Rem Fodder

Danny, I watched the brief You Tube overview of the rotary actuator for the ailerons in the Fury. One word, Brilliant!

Posted by Danny Fenton on 07/07/2018 11:08:24: Now go and oil that vice/clamp!   Cheers Danny Edited By Danny Fenton on 07/07/2018 11:09:18   You've a sharp eye Danny on my old vice. I made that during the third year of my millwrights apprenticeship, 31 years ago. Its been through a lot and done a ton of work for me over the years, unfortunately humidity in the basement of the house since I left the trade has not been kind. Still, no excuse to let it rust. Good luck trying to track the tool down. Neil   Edited By Rem Fodder on 08/07/2018 03:16:09

The owners manual states that material up to 1/16" can be sheared, including mild steel. So far I have sheared .010", 1/32" and 1/16" brass and aluminum with ease. I think if one were to try and shear steel, the tool would need to be bolted down to a bench, otherwise for the softer metals simply holding it by hand or with a C clamp on the bench works just fine. Bending material is a breeze too, the tool comes with a full length 8" die and a number of smaller dies of different width for finesse work. As with a lot of hobby grade tools, this one required a little bit of tweaking centered around the shear and brake stops. It was necessary to clean up the rough edges for smooth adjustment as fresh out of the box the stops would bind as I tried to adjust them in and out along the guides for cut widths. A bit of polishing with emery cloth and the odd kiss with a file had everything working as it should. The photos are of the functional sprung bungee landing gear I managed to come up with for my Cub project. Having the shear/brake was very helpful. An earlier attempt to try this with hand tools was an exercise in wasted effort and material. I simply could not get the repeatability or accuracy required. It was also very helpful making up some .010" brass shims for a center fire rifle scope mount. Neil

Just thought I'd post about this mini metal shear and bending brake I purchased last year before Christmas. I believe its made by or sold by Micro Mark tools, see the You Tube demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHpl0kQKgOM My purchase was from Canadian online tool supplier Busy Bee Tools under their Craftex tool name: https://www.busybeetools.com/ I used it to bend up brass landing gear components for the Super Cub currently on the bench and it worked very well. Capacity is 8" wide stock, and shears/bends .0625", or 1/16" brass aluminum with ease. I got tired of trying to cut and bend accurately with hand shears, vises and pliers so decided to pull my finger out and get something better suited for the task.     Edited By Rem Fodder on 06/07/2018 14:08:02 Edited By Rem Fodder on 06/07/2018 14:11:49

For anyone interested, there is now a completed but not yet flown electric Bryant Fury MkI. Please check the link to the thread I started on RC Groups: https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?2548913-Hawker-Fury-Mk-1/page8 Cheers! Neil Edited By Rem Fodder on 02/06/2018 13:20:42

For anybody interested, the chap that's been building his Fury on the thread I started in RC Groups has come a long way with it. He came up with a novel approach to the oversize stock aluminum spinner. Cheers! https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?2548913-Hawker-Fury-Mk-1/page7#post39478381

I checked the spinners base diameter and it measures 103.6 mm. The cowl measures differently from top to bottom vs side to side. If the base is removed from the spinner, it meets up to the cowl pretty decent. Would be easy to correct this if I had access to a lathe.