Hiya Doc!
Daughter number 2, Ruth, is 15 and getting ready with her older
sister, Kate 16 for her 5th Science Olympiad Nationals in Wichita.
My daughetrs' team is representing Indiana in the C division. Ruth
doesen't even know what an F1D is (yet). She is too busy getting her
airplanes trimmed for 35' ceiling so she can whoop some Ohio and
Georgia butt.
Thanks for the invite though, I will pass it on to her.
Tom Sanders
--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, <vhacker@...> wrote:
>
>
> tom Sander I can't rember yuor daughers name or age. Hopefully she
is less
> than 18 and interestes in F1D. If so jhere is an invitation to
attend a
> regenal F1D at the Andrews School in Willoughby ohio May 27 from
1PM to
> 9pm This invitation includes any one interested in F1D and Cat 1
records
> Hack
>
> > Gary,
> >
> > Yes, half a tube length wise. I think Walt made a "V" cradle to
hold
> > the tubes then drew a line and cut them one side per cut. For a
No- Cal
> > with only one motor stick, I would suggest using the full
rolled tube.
> > The fancy version would be to notch the tube to nest into the
various
> > vertical balsa strips.
> >
> > The notching tool is easy. For 1/16 strips, start with a strip
of 1/16
> > x 1/16 basswood and glue a piece of 400 grit sandpaper to a
> > 1/16 edge. Strip off the excess sandpaper and sand off the two
> > sides. Then glue a piece of 1/16 x 1/4 basswood strip,
> > perpindicular, so that the tool's end view is a short "T". Now
when you
> > use the tool, sand the notch until the T-top touches the tube's
> > surface. This way you penetrate only as deep as the 1/16
vertical and
> > the motorstick tube does not break the geometric plane (or
bulge the
> > tissue surface).
> >
> > When the structure is finished, there will be more surface area
> > attaching the tube to the fuselage structure.
> >
> > Walt was fastidious. He felt that the hook and prop bearing
should be
> > on the tissue side to further reduce the torsional effects. I
> > never established the reason but can attest to how Walt's No-Cals
> > (singles or twins) never deviated the ordit diameter during the
> > flight and they all flew as if flying within a glass cylinder.
> >
> > Tom Sanders
> >
> > In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, Warthodson@ wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> Tom,
> >> I am having trouble picturing rolled tubes, split down the
center
> > line. Does
> >> this mean he used 1/2 of a rolled tube? Did he sheet in the open
> > side of the
> >> tube, resulting in a "D"?
> >> Gary
> >>
> >> In a message dated 4/20/2007 9:19:01 AM Central Daylight Time,
> >> parkreation_at_ writes:
> >>
> >> One of the famous features was the use of
> >> rolled tube motorsticks,rolled tube motorsticks,<WBR>split down
the
> >> with zero torsional problems.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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Received on Sat Apr 21 2007 - 18:11:06 CEST