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  1. TonyHallo

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

  2. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    While researching the number of screws used in the cowl came across this photo of the bottom half of the cowl. After seeing it I just couldn't leave it alone. Works out well because the current requires the removal of the nose wheel to remove the cowl. alone.
  3. TonyHallo

    Scale Mick Reeves 1/3 scale Tiger Moth

    The wing area of the Mick Reeves Tiger Moth seems to be a guarded secret. I found the full scale is 239 square foot, so the 1/3 scale comes in at 3824 square inches, that's a lot of wing! At the advertised weight of 30 pounds, the cubic loading is 3.51which puts it in the glider category.
  4. TonyHallo

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    My flying buddy delivers glass for a local company that makes tempered glass, big glass, truck mounted crane for loading, Over 50 years ago toured the PPG tempered glass plant in Ford City PA, the tour was part of an Industrial Engineering course, at any rate a worker put a back window on the...
  5. TonyHallo

    Electronic Carburetor/Roto 85 FS Install

    Yes, welcome back and you will if it is successful, need to make two gasket and it is ready for test run however it's just a tad too cold right now,
  6. TonyHallo

    Sport Racing plane for 3 cylinder Kolm engine.

    What is the engine weight?
  7. TonyHallo

    Scale Mick Reeves 1/3 scale Tiger Moth

    That is a big plane, what's the wing area?
  8. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Slide the cowl onto the current build fuselage to find the center, aligned the prop spinner center . windshield center support and the vertical fin with a laser level, then marked the center of the cowl so that the cut lines can be laid out. Received two pack of Sig XX hinges in the mail, after...
  9. TonyHallo

    Sport Racing plane for 3 cylinder Kolm engine.

    Let's see a photo of the area.
  10. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    The mold and the lay up is completed. A side by side comparison is shown. The top half that will be hinged, it is 1 layer of 1 1/2 ounce fiberglass along with 3 layers of 5.7 ounce carbon fiber, I want this to retain its's shape. The bottom half and the nose bowl are 1 layer of 1 1/2 ounce...
  11. TonyHallo

    Electronic Carburetor/Roto 85 FS Install

    Found a smaller carb used on a 35 cc chain saw, got it in hands yesterday. The original electronic carb bore was 17 1/2 mm, the new is 15 mm. Had to make a new throttle arm and the pump is driven by hose connection rather than through heat insulator. A little bit of lathe and mill work and...
  12. TonyHallo

    Scale Mick Reeves 1/3 scale Tiger Moth

    The 2500 was 25 CC glow engine, ran on low percentage nitro and less oil than other glow engines. A friend had one in a Akrobat II that was about the same size as the US 1000. The Arkobat II had a strange life, a friend's fellow coworker copied the plans and started the build, cut the ribs out...
  13. TonyHallo

    Scale Mick Reeves 1/3 scale Tiger Moth

    The US 1000 plans show OS 1.08 to ST 2500, while I'm sure other engines were installed. A 45 cc would be way over the edge!
  14. TonyHallo

    Scale Nelitz 1/3 scale Cub build

    Not sure what your "dilute through the fabric" comment refers to but I would not brush the first coat on, go right to the spray gun after taping.
  15. TonyHallo

    Sport Racing plane for 3 cylinder Kolm engine.

    I used the last stash of servo wire tubes that a bought at the Toledo show many years ago. Just bought 5/8" rocket bodies for the same use, only 18" long though.
  16. TonyHallo

    Scale Nelitz 1/3 scale Cub build

    I assume you brushed the first coat? I have had better results just spraying from the beginning. The instruction for the Stits product are for a full scale planes where the fabric is almost twice as thick as the light weight fabric we use so you can brush the first coat because it will soak up...
  17. TonyHallo

    Scale Nelitz 1/3 scale Cub build

    You can clean the drops with MEK, just say away from the edges. I would spray the Polybrush. Be careful with the heat, 350F can warp the wings and fuselage.
  18. TonyHallo

    Sport Racing plane for 3 cylinder Kolm engine.

    Why is it soft? Lack of of formers or to thin? Think I would use Gorilla glue, possibly a coat of lightweight filler on the inside. After sanding harden the filler with thin CA.
  19. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    The resin arrived and completed the top section of the cowl, the boot is just about ready for tooling coat. The paint was damaged removing the mold from the plug so a little repair work was necessary on the plug. It's all good now waiting for the PVA to dry. A little cold in the Burgh today.
  20. TonyHallo

    Weatronic bat 64 transmitter

    Power Box bought Weatronics in 2016 or thereabouts.
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