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#1
Building / Construction / Re: Box Fly 20- electric build
Last post by GuyOReilly - Yesterday at 11:16:49 PM
Looks great; should fly great too!
#2
Building / Construction / Re: Box Fly 20- electric build
Last post by Frank v B - Yesterday at 10:25:21 PM
Finished

Final assembly, control horns installed, pushrods, landing gear, servos connected.
The landing gear block was glued and finished and fit perfectly in the slot.  Glued in place with 5 minute epoxy (what else!)
Oops, pilot installed in the cockpit.

Looks great.  It feels like it will be a joy to fly.

Frank
#3
Building / Construction / Re: Value Planes Seagull with ...
Last post by Michael - Yesterday at 07:52:46 PM
Assembly and setup in process. Tail attached, ailerons attached.

The third photo is of a new brand of speed control I'll be using; from what I understand, they're Fab!

#4
General Discussion / Re: Snow Clearing
Last post by Michael - February 17, 2025, 10:12:30 PM
Thank you Dave.
#5
General Discussion / Re: Snow Clearing
Last post by Andy Hoffer - February 17, 2025, 08:20:46 PM
Thanks so much Dave!

Of course folks will need snowshoes or skis or at least snowmobile boots to cope with the two feet of snow in the pits and runway area.  And they will have to bend way down to reach the assembly tables.😂😂

Andy
#6
General Discussion / Snow Clearing
Last post by davidk - February 17, 2025, 01:18:09 PM
I'm calling on all members with shovels to come help dig out our field.  We need to shovel the driveway and the full parking lot.
If anyone has a snow blower and a truck then you can haul your machine to the field.
If we can get 100+ people at work on shovels and machines then we can get the field clear in just a few weeks.

Or... we can let Charlie, our next door neighbour, use his tractor.  Yes... that might be more efficient.

Charlie will be plowing the driveway and parking lot some time this week.  There's little to no snow forecast for the week, so it's the right time to clear.  The temperatures and wind this week do not allow for much chance of flying so there's no urgency to get the field cleared.

I'll post an update when it's done.  If anyone is driving past and see that it's done let us know.

Now... I've got a 4 foot wall of snow and ice at the bottom of my driveway to tackle... thanks to the town of Stouffville... and a small shovel... so... see you in the spring.  Oddly enough, Stouffville has a program for seniors whereby they clear the windrow after the road plow.  Unfortunately, the guy who performs this service doesn't quite understand the process.  The windrow was 2 feet, and this guy plows the snow into a 4 foot window about 4 feet up my driveway.  But, the end of my driveway is certainly clear.  I'm shaking my head.
#7
Building / Construction / Re: Value Planes Seagull with ...
Last post by davidk - February 17, 2025, 01:01:11 PM
A very satisfying image.
#8
Building / Construction / Re: Baby Draco
Last post by msatin - February 17, 2025, 08:46:38 AM
Very cool!
#9
Building / Construction / Re: Baby Draco
Last post by Michael - February 17, 2025, 08:45:46 AM
Nice landing gear!
#10
Building / Construction / Re: Box Fly 20- electric build
Last post by Frank v B - February 17, 2025, 08:31:03 AM
The landing gear.
This is a (n ab) used Apprentice main gear.  Cut out 3 pieces of good ply (not lite ply) and am sandwiching the wire between 3 layers.  It then slips into the slot just ahead of the leading edge of the wing. The glue is drying now on the first sandwich layer.

Frank