Test build of Peacemaker kit

[Mike Griffin]

Eric Rule did another fine job on cutting for this  kit.

Mike

[Russell]

Looks very nice! What is the difference the Peacemaker & Flite Streak?? They look so alike...

[Air Ministry .]

ONE THING ABOUT PEACEMAKERS ,

If you put the ' flaps ' so they butt join , THROUGH the Fuselage , you dont get the ubiguitous ' the wings fell off ' , in a mild HIT .

With them just adjoining the fuselage sides , inevitably one pulls loose and the T E and a few other things snap , on anything but a mild glancing blow .
If your building em at 14.5 Oz or under , slotting the fuse so the things go right through and abut , the whole cabbodles security is severly enhanced .

If you did one at 150 % , the mainplane would be 48 inches plus tips , 56 in. span .Probably ideal for the FP 40 / LA 46 brigade . Or a Fox 59 


This almost met its demise in a wingover with a fairly strong tailwind , Ea & every rib in three pieces , one way or another .Enough slithers to glue togeter to replace the L E in front of the tip weight , which was the only piece abscent , due to inertia .Mustve gone in at about 80 onto firm ground , vertical .

Nontheless , it was all reassembled . It only took one full packet of sewing pins .  looks like a usefull project . AND it can do ' Octagonal Loops ' 
so anyone looking for something for their 2.5- 3.5 / .15-.19 looks to be in luck . 60 ft lines in the calm weather for aerobatics, AFTER testing on 50 ft's .

[Air Ministry .]

What is the difference the Peacemaker & Flite Streak??

ones spelt ' p e a c e m a k e r ' , and the others spelt ' f l i t e  s t r e a k ' .  ,

Which One came FIRST ??

[GERALD WIMMER]

Hi Matt
Think I got it
Flite Streak 1957
Profile Peacemaker 1958 (Aeromodeller)
Built up Peacemaker 1960 (MANS plans)
Combat Streak 1960
Top Flite moulded Peacemaker 1961
Regards Gerald

[GERALD WIMMER]

Nice looking model Mike
Do you use an inboard tank?
Regards Gerald

[Mike Griffin]

Nice looking model Mike
Do you use an inboard tank?
Regards Gerald

Gerald I honestly have not thought about the tank situation yet.  I may.

Mike

[Dave Harmon]

I would like to use an Oliver Tiger on one of these but where can we get diesel fuel these days?
I have not tried to get any for decades.

[GERALD WIMMER]

Hello Dave
I am a world away in New Zealand but we have a similar problem as buying commercial fuel is not easy and shipping is difficult . That said you can make your own home brew diesel fuel with starter fluid like John Deere makes to start tractors on a cold day for ether content, then add Kerosene , Caster oil and a few percent of a diesel ignition improver (or cetane improver) used in large trucks at some thing like 47/30/20/3 ratio.
Regards Gerald

[john e. holliday]

If you could see the Peacemaker sitting beside the Flite Streak you would see it is much smaller.   I have an Oliver on mine and having to retrain my self on how to run a diesel.  Also it is not the full fuse version that Top Flite had.  Mine started as a short kit from merry ole England.

[Mike Griffin]

Looks very nice! What is the difference the Peacemaker & Flite Streak?? They look so alike...

They do look very similar but the PeaceMaker is smaller.

Mike

[Preston Briggs]

I would like to use an Oliver Tiger on one of these but where can we get diesel fuel these days?
I have not tried to get any for decades.

Check Eric Clutton: http://www.cafes.net/doctordiesel/DDfuel.htm

Preston

[Serge_Krauss]

I did as Matt suggests. It is VERY EASY to slot the fuselage behind the wing opening and attach the flaps before installing the wing, so that they slide into the slot with the wing. This also makes it easy to install them as an extension of the chord, with no deflection mistakes, since you can just draw an extended wing chord line along the fuselage. I went a step further, using a really good piece of new wood long enough to make the flaps as one piece, continuous through the center. After I fit all together, with edges that matched, I spot CA'ed them on, holding the surfaces firmly together, while they and the wing were inserted in the fuselage. Then I CA'ed the rest. I epoxied the flap covering on to avoid possible butyrate shrinkage induced warps, overlapping it slightly (1/4") onto the wing sheeting. The flaps have no warps and are pretty stiff. I haven't attached the wing yet, but flaps and all, it slides snugly into the fuselage - and back out. There were no complications or other problems in the whole flap fabrication and attachment.  For the last two pictures, I just slid the wing out and back in a few minutes ago to show that it is robust and fits fine.

[Mike Griffin]

Serge.

Thank you for this great building thread.  A lot of great ideas in this. 

Mike

[Russell]

Serge.

Thank you for this great building thread.  A lot of great ideas in this. 

Mike

I'll 2nd that, especially the one piece flap through the fuselage.