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Aircraft |
Category |
Date |
Preview |
| John Cooper | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #39, Aichi D3A1 "Val" | Parked | 30-Aug-12 10:30 |  | | Views : 1898 | | The underside shows the built-in left aileron deflection. For low wing war birds like this, this (or a drag flap) is essential to keep the plane from spiralling to the left. |
| John Cooper | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #39, Aichi D3A1 "Val" | Parked | 30-Aug-12 10:27 |  | | Views : 1725 | | This dive bomber is built for rubber powered flying and came in at a reasonable 71g, without rubber. |
| John Cooper | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #39, Aichi D3A1 "Val" | Parked | 30-Aug-12 10:25 |  | | Views : 1920 | | I covered the model with domestic green tissue. Before applying the tissue, I chalked the underside with dark gray. This made the green more drab, and more opaque. |
| John Cooper | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #39, Aichi D3A1 "Val" | Build | 30-Aug-12 10:22 |  | | Views : 1844 | | This is a Dumas kit 315 Aichi Type 99 "Val". JAMES could you please add this aircraft type. I built the wings with removable outer panels. Here the bottom is tissue covered but not shrunken. |
| John Cooper | Comet Stinson SR-7 | Parked | 24-Dec-11 07:35 |  | | Views : 1723 | | The Reliant joins the Peanut Christmas Tree which has grown a little over the last couple years. MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY HOLIDAYS. |
| John Cooper | Comet Stinson SR-7 | Parked | 23-Dec-11 14:09 |  | | Views : 1692 | | The large prop is quite non-scale but a necessity for a long flight. |
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| Hangar |
Aircraft |
Category |
Date |
Preview |
| John Cooper | Comet Stinson SR-7 | Parked | 23-Dec-11 14:07 |  | | Views : 1575 | | The large tab on the port wing is meant to keep this wing from dropping in a left turn. |
| John Cooper | Comet Stinson SR-7 | Parked | 23-Dec-11 14:06 |  | | Views : 1661 | | I built a light balsa prop because I thought a plastic prop would have been too heavy. |
| John Cooper | Comet Stinson SR-7 | Parked | 23-Dec-11 14:05 |  | | Views : 1555 | | The Reliant finished up at 6.3g, but quite nose heavy. It actually glides quite well without the prop and nose block. |
| John Cooper | Comet Stinson SR-7 | Build | 22-Dec-11 11:05 |  | | Views : 1613 | | The completed fuselage and stab come in at 3.7g, 0.6g more than the penny in the foreground. The wing struts poke through the balsa gear fairings so that I can adjust the dihedral, when I attach the wings. |
| John Cooper | Comet Stinson SR-7 | Build | 20-Dec-11 13:26 |  | | Views : 1560 | | I am covering the model with pre-shrunk domestic tissue the has been chalked with red. The black markings are from an laser printer. |
| John Cooper | Comet Stinson SR-7 | Build | 20-Dec-11 13:24 |  | | Views : 1543 | | The cowl is a light frame, wrapped with 1/32 sheet, |
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