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Offline Juan Valentin

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ARF Nobler new nose and cowling
« on: April 01, 2014, 09:57:12 AM »

   Hello Guys
                       By forum member Warbird`s request I`m posting what I did to the nose of my arf Nobler. I replaced the motor mounts with new mounts and made a 5 ply firewall then I built a cowling using the desing on the green box nobler plan that I had from building a few. Here are the pics.
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Re: ARF Nobler new nose and cowling
« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2014, 10:06:12 AM »
 One last photo that I was not able to place with the others.
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Re: ARF Nobler new nose and cowling
« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2014, 01:03:32 PM »

 Very nice work Juan and very tastefully done. Thank you for the excellent photos and information. y1
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Re: ARF Nobler new nose and cowling
« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2014, 02:17:39 PM »
Juan - Nice work. Pardon my ignorance, but you show in pic 134a the cowl with a couple of what appears to be threaded inserts - what are you using these for?  Ed
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Re: ARF Nobler new nose and cowling
« Reply #4 on: April 01, 2014, 04:08:24 PM »
Hello Ed
                 What you see in pic 1304a are 2-56 aluminum inserts to hold the cowl in place using the front plywood ring I recessed the heads of the 2-56 screws into the plywood.Here is another shot.
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Re: ARF Nobler new nose and cowling
« Reply #5 on: April 01, 2014, 05:18:00 PM »
Beautiful work wish i could do that didnt know a nobler could look that good
Thanks for sharing
Ron
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Re: ARF Nobler new nose and cowling
« Reply #6 on: April 01, 2014, 06:10:31 PM »
Thanks Juan - Super neat. I am doing an ARF Nobler now, & going thru some of the same things - lots of sanding, changed out the controls, etc. Did you use the original landing gear, or go to something else?  Ed
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Re: ARF Nobler new nose and cowling
« Reply #7 on: April 01, 2014, 08:41:34 PM »
Hello Ed
                   I made a new landing gear out of aluminum 7075 T6. I installed a U shaped bulkhead to ad support in front of the plywood gear mount to reinforce the area then I took a piece of aluminum and made a small anvil to bend the aluminum. Using a press and a plastic head hammer I bent the aluminum to the shape I wanted. Here are some pics. The pictures that show a crutch are from a Jetco Dolphin I`m building that I`m giving the same treatment for aluminum gear.
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Re: ARF Nobler new nose and cowling
« Reply #8 on: April 01, 2014, 11:16:35 PM »

 Beautiful work Juan, I always enjoy studying builds of such quality. Please keep us posted as you progress on the Dolphin. y1
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