At the moment its heading this way .
Had it all done very nicely , with the scoop etc in 98 , but a ascarlewt woman said she " Dropped a Load of Steel through it "
and a few others . I saw here destroying them . Seqquentially . A years work down the drain & a foul odour for Melbourn fo life ,
in my books . ANYWAY .
Threw this togeter last week or so . But sides are to soft ' Contest ' 3 / 32 . Planks are 1/8 & lower under ( shown ).
The tops a sheet of 1/4 let in between upper 1/8 runners . BUT i got it ( pressed Down 0 to low forward .
Working at 3 am with wombles tittering adjacent to get me Isomnic .
Tip ribs are 60 apart . Owes a lot to Al Rabe but designed outside his formular , though parralell .
Scale Dimensions for datumns , Tryn ta keep the aft light ( Tissue Cover ) and C.G. Fwd , with a
Airfoil to suit , so it ' Points ' a way , an hopefully ' hooks in ' to the turns , and doesnt bounce .
We Shall see , a way to go yet . doghouse up next - the F51H type as in the picture .
Ive used this ' planked Curve ' tecnique severaly . But the P 47 'l have a be Moulded if its for The Stalker .the bog Stalkers .
This gets you a P 51 without a lot of set up , but ou need to use a ruler to 1/32 of a inch . which is o.k. if you can pick a tength of a m.m.,
But a eyeglass , magnifying specs , strong light (s) etc arnt a bad idea .Easiest to lay out cut grid on formers , Tracing wobles it and
pasteing a photocopy on seems to get it out, nomatter how much cares ensued . So A TASK is to ' parrallellogram ' the bulkheads
and New Blade in the knife , trace cut the angles. And Mind the Fingers with the new blade - as itll go straight though em .
The G 51 turns a dual 11 x 5 Zinger ( 4 blade ) effortlessly , if it comes to it . But the old Como 51 is virtually a last pdp ST 60 cousin
so anticipate itll be fine with a 12 x 5 zinger .The G 40'll fit too , if I go fine pitch ( 4 in . ) seems at 20 knots 4 in is better ,
but as the wings just sheeted LE & capstrips aft of the spar , im not anticipateing its my ' windy weather ' model .
CONSTRUCTIVE criticism & discussion welcomed .
much to do and others on the stove , so it might not be nailed together ill christmass . So dont hold your breath .
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