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Reply #68 - Jun 20th, 2019 at 2:13pm
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Bob - There have not been duplicates in any of our cookups and I don't want to do a duplicate so will go with the Smilin' Jack.
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Reply #67 - Jun 20th, 2019 at 12:33pm
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Kerak wrote on Jun 20th, 2019 at 11:39am:
Believe you're referring to Mike (New Builder).  I'm doing Tom's dime scale Oscar.  Smiley

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OOP! my bad.

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Reply #66 - Jun 20th, 2019 at 11:55am
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These have worked well for me in Peanut models. The formers are close enough that the thin 1/32 stringers do not flex too much.

I have the 1/16 facing out to have more of a surface to attach tissue to. The 1/32 thickness of the stringer makes it easier to use the the Koutny technique mentioned here:

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Reply #65 - Jun 20th, 2019 at 11:48am
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Tom, question:

I have been stripping the stringers in 1/32 x 1/16.

Do I lay them flat (with the 1/16 on the former)?

Or horizontal (standing up with the 1/32 showing)?

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Reply #64 - Jun 20th, 2019 at 11:39am
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Believe you're referring to Mike (New Builder).  I'm doing Tom's dime scale Oscar.  Smiley

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Reply #63 - Jun 20th, 2019 at 11:16am
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New Builder wrote on Jun 20th, 2019 at 7:01am:
Tom - Looks like we'll be doing the Fang together so let's give it a go.
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Tom, stated that he will do a 27" ws version. Which wing span are you planning on doing Neal?

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Reply #62 - Jun 20th, 2019 at 7:01am
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Tom - Looks like we'll be doing the Fang together so let's give it a go.
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Reply #61 - Jun 19th, 2019 at 6:02pm
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Yes...and No, Bob.  Grin  It is Excalibur III...which was a multi-record breaking transcontinental flyer.  However...was originally...BLAZE OF NOON, winner of two Bendix Trophy races while owned and flown by Paul Mantz.   Needless to say...it's a very remarkable aircraft...with a very historic background.  Smiley

Here's my poor rendition...32"ws...many years ago.  The lad is now in his middle 40's.  Huh

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Reply #60 - Jun 19th, 2019 at 5:41pm
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Nice photo Neal. Is that Paul Mantz's Bendix Trophy racer?

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Reply #59 - Jun 19th, 2019 at 5:30pm
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Wow!  Looks really great, Bob!  Here's an F8F at the Udvar-Hazy Center...clipped wing racer...took this photo a few years ago (20?  time flies).

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Reply #58 - Jun 19th, 2019 at 5:16pm
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Im going with the F8F Bearcat in the BLUE ANGELS yellow Beetle Bomb solo a/c.








  
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Reply #57 - Jun 19th, 2019 at 3:03pm
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I'm going with the Lavochkin La-11 "Fang" enlarged to 27" span and using cracked rib wing construction.
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Reply #56 - Jun 19th, 2019 at 11:07am
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Looks like I will need to strip my 1/16 x 1/32 for he fuselage .

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Reply #55 - Jun 19th, 2019 at 10:44am
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That's a lotta work! I get all googley-eyed just looking at it!!
  
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Reply #54 - Jun 19th, 2019 at 10:30am
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Some clarifications for the Tom Akery Plans.  I often use the "Koutny" style of stringers because I like the look of more thin stringers giving the fuselage a more rounded look than the use of less 1/16"SQ stringers.  "Koutny Style" was gleaned from the "Koutny Cookup" on HPA a few years ago...Click Here  His technique was to use 1/16" X 1/32" stringers spaced approximately 1/8" to 1/4" apart along the fuselage.  The stringer stands 1/16" off the former and is only 1/32" thick and then is sanded to a taper towards the tail to give the nice rounded look and yet keep the tail light.  I make most of my formers 1/16" less in circumference to accomodate this.  But this is not true for all of the plans.  If notches are shown in the formers there has not been any reduction in size.  I also don't show the stringers on the plan, because I already know how I would approach stringers.  These plans are made for planes I hope to one day build for myself.  I also try to use the design factor of +2 degrees incidence on the main wing and 0 degrees on the horizontal stab.  I try to figure the CG reference using the TVO process as found in the "Finding the CG for model Aircraft" section Click Here By Don DeLoach. 

Various aircraft have appealed to me for many varied reasons...
The cargo planes because as a kid growing up I saw the C-124's C-133's and the later Herc's flying around my house where I lived near Norton AFB in San Bernardino, CA.  I love the early jets and later lived near McClellan AFB in Sacramento, CA and saw many of the jets and cargo planes of the 70's 80's.  Then there's the interest in just the weird and ugly planes through out history!  So thanks for taking a look at my plans but they were basically drawn just for me with just enough detail for me to build something from.  I kind of design on the fly and build the same way.  If you do find a glaring flaw in design please feel free to share that with me, so I can correct it, so that when I build from that plan I won't have to have the same problem you found.  I look forward to your input.  I hope this makes these plans more usable for y'all and am honored you'd be interested in try them yourselves.  Thanks again!  Tom/Sky9pilot

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