• Fokker

    From Angus McLeod@VERT/ANJO to Digital Man on Thu Jun 29 01:48:00 2006
    After nearly two months (!) I finally got around to beginning the repairs
    on the Big Red Fokker.

    I cut away the MonoKote around the break to reveal -- as expected -- that
    the fuse in that area was kist a light balsa truss. The plan is to rejoin
    the broken stick balsa with CA (super) glue and then reinforce the breaks
    with 1/64" ply strips and some gussets.

    I had a friend helping and he was a little too gung-ho for my liking.
    Whereas I would have clamped the broken pieces alongside a steel
    cling-wrapped straight-edge (so the glue-joints dried *straight*), he
    would just grab the glue-pot, apply glue to the break and hold it roughly
    in place with his hands. The result is that the repair work isn't the prettiest. This will not affect the flight characteristics, but after covering, the finish may be a little 'lumpy'. Oh, well.

    Anyway, repairs have begun, so who knows? I might even finish the job
    some time this year and get the aircraft back in flight by Christmas! :-)


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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Angus McLeod on Wed Jun 28 23:09:00 2006
    Re: Fokker
    By: Angus McLeod to Digital Man on Wed Jun 28 2006 09:48 pm

    Anyway, repairs have begun, so who knows? I might even finish the job
    some time this year and get the aircraft back in flight by Christmas! :-)

    That's approximately the rate of repair on my Zagi-400X as well!

    digital man

    Snapple "Real Fact" #184:
    The most used letters in the English language are E, T, A, O, I and N.
    Norco, CA WX: 91.0°F, 33% humidity, 0 mph SSE wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs

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  • From Corey@VERT/TSGC to Angus McLeod on Thu Jun 29 00:38:00 2006
    Re: Fokker
    By: Angus McLeod to Digital Man on Wed Jun 28 2006 09:48 pm

    After nearly two months (!) I finally got around to beginning the repairs
    on the Big Red Fokker.

    I cut away the MonoKote around the break to reveal -- as expected -- that the fuse in that area was kist a light balsa truss. The plan is to rejoin the broken stick balsa with CA (super) glue and then reinforce the breaks with 1/64" ply strips and some gussets.

    I had a friend helping and he was a little too gung-ho for my liking. Whereas I would have clamped the broken pieces alongside a steel cling-wrapped straight-edge (so the glue-joints dried *straight*), he
    would just grab the glue-pot, apply glue to the break and hold it roughly
    in place with his hands. The result is that the repair work isn't the prettiest. This will not affect the flight characteristics, but after covering, the finish may be a little 'lumpy'. Oh, well.

    Anyway, repairs have begun, so who knows? I might even finish the job
    some time this year and get the aircraft back in flight by Christmas! :-)



    I once knew a big ugly mother fokker.
    acually she was a mother trucker, ah, I love to think about the ex once in a while. then I get over it...


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  • From Corey@VERT/TSGC to Digital Man on Thu Jun 29 00:39:00 2006
    Re: Fokker
    By: Digital Man to Angus McLeod on Wed Jun 28 2006 07:09 pm

    Re: Fokker
    By: Angus McLeod to Digital Man on Wed Jun 28 2006 09:48 pm

    Anyway, repairs have begun, so who knows? I might even finish the job some time this year and get the aircraft back in flight by Christmas! :-

    That's approximately the rate of repair on my Zagi-400X as well!

    digital man

    Snapple "Real Fact" #184:
    The most used letters in the English language are E, T, A, O, I and N. Norco, CA WX: 91.0°F, 33% humidity, 0 mph SSE wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs


    I tryed model planes once, had to give it up thou,
    never could find a pilot for the darn thing...

    This message has ended, go in peace...

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