I've test-fitted the under-carriage:

http://www.anjo.com/rc/aircraft/dragon/dragon.gear-on.jpg

I have to build the hatch and nose-block before I can do any shaping with
the razor-plane and sanding-block. The nose-block may be tricky because
it has to come back off again in order to fit the fore-plane. And the
hatch incorporates the cockpit and canopy which I have to make. I now
have to buy 2 litres of 7-Up to get the green plastic for making the canopy.....



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Re: Wheels!
By: Angus McLeod to Digital Man on Sun Aug 14 2005 08:55 pm

I now
have to buy 2 litres of 7-Up to get the green plastic for making the canopy.....

Really?

digital man

Snapple "Real Fact" #132:
A crocodile cannot move its tongue.

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Re: Wheels!
By: Digital Man to Angus McLeod on Sun Aug 14 2005 17:10:00

I now
have to buy 2 litres of 7-Up to get the green plastic for making the canopy.....

Really?

Well, I could probably use a smaller bottle, but given that I'm likely to screw up and need more green plastic, & given that I actually like 7-Up...

;-)


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Re: Wheels!
By: Angus McLeod to Digital Man on Sun Aug 14 2005 09:20 pm

Re: Wheels!
By: Digital Man to Angus McLeod on Sun Aug 14 2005 17:10:00

I now
have to buy 2 litres of 7-Up to get the green plastic for making the canopy.....

Really?

Well, I could probably use a smaller bottle, but given that I'm likely to screw up and need more green plastic, & given that I actually like 7-Up...

For some reason when I first read your message I was thinking you were going to use the green paper *wrapping* on the 2-liter bottle. Now I finally "got it", you'll use the translucent green bottle itself for the canopy. That's cool.

digital man

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There is a town called "Big Ugly" in West Virginia.

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Re: Wheels!
By: Digital Man to Angus McLeod on Mon Aug 15 2005 02:37:00

I now have to buy 2 litres of 7-Up to get the green plastic
for making the canopy.....

Really?

Well...

For some reason when I first read your message I was thinking you were going use the green paper *wrapping* on the 2-liter bottle. Now I finally "got it" you'll use the translucent green bottle itself for the canopy. That's cool.

Yes, I've done it before, on an earlier model:

http://www.anjo.com/rc/aircraft/trekie/trekie.complete.jpg

(Another canard!) The first time I just cut the plastic and bent it
around, but this time I may have to heat it onto a form to give it the
shape I'm looking for. If that proves too difficult, I may be forced to redesign the cockpit to allow for an easier-to-make canopy!


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