Sorry Curtis, I was planning on staying up all night and then I grab the wrong pills, I'm collor blind DAM!!! purple looks like blue to me. Well I guess you can say I was UP ALL NIGHT. I'm so freaking glad I don't have cats.

Wrong.... on many levels....

just wrong!

Back to building tonight, I'll be gluing the wing sockets in, I also can't forget to cut the foam for the servo wires. I'm going to set up the servos inside the wings, like the composite 2.6 Yak. This way the servo arm is directly line up with the aileron clevis, I believe this set up holds trim better.

Are you saying if you had cats you would have been kicking them ? Or that they would have had something to scratch ?

OUCH!!!!

Went to the gutter, came out, and right back again

Is Primo still in the gutter?? OR maybe he's clean now....
Wayne

I guess that depends on which pills he is taking ! Dang Primo how many kids are you trying for ? Its time to get back to building this plane, ain't it ?

LOL!!! As long as I stay away fron the Tequila I shouldn't have any more.

Is been crasy at home with the kids gettin ready for Schooll, but I manage to get some building time in.

I have glued in the blocks on the wing root cap, just have to sand them and drill the holes for the blind nuts. I also glued the blocks where the studs are going to go thru.

What I did next was to get the wing socket glued in the wing.

First I cut two small pices of 3/8 balsa to hold the tube socket support against the foam, this will keep the glue from pushing the ply, the picture will explain this better.

Did you seal up the end of the socket so glue can not get into it when sheeting ?

In order to get a good amount of glue on the wing socket I took the wing out of the chucks laid it on the table and used tape to open the gap just a little. I used some scrap balsa on the edges to ptrotect the foam.

So far so good, No turning back now.

With the wing socket in place I started to add glue back and forth while rotating the socket, once I was sure I had enough glue. I removed the tape and installed those two pices of balsa and I put the wing back on the chucks, OH yea I put a pice of wax paper on top of the slot where the glue went in, if you don't do this you will be in trouble.

As you guys can see I have a big aluminum plate that I laid on top for good meassure.

Also just to be sure I put the actual wing tube in whli the glue set.

Looking good Primo !

DAAYUM PRIMO ..YOU SURE YOU AINT GOT SOME CAJUN BLOOD IN YOU...YOUR BUILD LOOKS FIRST CLASS...NO REDNECK FOO-BARS AT ALLL

He knows to fix those before taking pictures and posting them !

Thanks Mark, Thanks POP'S. I'll have to say other than trying to glue one of my socks to the top of my foot no foo-bars so far, or I can do what Mark said fix it before I take the picture LOL!!!. during a build you tend to do things twice so I take my time on the first one learn from it and then second one is much faster but i still double check.

I should be able to glue in the other wing socket in place tonight so is the same set up as the first I'll just take a picture of it when I'm done.

Hey Mark you should come to our big bird flying this weekend. Come on out POP"s is only a 6hr ride.

SORRY MY HALF-CAJUN BUDDY BUT GOTTA GO TO BIG JOHNS

Posted By Mark Mcclellan on 25 Aug 2010 13:47
Did you seal up the end of the socket so glue can not get into it when sheeting ?

Sure did thanks.

I'll be getting thing here done so I can leave Tuesday after work to go to CCA, to much to do to be going to a fly in.

Have fun!!!! Drink a Corona or twelve for me.

I got the other wing tube socket glued in last night, that two nights in a row BABY and I just might wor on it tonight too.

Hey Primo,

Call me about the lawnmower engines you have for sale on FG.

Kirby
407 366 5464

I tried your number but no answer and your VM was full!

Hey guys,

I have the second wing tube socket guled in placed and while the glue was setting up I continued my work on the wing end caps. First I found center by simply going corner to corner, then I clamped it to the table and used a pice of plywood to protect the table and this also keeps the mounting block from spliting all up when the drill bit comes out.

Once i had all the holes drilled, I used a hex head 1/4 20 bolt with washer to pull the blind nut in.

I took some 1/2in aluminum stock and drilled and taped it 1/4 20, what I'm going to do is use red locktite to lock it on the setscrew. This set up should work well. That's all I have for now.

Bump

It's kind of like when you have something listed and want it to go to the top. LOL

Hey guys, back on it for a little while anyway. While I was waiting for the servo bay doors from Dynamic balsa I finished gluing al the balsa sheets together. Last night I worked on laying out the ailerons on the cores and where to cut the foam for the servo leads. I left my camera at home so I'll post pics late tonight or tomorrow for sure.

Glad you are back Primo. I've been having withdrawls.

I'm getting all my stuff ready to start building my 124" pro. not sure about doing a build thread,,,,,,, I may post updates here in your thread if that is OK with you Primo.

Posted By Mark Mcclellan on 10 Sep 2010 7:42
I'm getting all my stuff ready to start building my 124" pro. not sure about doing a build thread,,,,,,, I may post updates here in your thread if that is OK with you Primo.

Heck yea Mark, that would be cool.

Ok guys Pictures of what I’ve done so far.

First ones are the blocks where the wing studs go thru, I wanted to make sure the hole was square so I brought then to work and used the mill, I supported the block underneath it for two reasons, one I didn't want the block to slide on the jaws and it also keeps the bottom side of the blocks from splitting when the drill bit breaks thru.

The next steps were getting the sheeting together for the rest of the foam parts. On the first picture you will see what I was working on from there you will see how I did the work.

OK as much as I hate to admit it I made a boo-boo but very minor. While I was gluing in the wing tube socket I fail to notice that the cut out on the wing for the inside ply support goes almost all the way thru the wing and you can guess what happend.

I'll know next time. LOL !!!!!

Oh I forgot look who is praticing allready.

just go ahead and start a new thread mark.

we all want to see how you build!!

tony

I'm working on wheel paints right now, because I lost one at the Mocksville contest I bought an extra set with this new kit so I;m doing two sets and as soon as they are done one set goes on my 118" 300 and the other set will be sitting here for the 124" pro already painted and ready to go. I'm in the shop today cutting my motor box for this kit, Dennis told me to keep on of them from the production run and I told him to just take them all because I knew where to get one of those for myself. That way he has an extra one. I'll start gluing sticks together as soon as I get this motorbox cut.

Looks like he is already doing the roller !

Actually the aresti that is on his lap is the one Curtis made for me. It has nine rollers on it. Oh yea Mark I found a new 30X12 for you. I'll bring it to Camden.

Cool !

Hey mark,

I'm trying to up load some pics but it's not giving me that option, I've tried login in and out but no luck. ??????

After clicking on Add review all I see at the bottom is Topic Review.

Hey Guys,
Now I have the servo bay doors, as you will see on the pictures, I used the radius of the door on the frame as to make it easier to use the dremell.

I have the location of the Aileron and the hard points, I used the meassurments from the Carden I have now.

This next few pictures are from Brents shop. He had a mega table built, we used my truck to bring it to his house and MAN, you can park a city Buss in his garage.

After we got the table in placed it put to use right away. We started with the upper turtle deck, first we set it in the chuck and marked and cut off some of the excess then Brent spray a very small mist of water on the sheet and placed it back on the chuck we gave it a few minutes this is to help the sheet take some of the radius without stressing it.

Where did you get that economy sized aintibacterial Water bottle ?

Now for the glue and the using a credit card and I'll have to say I was surprise as to how little glue we used but you can really see how the balsa absorbs the glue, once the glue was on it was sprayed with water again to activate the glue, in the bag in went and after just one hour it was ready to pull out, that Gorilla glue is something else.

High speed sheeting !!!!!!! I like it !!!!!

Vacume bagging is the only way to go. That water bottle was a special order item. I don't think it is availble any more. I really like the new table. Best $375 investment I have made in a long time.

Posted By Primo Rivera on 13 Sep 2010 14:01
After we got the table in placed it put to use right away. We started with the upper turtle deck, first we set it in the chuck and marked and cut off some of the excess then Brent spray a very small mist of water on the sheet and placed it back on the chuck we gave it a few minutes this is to help the sheet take some of the radius without stressing it.

Primo

Time to work on your english. It is shuck not chuck. I have to give you a hard time

We ndee spilled shek on ehr

Now you have got it!

Here is another piece getting sheeted, Brent worked on this one for me, took him 15min to get it in the bag.

Hey Mark, I hope you got rid of the Rats, I would not want them on your new kit. LOL

The name of this plane is INFESTATION!!!!

Brent,
what are you guys using for a vacuum pump?
Doc

It is a Gast pump. A freind of mine set it up for me. All you need is the vacumme tank, pump and adjustable swithch. The pumps can be found on ebay usually for around $65. Here is a picture of my pump.

I know, I need to dust. Maids day off

Thanks Brent for the Help.

Last night I worked some more on one of the wing panels getting it ready to sheet, you will see the location of the servo bay. I used a router attachment on my dremell to get the correct dept, in order to keep everythin flush I just sbtracted the thickness of the sheet.

ok next step was to locate the bay doors on the sheet, so I ponder this for a while, and had a few ideas.. one was to make a template as I have seen on other threads or just take some meassurements but didn't like any, then it hit me, this just might work.

I placed the two bay doors on the panel I placed the sheet over the wing core, and then made sure I had plenty of overhangs. I lifted one side of the sheet and dropped some medium ca on top of the bay door then I lower the sheet back on top the door, I did this for both bay doors. I gave it a minute or so for the glue to work then lifted the sheet and now all I have to do is cut them out.

The last thing I did last night was to mark the sheeting so I can trim it, if you leave it too long, it will snap inside the vacum bag.





That's about it for now.

Looks good. Be sure to glue in the socket before you bring it over to sheet it.

Primo,
What's happened to your build? waiting for more info. Hope to see it soon. Maybe you are keeping it a secret for Mocksville.

At this rate Mark will have his in the air first

He just might Gil LOL, I have been occupied with getting my house ready for sale, you never realize how many things you have to do, is killing me not to work on it, I did a little work on it this weekend. I'm hoping to get together with Brent and sheet some more parts this week sometime

Cool!..... Primo has let the cat out of the bag. Looking at the pictures above he must be building two Cardens..... Two right wings. ;-)

Kp

MAN You made me look, and when I get home I'll have to check it.

Posted By Primo Rivera on 27 Sep 2010 12:44
MAN You made me look, and when I get home I'll have to check it.

Just saying..

Kp

Two right wings must be some kind of a Roller trick.

What are you guys saying? that I don't know my right hand from my right hand?

Well, you have been hanging around Brent, and he don't know how to change hands. LOL

Posted By Jerry Hailey on 27 Sep 2010 18:58
Well, you have been hanging around Brent, and he don't know how to change hands. LOL

now that's funny!

maybe primo has been hanging out with jeff whitaker too much lately??

tony

No Jeff is building 2 right sides for the 126 Carden !

I love it, I feel the love.

Brent loves his hand so much he carries a picture of it in his wallet.

Posted By Primo Rivera on 28 Sep 2010 7:30
I love it, I feel the love.

Brent loves his hand so much he carries a picture of it in his wallet.

Oh Snap!!, I just spit up milk laughing so hard.

Man a guy get's trashed around here if he turns his back! I never had wrist trouble until I started flyin IMAC and found that I had to use my left hand for more than just throttle up for take of and back to land!

I had to start carring a picture of my hand after Primo showed me the picture of his hand that he carries. I figure if I want to learn the roller I have to do what the Roller Baby does.

Look what the brown truck brought me today!

Posted By Brent Good on 28 Sep 2010 22:18
Look what the brown truck brought me today!

absolutely Beautiful

Ok, I finally got to work on the plane some. I'm still working on getting the wing cores ready to sheet, last night I was able to cut the foam for the servo leads. I shaped a piece of 1/8in welding rod and installed it on a Webber pistol grip soldering gun and it worked great.

That worked pretty slick!

As you will see in the next pictures, I marked the ID of the bay door so I can cut the foam out.

Tha was fun to do, and Kent I have a right wing and one on the other side. I hope I get to work on it tonight again.

looking good primo!

tony