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It is the weekend again, hooray...

The tailplane will be set up to rig and connect up very quickly and easily.
The 2 square brass tubes will be set in the fuselage, but first we must experiment to ...

Harold, if I use our new vacuum cleaner to remove the dust, my wife will have something to say [oumff]

A difficult thing to measure afterwards Paul, but I guess around 10mm

Meanwhile, the rain it rains, the wind it blows, the cold goes up your trouser legs...perfect building weather!

Time to beef ...

Before we can complete the rear of the fuselage the stab must be built.
Now it's time for the elevator...
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The elevator is m ...

Paul, I've just noticed that Machine Mart, where I bought the powerfile, have an export service...

http://www.machinemart.co.uk

+44 115 956 5555

Laurent, have you had any success with your flycam...?

Tonight is a big night...the the temporary formers have been removed before adding the GRP

Using the power file to clean up the inside of t ...

Whilst the planking of the fuselage is being completed, it's time to make a start on the stab...

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Drawing centre lines on eve ...

Ah, deja vu...! (Yet more French!) Looking good for Ireland, Paul...
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Here's a photo I took earlier... Very Happy

This was taken after the steaming process. Ramin is very bendy when hot and wet, so yoiu have plenty of time to get in, do the business. and then let it cool do ...

Fred, tea is no problem...my workshop is next to the kitchen Very Happy

Steaming plywood is not very efficient, I get perhaps 25% of the shape I need, but it's enough to make trimming and glueing the ply ...

The planking continues...
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Now the hard bit is over...!
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Steamin ...

Paul, je ne c'est pas...peut etre il pleut... Laughing

(That's it...my only schoolboy French!)

It is always good to remove the fuselage half-shell from the board...http://www.retroplane.net/forum/images/uploads/cw/11110002_copy_928.jpg

Even better to make up the other side...
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Time for a new project...!

This is a proper glider with bent wings, the MG19a... Very Happy

I must first of all than Vincent for letting me use his CAD drawings for reference: this has made life a lot ...

Sylvain, now you can go electric...!

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/09/26/316482/electric-motor-augmented-sailplane-flies.html

I never actually built it to that scale, and I think I specified a single 14mm wing joiner? On my current near 3rd scale version I crossed the joiner bars over in the fuselage to increase the length, ...

Now, if you could just explain it again in French?

I'll leave that to you, Paul [amen]

Tell me, which plan are you using, the 1/4 or the 1:3.5 scale version...?

Paul, if I understand Harold correctly, he's asking why the spars are vertical instead of horizontal...?

This is because the Minimoa wing has to bend in two directions at the gull joint, down and b ...

So, this morning I go to White Sheet Hill...

1st, the obligatory photographs:

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Laurent, Barry broke his tug at Pottes, he has still not yet repaired it...

A 1st flight is never a simple formality...! http://www.retroplane.net/forum/images/uploads/cw/PICT0052_copycopy_676.jpg

Ce n'est pas facile à faire le "planking" en 1.5 mm CTP, maintenant j'ai les muscles comme Arnold Swarzenegger

Paul, you'll be glad of all that ply planking the first time you land on a ...

Voila, the Dart 17R is nearly completed...

Maintenant, le premier vol....! http://www.retroplane.net/forum/images/uploads/cw/P1050641_copycopy_172.jpg
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That is terrible bad luck Vincent...I am sure you will have her repaired before long...

Once the primer has been brushed on, a light coat of black aerosol paint is applied to act as a guide coat...

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When you sta ...

Bon soir Jean-Claude... There are many different manufacturers of polyester filler, this is the one I use. In this instance for coarse sanding it is best to use 40 grit sandpaper while it is still sof ...

Today I have Solartexed the fuselage. Now I am brushing 2-pack primer over the 'Tex joins...

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Harold, here is another one... I have a photopack if you like this one.

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This is my SF28, based on Cliff's plan, but scaled up to ...

Pat, 1st, you must iron the 'Tex to the rib. You run the iron across the rib with one hand and follow with a cloth pressed down to hold the 'Tex to the rib as the adhesive cools down.
This takes two ...

To cope with the undercamber of the HQ profile, the Solartex is pricked through and thin cyano placed over the holes to glue the fabric to the ribs. Then, a strip of Solartex tape is ironed over the h ...

The airbrakes are of commercial design and have been recessed into the wing so that they are flush to the surface. To iron the Solartex into the openings, a piece of wing joiner bar is heated up with ...