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General control line discussion => Open Forum => Topic started by: jim gilmore on March 27, 2009, 07:37:16 PM

Title: What I want for my next real project...
Post by: jim gilmore on March 27, 2009, 07:37:16 PM: Ok, the shark is in the works but I'm not yet ready to do the monokote or paint. The akromast is on the table being built. should have the wing finished in a few days.
I want to build a magician sort of. problem is I want it to be no bigger than 30" wingspan. The shark 402 really was a tad bigger than I want. the akromaster is good. even with a 34" wingspan. But in my opinion the tooling sucks for building. I have good straight carbon rods that work well for building straight repeatable wings. Just need somebody who can scale the plans down and cut me a nice set of parts . my rods are .201or .203 do not remember. I know they work though.
Title: Re: What I want for my next real project...
Post by: Glenn (Gravitywell) Reach on March 27, 2009, 10:14:16 PM: Hi Jim. If you have a scanner you can scale them down yourself. I use mine all the time for that very purpose. Makes life so much easier. H^^
Title: Re: What I want for my next real project...
Post by: jim gilmore on March 27, 2009, 10:35:03 PM: Problem is 1 I had a scanner but broke it about 2 years ago. 2 I have a printer but haven't seen the power cord since I moved in to the rv. So it is lost in storage. I only recently got me a mini lapto so I'm acually using ba real computer to be online.
Title: Re: What I want for my next real project...
Post by: Leester on March 28, 2009, 03:36:41 PM: Got a Kinkos around ??
Title: Re: What I want for my next real project...
Post by: jim gilmore on March 28, 2009, 03:59:50 PM: Only when I'm in town. I first need to buy the plans . I know I'm slow here...
Title: Re: What I want for my next real project...
Post by: Jim Kraft on March 28, 2009, 04:21:24 PM: The Magician "15" plans are available but it does have a 34" span. I am tempted to build one myself for my McCoy 19 rear valve.
Title: Re: What I want for my next real project...
Post by: Paul Smith on March 28, 2009, 04:31:13 PM: I do my scaling on the printers at Office Max. They go up to 400% and down to 64%. The paper can be up 11"X 17".

I calucate the ratios at home and punch them into the machine. It generally takes maybe two passes for the wing, two for the fuse, and one for the tailplane. I tape the pieces together and get itdone for under a dollar.

Doing the whole plan in one pass at Kinkos is over $10 - unacceptable.
Title: Re: What I want for my next real project...
Post by: Leester on March 28, 2009, 04:39:51 PM: Jim, you mentioned the Magician 15 and reminded me I have one of Walter Umlands Magician 15 kits. I have to build that one of these days.
Title: Re: What I want for my next real project...
Post by: jim gilmore on March 28, 2009, 04:48:51 PM: Is the magician able to be flown on a 09 or 061 ? thats why I looking for it to be a tad smaller.
Title: Re: What I want for my next real project...
Post by: Jim Kraft on March 28, 2009, 05:08:41 PM: Plans say .09 to .19, so I guess a good .09 would do. You could just take out one rib bay on each wing panel, and build the rest the same as the plan.
Title: Re: What I want for my next real project...
Post by: jim gilmore on March 28, 2009, 05:41:31 PM: Would leaving out 2 ribs..1 on each side throw off the aspect ratio ? wouldn't scaling the plan be a better plan so to speak ?