LoL Phil, the airplane did all the work, i just pointed it where to go. Lol

@@Blackstarr223 e power is unrealistic, especially something this large in my opinion, so it will be gas. . Saito also does not make any engines powerful enough for this thing. In order to use radials, it would need moki 150 sized engines.

@@scottsackett7551 weight is always a concern with large models, but if its unsafe, it doesnt matter how light it is. I will happily overbuild a few critical areas to not be concerned or its structural integrity. Ama large model program has us limited to 125lbs. Personally i feel this limit forces builders and owners of large models to sacrifice structural integrity and systems redundancy unnecessarily, but i’ll get into that topic later on. The only significant weight increases so far has been due to fiberglassing/carbon fiber everything again, which was inevitable. But it probly is more more of a gain compared to if we would of just glassed the repaired areas and body worked those into the original layers of paint. The new nose structure is only a few ounces heavier than the solid chunk of foam that was removed and with modern servo technology, we are able to use lighter and stronger servos, which ends up saving almost 2lbs in servo and wiring weight.

@@invertmast That is very helpful - thanks! Looking forward to future installments! Thanks.

Thomas, do you cut those ply parts with a laser cutter. Does it work in conjunction with 3D design program? Thx

@@briansilcox5720 the laser cutter programming is done with a seperate program (lightburn) which imports the Dxf file of parts from the cad program.

He has gotten move involved than the videos suggest, he did a lot of help with the sanding and fiberglassing, unfortunately most of that footage was all lost.

@@briansilcox5720 I cracked it in a few spots, but it can very easily be fixed and more parts made from it. If i would of printed it with more perimeters (it only has one) and more than 3% infill, it would be stronger, but would take more material and time to print. Its all about deciding what is best for what you want to accomplish.

@@briansilcox5720 correct, this particular peel ply has a blue tracer, which is because it is in a “twill” weave. Other plain weave peel plies have a red tracer. The stuff i used to fiberglass the B29 with no tracers was a 100% polyester fabric (which is what peel ply essentially is). The peel ply soaks up excess resin, gives s surface that is ready for bonding and also helps even out the surface where the fabric layers overlap.

@@glynmatthews6697 i have lithoplated plugs for composite models, definitely Not going with that, its a nightmare. Lol. And heavy

@@invertmast I’ll bet it is heavy yeah!

You should see all the thinking that goes on! Hahaha

@@landrovered www.shapertools.com/en-us/trace

Thanks

@@Jean-sc1bw considering its a necessity in sealing the exposed balsa and as a way of returning some strength that was lost, the weight gain is not really a concern. We can eliminate weight in other ways to counter the gain.

There’s a new video being released today at 6pm EST. Work, Family and Fly-inn’s have been keeping me busy, so finding time to edit and record video’s is a little behind. It doesnt help that the loss of footage killed about 6-10 video’s worth and a lot of what i have been doing is just repeats of whats already been shown. Things are still progressing though!

@@invertmast Thanks for the update.

The pour foam we used is from Smooth-on.com they have a large variety of great products that we have used for many different things (including making our own tires). One of these days I will get back to the F14. I need to invest in a CNC mill in order for that project to see completion since the cheapest quote i got for landing gear was $100,000 USD

He’s still posting on facebook

That is what i have been told. Im OK with that as im looking for something between a dull bare metal finish and a polished metal finish.

@@invertmast apparently there is a Duplicolor rattle can chrome looking finish that is pretty good. Not sure if it’s available in quarts for spray. Usually found at auto parts retail.

@@briansilcox5720 i have some of that. Its not very good, but it could of been user error since i tried spraying it inside of a mold instead of on a actual part.

Yep, same experience for scale models I've built. A lot of the clear I tried ended up dulling it so that it looked like plain flat silver. There's quite a few producers of chrome spray paints, just haven't tried any of them yet.

It really did, thank you!

That will be addressed in one of the next video’s :)

My favorite tool for repairs. Of course they have to be super Duper sharp. I see you have recovered from Fredricksburg.

@@nealrehm6900 nahh still recovering, i just have videos already done and scheduled for release. The videos this week are from about 2 weeks ago.