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Snaky Stringer New Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 16 Joined: Jan 2^nd, 2016	Re: F4u Corsair build cookup? Reply #21 - Jan 8^th, 2016 at 1:35pm	Print Post
	I'm definitely interested. I will probably make the wing removable, with wire pins in tubes, and probably also make an 'improved' wing with a curved inboard section. I intend to build it with the birdcage canopy as on the Comet plan and perhaps with the clipped wing tips of the Fleet Air Arm version. I may well leave the extant fuselage unchanged and wait for flight tests to see if I need to build a lighter fuselage with better wood and more air. I'm about to build a new wing for a KeilKraft Me109 F and after that will start on the Corsair wing. I seem to have lost my Me109 but have an own design fuselage that will fit the KK wing.


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RJ 3 Star Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 104 Location: Elizabeth City, NC Joined: Nov 4^th, 2015	Re: F4u Corsair build cookup? Reply #20 - Jan 8^th, 2016 at 1:11pm	Print Post
	Thanks, Bob!


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bigrip74 Ex Member	Re: F4u Corsair build cookup? Reply #19 - Jan 8^th, 2016 at 12:24pm	Print Post
	RJ, take a look at this video re: vacuform: It was what gave me hope to make my own canopies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4na6TYLT1qc&list=PLD475F6D55C660D64&index=26 Bob


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RJ 3 Star Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 104 Location: Elizabeth City, NC Joined: Nov 4^th, 2015	Re: F4u Corsair build cookup? Reply #18 - Jan 8^th, 2016 at 11:43am	Print Post
	I'm still in the game. Trying to decide which plan to use. Currently, I'm looking at Frank Scott's 22" Corsair and Mark Drela's 13" peanut which I would enlarge to somewhere around 20-21". I'm not concerned about making the wing. Mostly concerned about making the canopy as I have not made one before. I may be slow getting going on this build as I am currently on another build, and I have generally been a slow builder. Regards.


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bigrip74 Ex Member	Re: F4u Corsair build cookup? Reply #17 - Jan 8^th, 2016 at 6:49am	Print Post
	I see these members have shown interest so yell out if you are interested. Spud Jim RJ Snaky Stringer Big Rip74 bob


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bigrip74 Ex Member	Re: F4u Corsair build cookup? Reply #16 - Jan 8^th, 2016 at 6:45am	Print Post
	Sky9pilot wrote on Jan 8^th, 2016 at 12:32am: We usually ask for five participants to officially open a cook up. This is the first cook up I've seen with so few participants and build pictures. So come on modelers...if you want a cook up, post build pictures that we can follow. Sky9pilot Maybe the wing is the deterrent on this cookup. So! if no one else joins in, then maybe shelve this cookup till a later time. Bob


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Sky9pilot Administrator Offline Stick & Tissue Posts: 13281 Location: Kelso, WA 98626 USA Joined: Jan 9^th, 2010	Re: F4u Corsair build cookup? Reply #15 - Jan 8^th, 2016 at 12:32am	Print Post
	We usually ask for five participants to officially open a cook up. This is the first cook up I've seen with so few participants and build pictures. So come on modelers...if you want a cook up, post build pictures that we can follow. Sky9pilot

	If God is your Co-pilot...switch seats... Your attitude will determine your altitude!- John Maxwell And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free. Jn 8:32
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JIM 3 Star Member Offline Stick & Tissue Posts: 174 Location: new brunswick, canada Joined: May 16^th, 2011	Re: F4u Corsair build cookup? Reply #14 - Jan 7^th, 2016 at 2:10pm	Print Post
	fuselage construction is straight forward. i like half shell method. the real bad one is fixing the proper wing dihedral. you need to predetermine how the root wing rib slants i lay out the former where the main spar attaches then by measuring out the length of the inner and outer panels and the heights required, i draft out the shape of the spar and set the panels accordingly. remember the rib where the wing panels join is vertical! jim


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bigrip74 Ex Member	Re: F4u Corsair build cookup? Reply #13 - Jan 7^th, 2016 at 6:36am	Print Post
	When I finish the P-40 and FAC Kaydet builds I will have the space to build an F4U Corsair from a Comet plan for this cookup. Snaky Stringer, you could give me some insights on the construction. Bob


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Snaky Stringer New Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 16 Joined: Jan 2^nd, 2016	Re: F4u Corsair build cookup? Reply #12 - Jan 5^th, 2016 at 12:26pm	Print Post
	I have a Comet Corsair fuselage built from the kit wood and with tiny holes in the formers. It's been unfinished for at least twenty years and probably nearer thirty. I was considering a more accurate wing and opening up the formers to allow rubber clearance but perhaps a wing and fuselage straight from the plan would be more authentic. I doubt if the wing according to plan would survive the first landing, though, which in itself would be quite authentic. I will report back, perhaps even with pictures.


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Sky9pilot Administrator Offline Stick & Tissue Posts: 13281 Location: Kelso, WA 98626 USA Joined: Jan 9^th, 2010	Re: F4u Corsair build cookup? Reply #11 - Dec 20^th, 2015 at 2:42pm	Print Post
	I have a Czech plan of an F4U somewhere I'd like to do, but with all the cookups starting I'm a bit reluctant starting another one. I'll follow with great interest! Sky9pilot

	If God is your Co-pilot...switch seats... Your attitude will determine your altitude!- John Maxwell And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free. Jn 8:32
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scigs30 3 Star Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 183 Location: San diego Joined: Feb 22^nd, 2015	Re: F4u Corsair build cookup? Reply #10 - Dec 20^th, 2015 at 2:38pm	Print Post
	Yes it is. I started covering but am behind because of the holidays.


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JIM 3 Star Member Offline Stick & Tissue Posts: 174 Location: new brunswick, canada Joined: May 16^th, 2011	Re: F4u Corsair build cookup? Reply #9 - Dec 20^th, 2015 at 9:27am	Print Post
	yes. i do have photos on this build. they are to be published in maxecuter newsletter. jim


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bigrip74 Ex Member	Re: F4u Corsair build cookup? Reply #8 - Dec 19^th, 2015 at 4:00pm	Print Post
	OK! RJ, if spud can gather enough interest we could have a go at an F4U cookup. Scigs30, is that the F4U on the Building in progress section?


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RJ 3 Star Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 104 Location: Elizabeth City, NC Joined: Nov 4^th, 2015	Re: F4u Corsair build cookup? Reply #7 - Dec 19^th, 2015 at 3:56pm	Print Post
	I've been wanting to build a Corsair, and maybe could be talked into joining a Corsair cook up.


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