Show us what you are working on..

[thenated0g]

Wished it was just a little bit larger for canopies.

yeah, probably need to diy one. not too hard to do

 

[Wayne]

Yeah, I'd like to offer a DIY kit, and just hook up the home vacuum to it. But that is sometime in the future. LOL

 

[thenated0g]

What were you thinking to use for the heating element

 

[Wayne]

Warm thoughts!

 

[gp49]

What were you thinking to use for the heating element

Your oven should work fine!

 

[Wayne]

Something like this:

Pardon Our Interruption...

They are available in different sizes and voltages

 

[thenated0g]

I have seen some guys just use toaster ovens.

Booby just needs control rods and cg.
I don't usually post too often on Facebook but I randomly for some reason did and Peter Loftus, The previous owner of wowings messaged me and we chatted one evening for a while. I guess him and the current owner are good friends and he was kind of busy. So Peter actually cut out mine and Kelly's Wing cores for the boobys.

At one point I was telling him I was still trying to figure out if I wanted to go light or heavy and he had mentioned how one of his epp planks he had covered and two layers of fiberglass packing tape and that got me thinking I'd never tried that before so I decided to do that.

No I didn't ask him the specifics of how he did it. So for my first layer I sprayed down super 77 and then went horizontal wingtip to wingtip with no overlap. Just edge to edge. Then a good wiping down with acetone and alcohol and ironed it down and gave it a light sanding. Then again sprayed with super 77. Did all the same stuff again except I went nose to tail all the way out 90° to the previous tape again with no overlap.

Pretty happy with the surface I really don't like when there's a little step of tape layers on top of each other. And even before putting the shrinking color on top, it was pretty resistant to twist in those long wings.

 

[Red]

I have seen some guys just use toaster ovens.

Booby just needs control rods and cg.
I don't usually post too often on Facebook but I randomly for some reason did and Peter Loftus, The previous owner of wowings messaged me and we chatted one evening for a while. I guess him and the current owner are good friends and he was kind of busy. So Peter actually cut out mine and Kelly's Wing cores for the boobys.

At one point I was telling him I was still trying to figure out if I wanted to go light or heavy and he had mentioned how one of his epp planks he had covered and two layers of fiberglass packing tape and that got me thinking I'd never tried that before so I decided to do that.

No I didn't ask him the specifics of how he did it. So for my first layer I sprayed down super 77 and then went horizontal wingtip to wingtip with no overlap. Just edge to edge. Then a good wiping down with acetone and alcohol and ironed it down and gave it a light sanding. Then again sprayed with super 77. Did all the same stuff again except I went nose to tail all the way out 90° to the previous tape again with no overlap.

Pretty happy with the surface I really don't like when there's a little step of tape layers on top of each other. And even before putting the shrinking color on top, it was pretty resistant to twist in those long wings.

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Looks good Nate. Will you maiden before Sunset?

 

[thenated0g]

Probably not

 

[Wayne]

Looks good, and that is usually a good sign of future fun.

 

[Yotaman1985]

Thats awesome Nate. Really makes me want to get one...

 

[thenated0g]

Thats awesome Nate. Really makes me want to get one...

If you do, grab a Skua as well, thats basically a big version of the Starfire that kelly and i always fly.

 

[Yotaman1985]

Well, my CARF Kobuz is ready for a maiden flight. Got the CG all set and test ran the turbine today which went well. I 3d printed an exhaust ramp for the tail to help protect it as I heard of someone who burned their tail during a ground run. Didnt have high hopes for longevity but it handled a 60 second ground run at idle with one little throttle blip no problem. Its sounding like I may be able to maiden it this weekend.

 

[Wayne]

Simple solution - get another turbin and put them side by side so they just clear the vertical. LOL Can't have too much thrust.

 

[rcsoar4fun]

Finally getting around to building a Micro Gentle Lady. I haven't covered in tissue in probably 35 years, but the Deluxe Materials stuff works great.

 

[Wayne]

That is funny, looks so big in that picture.

Covering looks really good.

 

[rcsoar4fun]

Tiny little thing. I have a full size GL and a 48" one on my bench. It even feels tiny compared to the 48" one.

 

[RafaelAvila]

My prototype for a soldering vice. It includes a fan so the fumes don't go straight up your nose, I know it's not the ideal because the fumes still around but its way better.
Soon at aloft website.

 

[Wayne]

Handy dany - We have sold a few versions of helping hands, but after using this one, got to say I like it the best!

 

[gp49]

My prototype for a soldering vice. It includes a fan so the fumes don't go straight up your nose, I know it's not the ideal because the fumes still around but its way better.
Soon at aloft website.
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Try a small vacuum hood with exhaust pipe going outside!