900 Series Mustang

ADW 123 · Post by **ADW 123** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 8:31 pm

Got the wings done, and almost finished with the stab. the wings still need some sanding here and there.

ADW 123 · Post by **ADW 123** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 11:03 pm

got some more progress done. fuse was covered dry on the sides, and wet on the top and bottom. i covered from the air intake back on the bottom dry. ive used the kit tissue. i will probably airbrush very lightly some silver.

left wing has 1/32" washout

beginning of the next wing.

i managed to make the fold (which is very annoying using this method) to flatten out quite a bit by folding it in the opposite direction. on the left wing, i messed up a bit, because i did not flatten the fold well enuff. the fold pulls the tissue up and causes too much slack.

i got a couple wrinkles on the left wing in the bottom right corner and just a couple formers down in the same spot. i guess i could have used a couple of gausets there. o well, lesson learned. hopefully they will disapear some more over night, which they probably will.

Supercubber95 · Post by **Supercubber95** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 8:49 am

Looks beautiful! Will it be a flyer?

ADW 123 · Post by **ADW 123** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 8:58 am

hopefully. the rudde, stab, one wing, and fuse weigh 12g. all covered

ADW 123 · Post by **ADW 123** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 5:24 pm

after shrinking and two coats of bannana oil the fuse is looking pretty good. got some little wrinkles on the very tail on both top and bottom because of the weak structure. i knew i should have put a cross member there.

Phugoid · Post by **Phugoid** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 5:55 pm

Looking good....

Supercubber95 · Post by **Supercubber95** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 6:17 pm

I have a question. This "banana oil", does it do a better job than water? Does it color the tissue? Where do I get it?

Seeker · Post by **Seeker** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 6:43 pm

What does the "900" refer to? Is it a motor size or something?

ADW 123 · Post by **ADW 123** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 6:50 pm

supercubber- bannana oil is simply a non shrinking dope. water does the shrinking. i use bannana oil for smaller planes and ones i want to fly, to avoid warping parts with shrinking dopes. i took a picture of my jig on this one, and i have good pictures on my arrow build.

seeker- 900 is really just the way guillows orders them. there might be some kind of size reference though. i cant see that, as the 1000 series are about 10 times bigger than these. each series for guillows is usually a certain sized plane, with similar construction and similar multi role uses ie. u control, static, rubber FF, r/c etc.

ADW 123 · Post by **ADW 123** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 8:13 pm

i have taken a break on the other wing. one half of it was just refuseing the cover to my satisfaction, so i will work on it when i am more relaxed tomorrow about it. meanwhile, i have shot one light coat of pearlized createx silver paint, which i am satisfied about.

the wing just pushed into the fuse

i was a little nervous about shooting silver. last time, on my spirit of saint louis, i pretty badly messed it up. ive learned a lot since then.

ADW 123 · Post by **ADW 123** » Mon Apr 18, 2011 7:42 pm

i ended up ripping the paper off of half of the right wing about 3 or 4 times. now i am sort of happy with my covering job there. i dont know why some little akward wrinkles appeared over the forward mid section to the TE. i got some little wrinkles by the LE as well, but non of those will prevent it from flying. i have added one coat of bannana oil as of now.

Supercubber95 · Post by **Supercubber95** » Mon Apr 18, 2011 8:48 pm

The left wing on mine went perfect, looked incredible. I was delighted, and had to tear the tissue off of the right wing 3 TIMES before it was "satasfactory"-and even then it had wrinkles. Mine weighs out at 28 grams with clay and gear. No gear, 25.

ADW 123 · Post by **ADW 123** » Mon Apr 18, 2011 8:53 pm

i know might have done a better job with easy built tissue, but i decided to just go with the kit tissue. it isnt very good, but its good practice. if you can cover with bad tissue like that, then covering with nice stuff is easy.

i just took a look at my right wing. i put another coat of bannana oil on it and stuck it back in the jig. it was looking alright. the award wrinkles often get filled in a bit by the dope. as for the ones on the LE area, they are a little better. not too bad. i could have used a gausset there as well. i might add another light coat of paint, despite the weight penalty. this paint when sprayed on light is pretty good stuff. i know there has to be better though.

Supercubber95 · Post by **Supercubber95** » Mon Apr 18, 2011 9:10 pm

ADW 123 · Post by **ADW 123** » Mon Apr 18, 2011 9:38 pm

nice job. hopefully mine will fly as nicely as that.