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| danny_galaga:
Thanks guys! There are still a few wooden prop makers around. A Tiger moth would just look wrong with a carbon fibre prop up the front 😄 It's actually pretty high tech. The leading edge is carbon fibre and the whole thing is covered in fibreglass. I had the fibreglass parts of the aircraft painted at the factory. So I had a good look around at cars on the road. Needed to be something that was made in one place. No good picking a Toyota colour when there's maybe ten factories around the world. The plane kit is made in South Africa so whatever car colour I picked had to be the same there as in Australia.Likewise no point looking at pictures online because that's not a true Representation. I settled on 2018 ford mustang yellow 🙂 Yes brakes are great for short field landings, but sure are handy on start up too 😄. Also short field take offs because you can have full thrust before you roll. Gains a few precious metres |
| nitrogen_widget:
--- Quote from: danny_galaga on June 15, 2023, 03:00:22 am ---Was going to bolt the propeller on today, but it seems the prop spacer that came with the kit doesn't suit wooden props. So I'll need to machine a simple aligner, basically a tube. Next big thing is to sort out the brakes. They are freakin awful. I hate the design. I wish I'd gotten a tricycle undercarriage just so I can convert it into a simple handbrake. But I've been told doing that on a tail dragger means it will be almost impossible to taxi in crosswinds. --- End quote --- nice propeller. also $20. |
| danny_galaga:
--- Quote from: nitrogen_widget on June 15, 2023, 06:59:17 am --- --- Quote from: danny_galaga on June 15, 2023, 03:00:22 am ---Was going to bolt the propeller on today, but it seems the prop spacer that came with the kit doesn't suit wooden props. So I'll need to machine a simple aligner, basically a tube. Next big thing is to sort out the brakes. They are freakin awful. I hate the design. I wish I'd gotten a tricycle undercarriage just so I can convert it into a simple handbrake. But I've been told doing that on a tail dragger means it will be almost impossible to taxi in crosswinds. --- End quote --- nice propeller. also $20. --- End quote --- I'll need two for differential braking... |
| pbj:
Nice color, it'll be easy to find and bring your family peace some day. :lol How much left to do before it leaves the ground? |
| danny_galaga:
--- Quote from: pbj on June 15, 2023, 09:27:29 am ---Nice color, it'll be easy to find and bring your family peace some day. :lol How much left to do before it leaves the ground? --- End quote --- Next major thing is those wretched brakes. I will do some investigating on the weekend. The toe brakes hit the firewall, preventing them from working when you are pressing full right rudder. I'm a little scared there's something fundamentally wrong that I can't fix (like maybe the firewall is further back than it should be) but that doesn't seem likely. So it's a conundrum. My only other thing to try is check the deflection. Maybe it goes much further than it needs to. The rudder was updated and there are instructions to measure the deflection. But there doesn't seem to be a system to limit the deflection. So maybe what I have to do is make a bracket that will limit the deflection, thus stopping the pedals hitting the firewall. I will also the kit engineer contact guy person. He's been pretty helpful. I also need to finish off the electrical, which is quite funny I dragged my feet on that seeing as how I used to be an auto electrician 😂 |
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