra and I have not had any issues running the old version of Fusion until today. Is anyone else having similar issues?
  10. Bit more done: Added some dials to the instrument panel. Fitted the nose block and sheeting to the underside. My method of trimming the cowl. I took advantage of some rare dry weather this afternoon and did a bit of sanding outdoors. More later...
  11. Bit more done: Glued in some extra stringers to the battery hatch. Sorted out the tail wheel. Sheeted the top rear of the fuselage. And the top front. More later...
  12. Bit more done. Some more sheeting on the wing. Installed the flap servo mounting tray. I have trimmed down the dowel plate to fit. Time will tell if this is the correct approach. Fitted and profiled the remaining leading edge strips. More later...
  13. Joining the wings together this evening. I have used aliphatic. More later...
  14. So, flaps next.... I pondered on this for a bit and came up with this method. First off, I 3d printed myself a little slot cutting guide for the hinges which are 3mm beneath the outer surface. Then I prepared the sheeting by soaking/steaming it then wrapping it around a broom handle and left to dry overnight. I fitted one flap with sheeting and then realised it would be easier to fit the 'cricket bat' first, which I did for the other one. Finally, this is how I needed to cut the rib to allow the flap to be fitted. I can patch it up later on. More later...
  15. Bit more done: Cut out the wheel wells and lined them with 1.5mm balsa. More later...
  16. Thanks Jonathan, I try to get a little bit done each day. I have today, sanded the wing tips and leading edge. Fitted the Aileron servo covers. Then took a deep breath and cut out the wobbly bits. More later...
  17. Sheeting on and leading edge and wing tips fitted. More later...
  18. A little more done: Fitted the servos into the fuselage. Then fitted the snakes. I then switched back to the wings. I had to put a slight bend on the retract legs (about 5mm) as they were hitting the spar. I also spent a bit of time making up a cardboard template before cutting balsa. More later...
  19. 3d printed some furniture for the office. Needs a bit more painting and 'weathering'. More later...
  20. My thoughts then turned to the battery box. I am going to be using the ally spinner and 4000mah batteries. From what I have read, this combo can come out nose heavy. With this in mind, I decided to lenghten the battery box as follows. I had to remove about 5mm from the sides of the original battery box as the were preventing the hatch from being slid off sideways. I had to remove the cross piece on the crutch as it was preventing the battery from sliding in. More later...
  21. Fitted the magnets for the battery hatch. Put the hatch in place and drilled through the hatch and fuselage Then Finally I glued in the magnets with Cyano
  22. Bit more done today. Fitted the rear upper formers and spine. I wasn't sure what to do with the front deck spine, so decided to cut it on the diagonal to help set the angle of the instrument panel former. I didn't put glue on this part as it will probably need to come off when fitting the 3d printed instrument panel. Glued on the rear deck supports and the square balsa on the underside. More later...
  23. Had me worried for a moment there Ron. You had me checking dates, as I have been feeding them to the small people! If anyone needs some beans, you can fight the children for them ( I'm more of a spaghetti hoops man ).
  24. Sides are on. Fitted the balsa strips on the front underside. These needed a bit of fettling as the ply doubler was preventing them from seating fully into the cutout in the front former. More later...
  25. Glued the balsa sides onto the ply framework today. More later...
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