old man emu Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 That's almost ready to sit in and make aeroplane noises! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Communications Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 He has been didnt you notice the block of foam in the rear seat 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimG Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Yeah Mark, I saw the blocks of foam and immediately suspected he'd been hanger flying , perhaps with a pax aswell. Like most, I have done and still do some hanger flying with past and present projects..........it's the only time I can fly with a can of beer in one hand... JimG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Communications Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 When I was building mine there was a real lot of hangar flying going on...it seemed to take longer to finish the aircraft than the initial building to get it to that stage though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbleboy Posted June 30, 2013 Author Share Posted June 30, 2013 Lol...that started a few months ago! Its nice to sit in it with ones joy stick in hand and make Corvair noises.... I "HAD" to sit in it today to see if I could see over the instrument panels... Scotty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbleboy Posted July 21, 2013 Author Share Posted July 21, 2013 Todays progress! Cut out instrument holes and instrument access door on front cockpit head rest. Fitted the Avon Speed master 21" tyres that arrived from the UK on Friday. Scotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Sweeet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Koreelah Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Looking good Scotty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilot Pete Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 All looking good. I bet you had high marks in woodshop too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piet Fil Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Just loving it Scott, great stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbleboy Posted July 22, 2013 Author Share Posted July 22, 2013 Just loving it Scott, great stuff. Had the Tyres fitted properly today Phil...dead sexy I tell you! Scotty 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maj Millard Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Scotty, I had wheels just like that on my Biplane . Dead easy to cover them in if you want. Just cut out a circular piece of fabric, larger than the rim. Cut a hole in the centre and glue on a flat nylon grommet. Then centre fabric with grommet over axel and then glue the fabric onto the inside of the rim. Then refit tire and tube and presto !.....lovely twenty style streamlined wheels. A second glued on grommet can also be placed over tire valve for access....Fabric can be further heat-shrunk after fitting the tire for a super look like in your avatar....Maj... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbleboy Posted July 23, 2013 Author Share Posted July 23, 2013 Christ Maj!.....these things are a work of art! I cant stop going out to the garage and touching them! I do know what you mean about covering them in to make them stream lined but we are talking about a Pietenpol low and slow here. With the amount of drag on this airframe, im happy to have my wheels naked so I can drool on them while flying around the hills. If it wasnt going to be zero degrees tonight I would be sleeping next to them on the garage floor! Scotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maj Millard Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Ha..yes I know where your coming from !....I actually recall lock wiring all my spokes where they crossed over, for extra strength on the biplane, saw that somewhere in a museum, might have been on a Curtis Jenny, ....can't beat that spoked wheel look !!............Maj... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbleboy Posted July 23, 2013 Author Share Posted July 23, 2013 The gear on the Piet was a copy of the Jenny if my memory serves me correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maj Millard Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Yes very basic design that does the job well, Had a similar set up on the bipe and never had any problems, even with no brakes..............Maj... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Four turns of wire around the crossing of the spokes was standard treatment for racing motorcycles in the twenties. Some gooey gunk that dries was put over the wire to stop it fretting the spokes. The thin alloy sheet or fabric treatment Maj talks of is also period treatment. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbleboy Posted November 18, 2013 Author Share Posted November 18, 2013 Bit more progress over the weekend. Been procrastinating over starting the undercarriage for too long! Lots of angles on this "Jenny" style gear. Made a mock up in pine before I start cutting up Spruce. Scotty 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbleboy Posted January 27, 2014 Author Share Posted January 27, 2014 New blades on the bandsaw and thicknesser and the Spruce gear legs are ripped! Scotty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbleboy Posted February 2, 2014 Author Share Posted February 2, 2014 Been a productive weekend! The Spruce legs are on! Had my first try at Swaging a Nicopress cable loop. I think I am happy with it and it passed the go / no go gauge test! Scotty 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Good result on the swaging. (Oh! And some nice carpentry) OME Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbleboy Posted February 3, 2014 Author Share Posted February 3, 2014 Thanks Mark....I am being told that I was supposed to have cut the sharp tabs off the end of the thimble before swaging it. Scotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maj Millard Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 That looks like a very nice swage there Scotty. I always preferred the zinc coated ones, but the copper are prob better for the period look...........Maj..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbleboy Posted February 4, 2014 Author Share Posted February 4, 2014 Hi Maj...you would know more about this than me but I thought the zinc plated ones were for stainless cables and the plain copper for galvanised cable? I could be wrong? Scotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilot Pete Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 So are the gear legs actually made of timber?...............Cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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