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Building Tips and technical articles. => Building techniques => Topic started by: Will Hinton on May 27, 2013, 03:13:02 PM
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I'm in the process of mounting the engine in the Pawnee project and it hit me that maybe there are guys who haven't thought of the barrel concept for ease of working on a side mounted engine. a flying buddy, Larry Krauss introduced this to me over forty years ago and I've used it ever since. The pictures are self explanatory.
You'll notice I move the plane so the screws won't fall into the barrel when (not if) I drop one! HB~> HB~>
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That's good. That's one of those things that's just totally obvious, but only after you've seen it.
Thanks for posting that.
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"Good" Will Hinton,
It's those simple things that aren't generally thought about.
Great Idea, and there's plenty of models with side mounted engines .
Thanks for that.
Charles
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Ty, your last procedure mentioned is best done in a metal barrel and with matches. At least you get a little final closure that way, right? LL~ LL~ LL~
I thought the same way all you fellows did when Larry showed me, it just is too simple and I felt the old "duuhh" feeling.
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I use a Black & Decker Workmate for exactly the same purpose. When I drop the screws, they fall on the floor and when I need the space it usually occupies, it folds up to a package less than 8" wide.
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I use a Black & Decker Workmate for exactly the same purpose. When I drop the screws, they fall on the floor and when I need the space it usually occupies, it folds up to a package less than 8" wide.
And Geoff, I bet YOUR stand doesn't fill up so you can't use it until you empty it like MINE does. LL~ LL~ LL~
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So true Will, it is, in effect, self-emptying. #^
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That's a good looking airplane Will. Like to see it fly sometime.
Dave
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Thank you Dave, I'm thinking I might even get it done before summer is over! It's been an even slower project than I thought it would be. It's sometimes amazing how many ways life can find to get in the way.
I need only to mount the landing gear, cover and attach the flaps and elevators and I can make some noise with it. Oh, forgot, I am still going to modify the tongue muffler to a cf tube type first. That won't take all that long.
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That's exactly what I need in my small build-room! Great idea, Thanx.
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My workshop is fully carpeted. Dropped parts usually disappear completely, to be found only when the shop vac goes over them. Then, it is usually too late and too tedious to sift through the debris-bag.
F.C.
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That's a good looking airplane Will. Like to see it fly sometime.
Dave
Hey Dave,It really is a nice looking ship.I'll ditto on the watching it fly.I MISS MY FLYIN' BUDDY!!!!
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Won't work, Jeff, not for a while anyway. n1 I am seeing light at the end of the cave, though. If I can get this girl of mine healthy again, I might be able to burn a little fuel. y1
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My workshop is fully carpeted. Dropped parts usually disappear completely, to be found only when the shop vac goes over them. Then, it is usually too late and too tedious to sift through the debris-bag.
F.C.
At least you don't have to do what I just did this AM - I scrubbed the whole shop floor with Spic& Span and Comet! I bought a new pair of winter boots last year that make black marks like I can't believe! They're goin' bye-bye! My checkerboard floor is too much work to scrub every single week!!! HB~> HB~>
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I been doing this for years, but I use tall narrow cardboard boxes. Like the ones your balsa order comes in or the box from a weed eater. They also work good for just storing models on the floor because of the narrow footprint