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Building Tips and technical articles. => Building techniques => Topic started by: Ty Marcucci on January 22, 2010, 12:37:47 PM
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H^^
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Quick and cheap. 1 rod @ 1/4", 1 @ 3/16" and 1 @1/8". Board is about 28 x 12.
Ty --
Newbies might wonder about the 3/16 rod. What most do is go halfway (taper to 3/16), then flip the flap over. Finish the taper on the other side using the 1/4 and 1/8 rods. Look at Ty's middle picture and you can see that is how he did it.
If you've done a few of these, a power sander can be a help -- if you don't try to go all the way to the finish with it.
Larry Fulwider
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Hi ,
Great technique , but one question ...
Can you use this same method for flaps/elevators that are built up (ribbed)Thanks ,
Rob K.
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Can you use this same method for flaps/elevators that are built up (ribbed)Thanks ,
of course you can - but you just need to be a little careful to not knock the ribs with the front or back of your sanding block.....ask me how I know ;D
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Yeah. I learned about this trick from the instructions in the Brodak "Legacy" kit. works like a charm!
Floyd
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I have been using this method for years. The only thing that I can add came from Don Hutchinson. Use square key stock instead of rods.
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. . . I learned it on here from Ted Fancher. Just passing it on. H^^
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Ty --
That's interesting. Finding the originator of the idea (and when) is worth a little research if anyone is so inclined. I can only add that the technique was on the original Top-Flite Gieseke Nobler plans.
I do know we (me or anyone I flew with) had never heard of the technique back in the mid-60s -- which doesn't mean the technique was discovered after that. But it was not widely known then, for sure.
Well, I don't think it is widely known today, otherwise you wouldn't have posted it.
Larry Fulwider
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That is where I learned the technique. The old brain is not functioning right at times. Also learned a lot about using Monokote from building the kit.
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Hey Ty, I for one am glad you posted your method. It will make it easier for me to do borrowing your way. Each of have to learn as we go along. If we don't learn something each day we will get stagnant. I started with the 10 cent Comet planes back when I was about 7 or 8. Gee that is 60+ years ago for me. Wasn't even a teenager when I got my first IC engine. Come on Chief lighten up.