rgarde

Hi All, It is very quiet here on this part of the forum. So I thought it might be a good time to place a short update of my progress. I know that it is still not very much progress but every bit helps! In the meanwhile the right wing half is ready. See pictures below: Although I already have several 25 fx engines I also had the opportunity to buy two os 25 fx engines at a second hand website. I could not resist them as I love these good little engines. A part of the time was spent to bring the engines back in order. One engine was almost new and needed (except from a complete check up) no work. Unfortunately the second engine had a cilinder peeling problem. I had read about it on the internet but never had it myself. So I had to replace the cilinder liner and also the bearings of the second engine needed replacement. Now I have two nice engines ready and waiting for the Grumpy Tiger Cub. I have now started with setting up the ribs of the left wing half. With kind regards, Richard

Hi Levanter, You are making nice progress and you also build neatly! I also started with the wing and nice to see to he same way of working for some things (e.g. tape, template for R1) One question about the dihedral brace: The top side is almost straight at the prescribed dihedral angle. Would it be a problem to make the top side completely straight? That would be easy to join the wing halves upside down on the building board. With kind regards, Richard

Hi Everyone, I have made little progress until last week. Yes, I finally started with building! The plans have changed slightly: I wasted much time with changing the drawing to a more tigercat look. I did not manage it good and think it is a bit too ambitious for me. Also because I have limited time for the hobby I have decided to stay with Peter’s original (but scaled up) plan. I really wanted to start building and not tampering around behind the pc. And besides that, why change a design which has been proven good! This week I started with building the right wing. Below you can see some photos of my progress. Comments and/or suggestions are always welcome! With kind regards, Richard Edited By rgarde on 02/04/2018 21:19:27