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Title: Epiphany Build
Post by: Mike Griffin on April 30, 2020, 08:18:45 AM

Will post pictures here as the build progresses.

Mike

Title: Re: Epiphany Build
Post by: Mike Griffin on April 30, 2020, 08:20:00 AM

Hopefully it will look something like this when finished.

Title: Re: Epiphany Build
Post by: Randy Powell on April 30, 2020, 09:46:29 AM

I was going through my plans, looking for something when I noticed I have like 5 different sets of various Epiphany versions. Weird that.

It's a nice design. Have fun.

Title: Re: Epiphany Build
Post by: Avaiojet on April 30, 2020, 09:59:00 AM

Mike,

That's a beautiful airplane and a really special looking wing.

Will your model be a profile or built up fuselage?

Charles

Title: Re: Epiphany Build
Post by: Mike Griffin on April 30, 2020, 05:32:34 PM

Quote from: Avaiojet on April 30, 2020, 09:59:00 AM

Mike,

That's a beautiful airplane and a really special looking wing.

Will your model be a profile or built up fuselage?

Charles

It is a profile Charles.

Mike

Title: Re: Epiphany Build
Post by: Avaiojet on April 30, 2020, 06:30:43 PM

Quote from: Mike Griffin on April 30, 2020, 05:32:34 PM

It is a profile Charles.

Mike

Mike,

Is there anything I can do change your mind and convince you to build this model with a built up fuselage?

Charles

Title: Re: Epiphany Build
Post by: Mike Griffin on April 30, 2020, 06:37:02 PM

Quote from: Randy Powell on April 30, 2020, 09:46:29 AM

I was going through my plans, looking for something when I noticed I have like 5 different sets of various Epiphany versions. Weird that.

It's a nice design. Have fun.

Randy I contacted Pat and he cut me a short kit and a set of plans.  The wing is a little complicated.  Not something I would recommend for a beginner builder. 

Stay safe out there in the great Northwest.  New Orleans has really been bad.

Mike

Title: Re: Epiphany Build
Post by: Randy Powell on May 01, 2020, 09:55:46 AM

Having built a few elliptical wings, I understand.

Stay safe, my friend.

Title: Re: Epiphany Build
Post by: Mike Griffin on May 03, 2020, 06:22:55 PM

More Pictures of the build.

Title: Re: Epiphany Build
Post by: Mike Griffin on May 15, 2020, 11:19:41 PM

More pictures

Title: Re: Epiphany Build
Post by: John Leidle on May 16, 2020, 07:20:41 AM

  Mike ,
  I'd be interested in what you're using for the rods you use to align your ribs.   
     John L.

Title: Re: Epiphany Build
Post by: Mike Griffin on May 16, 2020, 08:15:25 AM

John those are 5/16" Aluminum Easton Arrow shafts.  I bought them from 3 Rivers Archery if I remember correctly.  The jig itself, I made.

Mike

Title: Re: Epiphany Build
Post by: Avaiojet on May 16, 2020, 08:42:57 AM

Mike,

Nice work. Really nice actually.  H^^

The airfoil, is it according to the plans? Really a great looking model, do you know what year this model was designed?

Charles

Title: Re: Epiphany Build
Post by: Mike Griffin on May 16, 2020, 10:33:06 PM

Thank you Charles.  Yes I built the plane exactly to the plan.  I have no idea when Pat Johnston designed the plane.  He has several versions of it including a full fuselage version. 

Mike

Title: Re: Epiphany Build
Post by: Randy Powell on May 27, 2020, 10:56:46 AM

Pat has been designing Epiphany for a long time. He really likes the design.

Title: Re: Epiphany Build
Post by: FLOYD CARTER on May 30, 2020, 08:50:08 PM

I'm considering building just the wing.  Then it will hang, uncovered, on my wall.  A piece of modern art.

Title: Re: Epiphany Build
Post by: Mike Griffin on June 03, 2020, 07:20:39 AM

Hi Floyd,

It is a pretty shape.  It is not an easy  wing to build but the finished product is attractive.

Mike