We had a good time for the 2nd Annual Biplanes over Bonhomme Island event. Crowd was smaller than last year (likely due to heat) but we had a great time. It was an open event so we had some fast-movers as well. I brought out the Barth 1:3 scale WacoContinue Reading
Paul Geders brought a couple news planes to the Club Meeting Show-n-Tell. First one is an XK Innovations Beech-17S biplane. Available on eBay in red or yellow for $89.99. It comes ready to fly with a 3D6G system for stability and control, two flight batteries, spare propellor, receiver, battery charger,Continue Reading
Stringers! Each former had to be notched for the stringers. I grabbed by Dremel and tripled up diamond grinders. This made the correct width and nearly the right depth. Tedious! And plenty of mistakes no one will ever see. Set the angle of the wheel pants so I can drillContinue Reading
Top Center Wing Section Straightforward build but the video shows me starting then stopped because I forgot to shim the rear spar. That could have been bad. This section of the wing will remain attached to the fuselage at all times. Only the wing panels will be removed for travel.Continue Reading
The horizontal stabilizer is 42″ across. Larger than many planes flown at Gizzie Memorial Field! (The wingspan is 120″). The edge material comes as pre-molded balsa laminate. So nice to NOT have to do it myself! Build process was stick layout, balsa sheet at the core, and then the secondContinue Reading
It’s been hectic on this build project. The landing gear mount made no sense and looked like it would tear out on the first hard landing. (I specialize in those kind of landings!) To make matters worse; once the gear is attached I would be unable to remove it withoutContinue Reading
Wow, this project is challenging given the lack of manual, photos, and one drawing. Manual was translated from German so the language is awkward and difficult to understand. The Manual was written for v3 of the kit and mine is either v1 or v2 so instructions do not align well.Continue Reading
Pre-bent hardwood was a nice, and welcome, surprise to round the fuselage nose in towards the firewall. I will find out many of mistakes are due to an inadequate manual and lack of photos. As Wayne N says, “Just keep gluing”. For me it starts with “cut it apart and then…”Continue Reading
Waco YMF-5 History The Waco F series is a series of American-built general aviation and military biplane trainers of the 1930s from the Waco Aircraft Company. The Waco ‘F’ series of biplanes supplanted and then replaced the earlier ‘O’ series of 1927/33. The ‘F’ series had an airframe which was smaller and about 450 pounds (200 kg) lighter thanContinue Reading
Greg Bowles and Greg Tesson showed off a newly completed Taylocraft. The plan passed thru several shops before coming to fight worthiness.Continue Reading
Building continues with framing the left side of the fuselage. There are quality parts such as scarf-joint stringers and all of the hardware is included. Made mistakes, first of many, requiring cutting apart pieces.Continue Reading
Are you looking for that awesome wing-to-fuselage joint? Well it is easy to accomplish so get your supplies ready Buy some ZAP Finishing Resin… and then obtain micro balloons… a cup to mix them in…and lastly, cling wrap or similar. Start by installing the horizontal stabilizer squarelyContinue Reading
So the last couple days I have been working on covering the ARF so I can assemble an ARF. Seems odd to have to do so much just to get back to “go”. I guess that is what custom liveries require. Anyway I first did the wing. Top and bottom,Continue Reading
The Robart gear has been disassembled, painted white, cleared, reassembled and reinstalled into the wing. The tailwheel and its gear doors have been built and pockets made and installed to accept the hinges during final assembly. All the servo hatches were installed and set up for surface mounted aileron andContinue Reading
I mounted the wheels. I sorted thru about 6 pair to find some to use. The ones shipped with the kit are awful. Dubro 5″ inflatable were the easiest to do. I have more scale ones but these fit easy. I was studying the overall shape and decided that theContinue Reading
