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Building Tips and technical articles. => Paint and finishing => Topic started by: RC Storick on November 05, 2008, 01:00:01 PM
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My total airframe weight including LG is 25 oz this includes 3 coats of clear on total airframe. Model is covered in Polyspan for the wings and JAP tissue for the wood work. Block sanded with 800, I will mist white on this plane and then the trim. I am only allowing 5 oz more to finish. What ever is covered is and whats not, Oh well. With a finished airframe of 30 and 18.5 total hardware package it will give me a all up finished aircraft of 48.5. I guess we will just see how it goes. When I return home i will start posting pictures.
The exercise if this build is to give me a nose heave airplane for directional stability and light weight of turn. The controls are rather quick I hope I still remember how to fly this type plane.
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Hope you put in big elevators. ;D
Mine should be ready after repairs and finish sanding by the weekend. Not as pretty as it was, but I've decided to just live with it. The thing is really light and straight. What the heck.
I look forward to seeing pictures of the new V8
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I know I promised to post pics. But I had a problem with the wood work. The turtle deck had bowed. This is unacceptable to me. So I cut it off and I am in the process of repairing it now. So far all up weight is 42.5 OZ no paint. The substrate is on 4 coats of clear.
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Yes and this one is nice! Its the most accurate plane I have built so far. Ron O'tool came over whit his point to point measuring device (with in .005) and we bolted it to the prop hub and measured everything from there. Perfect-O!
I have glued and UN glued everything on it at least once, Pain in my rear. But if I can keep it light it should be a winner.