Minimoa 105"

[Frank v B]

Guy,

I am happy to buy some off you for my 3 RC sailboat models
10 yards.  Name a fair price.

Frank

[GuyOReilly]

Guy,

I am happy to buy some off you for my 3 RC sailboat models
10 yards.  Name a fair price.

Frank

A few flying lessons will do! 
Perhaps a flight test on a few airplanes too... 

I will put some in my car and I will drop at the field in the "Lost and Found".   
Guy

[davidk]

You'd have to come float flying to understand that you do not want to eat anything out of that lake... yikes.

[Andy Hoffer]

You'd have to come float flying to understand that you do not want to eat anything out of that lake... yikes.

Is that from the fish eating too much CA, epoxy and foam from tanked planes?  Help me to understand. 

Andy

[GuyOReilly]

Okay, slowly getting back to the Minimoa.
Fuse reading for major sanding. 

[Andy Hoffer]

Okay, slowly getting back to the Minimoa.
Fuse reading for major sanding. 

Bonjour @GuyOReilly

Your shop is way too neat and organized.  I hope TEMAC members' spouses do not see this or we will all be in trouble! 

Andy

[GuyOReilly]

More progress on the Minimoa.
Fabricated the motor cover using scrap pieces of 1/4 sheet and 3/8 square pieces of balsa.
Needs more sanding (obviously!) prior to covering with 1/16 wet balsa using @Frank v B technique. 
Hopefully that will work for me too...   

[Andy Hoffer]

Bravo @GuyOReilly !

It looks like your Shop-Vac has really been huffing and puffing to keep up with all of your sanding!! 

Keep up the great work.

(@Frank v B will be some jealous when he sees all of your perfectly focused progress photos!)


Andy

[GuyOReilly]

Minimoa progress.
@Frank v B, thank you for sharing your method of bending wood.
It appears that the "Green Towel" also works and it seems that the suggested balsa bending method is colour agnostic. 
The final result, minus more sanding and fitting.
Next, add magnets for firewall mounting.

@Andy Hoffer hopefully these pictures are reasonably in focus...    Kindly note that the shop vac is FULL of balsa dust...   

@Frank v B  would you have any suggestions on cooling?    I was thinking enlarging the front opening (toward the bottom) and adding holes to the sides of the cowling, but I hesitate to cut into my fabrication at this time... 

Guy

[Frank v B]

re: suggestion on cooling

I use the plastic spoon cut-off for an air vent.

On the left is the battery hatch to my .60 size pattern plane.  On the right is roughly where the spoon is cut to create the scoop.
Cut a hole through the fuse or cowl and glue the spoon end in the groove around the hole.

Frank

[GuyOReilly]

First coat or primer.
Will need more sanding and another coat, perhaps more...

[GuyOReilly]

A bit more progress.
Fuselage painted, canopy and cowling constructed.
Not scale, but it will do.

[GuyOReilly]

More progress.

[Andy Hoffer]

Very nice hatching of the hatch! 

This will also do nicely as a stealth bomb bay!!

Bravo @GuyOReilly !

Andy

[GuyOReilly]

Rudder installation.  It works!! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB7WTDYh7fg&feature=youtu.be