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General control line discussion => Open Forum => Topic started by: Steve Fitton on October 11, 2010, 01:49:15 PM
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Finally finished! My Randy Smith Dreadnought. Sheeted foam wing and stab, PA-61 on a quiet pipe turning a 12.1x4.5 mejlik three blade, 64 ounces, finish all Sig dope. The stencils for the letters and numbers, etc came from Derek Barry, and I freely ripped off from his '96 Worlds Dreadnought for major elements of the paint scheme.
This was my first pipe ship, first fully sheeted foam wing job, first Randy plane, first full sprayed dope finish, etc etc. I made alot of goofs, but learned tons along the way for future projects.
Tons of thanks to Eric Viglione, Derek, Kent Tysor, Randy, Gene Martine and a whole host of others who dealt with hundreds of dumb questions and late night phone calls to keep me on track for this build!
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She really looks beautiful. I really like your choice of colours. H^^
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Very Clean looking Steve!
BW@
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Looks great Steve!
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Looks really nice Steve!!!
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Very nice.
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Steve,
Looks good, now if you can get the bumble bees to leave you alone during officals at Muncie LL~.
James
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Very nice, I realy like the color's.
Jimmy
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Steve
What a beauty. Nice work. D>K
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Beautiful work! I love the paint scheme, may I steal it?
Best regards,
L.
"You can lead a horse to water, but if you can get him to float on his back, you've got
something." -Hartley's First Law
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Awesome job Steve!!!! Like that paint scheme ;)
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Good-looking airplane, Steve.
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Great job Steve hope to see you at Huntersville in two weeks
Tom Weedman ama 63672
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Beautiful Steve. The paint is awesome.
"Billy G"
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SWEEEEE............EEEEEEEEEEE...............EEEEEEEEEEEET!
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Nice job Steve, like the paint job and Wow!, a for-real canopy....very cool. 8)
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Looks great Steve, can't wait to see it in person!
Anxiously awaiting flight reports, I think you are gonna like this one! CLP**
EricV
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Looks great for so many firsts, way to go Steve.
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Flying reports? Looks real nice, good weight for foam wing, I believe. #^
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Thanks for the kind comments all. On close inspection the plane will get laughed to the back rows of the appearance judging at the 180 building, but, thats where I have been anyway and there isn't anything I can't improve in subsequent efforts. No flight reports yet, just one static engine run where the header came off after a minute and the run was shut down. The header is back on and another static test or two will be made before the model takes flight.
Its just as well it didn't fly, as this past Sunday I think the entire club didn't have their mojo working. Poor Artie lost a profile Cardinal on its maiden flight, Phil tripped out on the circle and did a massive faceplant whilst his P-40 ARF went straight in, Jimmy had his Enya 61 suffer a nuclear meltdown lean run that incinerated the head, John tried a 6 pitch on his ST 51 and got screwed into the ground for 8 minutes, and my header bolts and gasket vanished like an episode of the X-Files. Even though it was a gorgeous day, we probably all should have gone to a bar and watched football instead...!
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That really looks great. I love the simple paint job. I have always thought the basic paint schemes work better than the elaborate ones. Hope it does well for you.
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Your finished product looks well worth all of the "work and grief" you put into it. Your color choices are excellent.
Norm
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Great looking plane, Steve! Looking forward to seeing it next weekend. ;D
Big Bear
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Looks real good Steve are you test flying at Huntersville? Ken and I will be there on friday to fly
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Here is the BOM. Plus a shot of the cockpit details.
John Tate
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Guess what guys....
It flies AWESOME!
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A shot of the Dreadnought on the end of the lines.
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That is great news. Now don't go putting divits in the pavement or if over grass, no grass stains. LL~ LL~ That front flying shot looks great. H^^
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Guess what guys....
It flies AWESOME!
What was the problem with the header?
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I would have thought you would have installed a Dreadnaught 60 in this thing. VD~
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What was the problem with the header?
Hey Aaron, I talked to Steve about this a couple times after it happened. Nothing was wrong with the header, I think that he was just being cautious with a new motor and did not tighten the bolts enough. I spoke with him after the first flight and he was very pleased. The only problem is that we are all in trouble now!!!!!!!!! :o
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Hey Aaron, I talked to Steve about this a couple times after it happened. Nothing was wrong with the header, I think that he was just being cautious with a new motor and did not tighten the bolts enough. I spoke with him after the first flight and he was very pleased. The only problem is that we are all in trouble now!!!!!!!!! :o
Man I told Steve back in Atlanta in like '03 (when I was flying the GeoStar so it had to be like '03 or '04) to build a SV with a PA and he would be in heaven :)
I look forward to seeing it this weekend
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These days, if you're serious about winning, a very elaborate paint job is essential. I often think the judges count the number of different colors and award 2 points for each color.
Is this a political statement, or what?
Floyd
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These days, if you're serious about winning, a very elaborate paint job is essential. I often think the judges count the number of different colors and award 2 points for each color.
Is this a political statement, or what?
Floyd
Not true. Howard Rush has sat on the front row with a plane that is essentially orange and Yellow. It is however, constructed superbly and is exceedingly shiny. Nor was Derek Barry's Concours winning Evolution painted with zillions of different colours. Once again, though, the execution was perfect and the finish very shiny.
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Steve bad motor if header bolts come loose sell to me asap if not sooner . p/s happy brithday a beer on me at huntersville
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Steve bad motor if header bolts come loose sell to me asap if not sooner . p/s happy brithday a beer on me at huntersville
Too late, Alan........... when we sold Steve the engine, it was with a clause that it must come back to us......... ;D
BTW: no beer for me, diabetes, but you can buy me a Diet! LL~ LL~
Big Bear
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Steve,
Beautiful!
But how did you get that Sig yellow so bright? I'm assuming you didn't put 45 coats on it.....
Ward-O
HB~> <--------- Me painting yellow Nobler
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But how did you get that Sig yellow so bright? I'm assuming you didn't put 45 coats on it.....
Ward: you did paint it white or silver under the yellow -- yes?
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Ward: you did paint it white or silver under the yellow -- yes?
Hi Tim,
Using Silver under yellow dope makes a very nasty color........ the yellow dope is semi translucent and the silver turns it a grayish greenish ugly mess. White is the way to go. y1
We used to get yellow pigment from the car paint suppliers and add it in. Windy used that a lot with yellow.
Mongo
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Outstanding plane!!! H^^