Member postings for Dwain Dibley.

I have covered the struts, and fixed the lock nuts with threadloc, I have labelled them port and starboard, for obvious reasons.................

I have put the lines on the fuselage and the cowl, I used masking tape to apply the thinner lines and the ones on the cowl. I made my own scheme.

D.D.

Thanks Percy....................Yes, in hindsight I could have got away with what you suggest.

I suppose the next job really.......is a test of the Rx re the covering.

I have already changed the position of the Rx from deep in the bowels of the fuz to inside the cabin, where there is plenty of "glass". If it still proves to be an issue I can easily put the Arial outside in the fresh air.

The Chrome covering is very good, easy to put on, but does show every mark. You feel like you need to polish it every five minutes.

D.D.

OK............I have now made two struts, and have clad one in balsa. A bit awkward this, due to the way I made the struts, but I got round it OK, and they still fit................Good old clevises......

D.D.

Very close McG.................I have even made the struts...............Can you believe it ??

The prop nut is in a safe place.

The rivets...........another bit of fun, but I agree......they look OK don't they. ??

I cut down the 3 mm clevis rod and soldered it to the end of the 2 mm wire rod, measured up and put another one on the other end. Then I fixed this in place on the wing, and measured up for the rear strut, allowing for a bend on the front for soldering.

With 3 clevis the struts are very adjustable, and I have added locking nuts to all six.

The next job is to cover them in wood and sand to shape.

D.D.

Bound with copper wire and soldered, then heat shrink was applied just for belt and braces.

Under pressure this morning from the Family, all Female, so a LOT of pressure, to get the Wi-Fi sorted, so a lengthy phone call to Virgin media ensued.

A very helpful Chap went thru the motions and got it all up and running in about 30 minutes.

I am always amazed by this remote maintenance. 10/10 for Virgin media Man.

Anyway...................I thought I would assemble the 120 and get her on the scales, before I add too much weight....

Nothing to worry about, she came in at 2102 g, that's 4 lb 9 oz in old money. With just the struts to add, an AUW under 5 lb should be achievable.

The above was with flight battery and Rx battery on board.

D.D.

Edited By Dwain Dibley. on 25/05/2019 13:24:24

Not done much today, had a bit of a doss day, but have added a bit more to the cowl. Stuff made from twine, and cut up bits of metal from a door closure cover, rivets from good old blobs of Aliphatic applied with a cocktail stick.

Cabin side glazing from bits of clear packaging. Fixed on the outside and the frame will be painted in. door out line will be added later.

D.D.

Pretend hinges LOL.

Ken, re your lovely wife, have you tried words like "fish slice" and other similarly "slender" words.

I find this works well at Dibley Towers, when trying to get into the conversation.

Personally, I avoid facebook like the plague, My girls (14 and 15) are allowed to use instagram and whatsapp, and interact with friends on the Xbox. They do not use Facebook, and their school discourages it.

If you use social media a lot, just be careful.

This forum is great, you can have a bit of fun, meet great like minded people, and learn a lot at the same time

D.D.

I have to agree with Peter, everything I have ordered has been here within 2 days, sometimes the next day.

Emails are answered promptly, set ups are bang on, and there is always time for you at the shows.

D.D.

Fantastic news Cliff. I am proud of you matey, many would have given up.

Well done.

D.D.

Well done on the save Buster, ........................keep em peeled as they say....

Good idea to put notes on things, you know it makes sense.

D.D

Edited By Dwain Dibley. on 23/05/2019 21:37:21

In between coats of paint and filler, I thought I would get the control snakes connected up. I managed to get two inners out of one, so I have one left, .................Er.............out of two.

I have permanently attached the tail fin, Rudder, and elevators.

It's a bit close at the back end but nothing clashes re the horns with full servo movement, and as I will have quite small throws, it's all good.

D.D.

Rx battery position, viewed from the bottom hatch. I was going to put the Rx here as well, but comments re the covering and reduced range have changed my mind and it will go on top of the "suitcase" behind the pilots. I can hide the leads with a bulkhead or similar.

Gutters and windows clean, rubbish off flat roof, gutter fixed.

Back to the important stuff...................

Cowl has dummy engine covers added, made from covering film with the edge folded, and is painted. I will make the hinges out of thin metal, and some catches out of the scrap bin.

D.D.

Paint showed a few imperfections in the cowl, so a bit of filler required. Then a final sand, a few rivets, and final coat.

Ahh....................Right...............I'll give you that one Simon.............

Still............It's a crying shame matey.

D.D.

Where is the chuckle button.....................LOL

However...................Google may well be the ruin of conversation Will-O.

Simon..............That is clean..............

D.D.

Edited By Dwain Dibley. on 23/05/2019 15:36:28

Fitting the motor.

D.D.

Lined up; side thrust and down thrust accounted for.

Marked up after carefully removing the cowl.

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Fixed, note the bevelled cut outs for the motor wires, no chafing here Lads.

Clearance and side thrust.

I am now off to climb ladders and fix gutters before the Missus gets back from work. LOL

Awwwwwwwwwwwwww Simon........................

i just watched the video and was thinking how great it was................Next post............BAM !!, all over.

Feeling for you man, was sweet while it lasted, and a great blog too.

Onwards and upwards......................not too hard to build a new wing B.T.W. ?????

D.D.

After a thrashing on the old belt/disc/bench sander.

D.D.

Thanks for posting that Martin, sounds promising.

D.D.

Last little bit for today Chaps..........the motor mount.

As you can see in the photo above, i have the last cowl block in place, with the cowl on and the motor in place i measured the distance from the prop driver to the out side of the cowl and added 4 mm.

This is the amount of wood i have to add behind the motor to get the prop nice and close.

I then laminated some balsa and the ply mount ( borrowed from another build , dunno what )

Once that dries I can mark up the firewall and fix the mount in place.

D.D.

Getting there. Just need cutting to length.

D.D.