Another Guillows Aeronca Build

ADW 123 · Post by **ADW 123** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 12:16 pm

thats just perfect

frankben · Post by **frankben** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 12:51 pm

Only one word is here on it's place

WOW!!!

suomi39 · Post by **suomi39** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 2:14 pm

scigs30 wrote:I build with white glue, so the water would soak into the glue joints and could cause the structures to warp. Alcohol evaporates faster and does not soak into the wood.

What kind of alcohol?

Build looks great, as always.

ADW 123 · Post by **ADW 123** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 2:26 pm

rubbing alcohol i would asume.

suomi39 · Post by **suomi39** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 2:41 pm

ADW 123 wrote:rubbing alcohol i would asume.

Rubbing alcohol is mostly water, so I'd think it would still cause problems with the glue.

ADW 123 · Post by **ADW 123** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 3:06 pm

dries much faster still...

frankben · Post by **frankben** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 3:16 pm

I use a mix of 50/50 water/alcohol

scigs30 · Post by **scigs30** » Tue May 10, 2011 8:58 pm

I finished my Guillows Aeronca for the 2011 Guillows Challenge, total weight as shown is 28 grams. This will be my last 300 series build until the laser cut versions are released.

jpuke · Post by **jpuke** » Wed May 11, 2011 6:15 am

How did you get it to come in at 28g? I just finished one of these a few weeks ago and after leaving out half of the wing ribs, drilling lightening holes, and not even covering the fuselage it still came in at 35g without the rubber.

You think it was because you were picky about the kit you purchased from the beginning?

On the third powered flight for mine, a wind gust turned it upside down and slammed it into the ground. It shattered almost exactly as yours did with the two wings coming off.

What are you doing to get the part ID letters to go away? Your bare bones photos are so nice.

Squishyp38 · Post by **Squishyp38** » Wed May 11, 2011 6:20 am

gosh, it's beautiful!

It sure is a looker!

rbourque77 · Post by **rbourque77** » Wed May 11, 2011 7:26 am

Clean and neat as any Guillow's plane I've ever seen. It seems your a very methodical builder, taking your time with every step. Thanks for sharing the pics...

scigs30 · Post by **scigs30** » Wed May 11, 2011 8:58 am

I decided not to use the kit wood since the die cut was pretty bad, so I bought some Midwest Balsa to build this. My last Aeronca was built with the kit wood and she come out to 48 grams. I really do hope that Guillows uses 8-12 lb/ft balsa in their laser cut versions, that will make a big difference.

supercruiser · Post by **supercruiser** » Wed May 11, 2011 11:00 am

Looks like a laser precision build to me.