How to braid rubber motors

Lanzo Stick

Optional "Cabin" with superimposed rib template.  NB: Airfoil closer to that on MB plan than the Grant-8 typically shown.

¡Caramba!

An interesting line up of Old Time models from ¡Caramba!

www.carambamodels.com

Stu Warner's Westburg WS-3 Pursuit (part 3)

It now resembles a flying bird cage.

There are 30 stringers requiring 318 glue joints. That doesn’t include the glue joints in all of the 3/8” X 1/8” strips used to form the cowl. I would estimate that I have broken at least 1/4 of the stringers so far - and I’m not done yet!

The weight so far seems good at 29.8 oz for all that you see. How does that stack up with other contest models?

Korda C Stick II

The Korda “C” airframe covered with the same material used to make The Emperor’s New Clothes, 1/4 mil clear mylar. I have never kept track of weights much as a model progresses but decided to do it once before the final thermal. I will weigh everything again after the Japanese tissue is applied over the mylar. This is a fiddly, somewhat frustrating thing to do, tissue over mylar, but the end result is worth it. You definitely have to think long term to suffer doing this. Here are the weights, before mylar and after the mylar is applied. Before mylar, fuselage, 14.0 gm/.49 oz; wing 13.8/.48 oz; stab, 4.4/.15; rudder, 1.7/.08 for a total of 33.9/1.18oz.. After mylar: fuselage 15.9/.56; wing 16.9/.59; stab, 5.6/.19; rudder, 2.1/.07 for a total of 40.5gm/1.41 oz. So the mylar did not add much weight, 6.6gm/.23oz. If I want to reach my goal the tissue plus front end cannot be more than a hair over an ounce.

Cheers, Karl Gies

Jasco Flamingo V

Have now finished as much as I can on the fuselage. Will be starting on the wing next. This has a very enjoyable build, and has really help pass this horrible winter.