Hah, Finally, after many years of telling myself that I would make a mold of my Harrier(which was a lost foam deal), I finally came around to starting a plug this week. Rob (av8soulfly)and I had always said "we need to make a mold of our harriers" but never got to it....our lost foam version fly so good that we knew what wing to use, were the CG is, etc. So after talking with some guys at Fermin...RIP(Vic), slopeiron(Russ), and Rob(av8soulfly), I got the idea of buying a $12 Hasagawa 1:72 scale of the plane and cuting the fuse in different sections; about 11 to be exact.

1. I traced the side profile of the model and marked & numbered where each section would be cut and placed.
2. Then I started hacking the poor little plastic model
3. And then I traced each section and numbered them.
4. Now I took the paper and scaned it in my computer and blew it up 415% in Photoshop
5. Printed and cut and placed on plywood
6 I made two proflile view for both left and right
7 Cut the plywood and glued each section on to the profile view.
8 Got blue foam and placed in between each section
9 got my hot wire cutter and started cutting around the section
10 then of course sanding..

I hope I made sense, if not here are some pictures of what I have so far...
I'll try to keep posting as I progress.

OH CRAP!... how cool is that!..

subscribing now

JOe

Wow, that's gonna look great! Can't wait to see it up close.

Nauga,
who has a few Harrier stories

Henry what happened to your old harrier???, the new one is going to be sweet, you making a mold (buddy of mine) make sure you find someone with painting skills when itime to finish it

B

Hey, that was a perfectly good plastic model!!

Forgive my ignorance, but has anyone had success with anhedral on a sloper?

Matin

i have...

old 2 piece Mini blade.. bent the joiner BAD... so i landed, spun it around and launched anheidral and about 120mph it leveled out

but it did work...

JOe

Henry's original harrier had anheidral

Any pics of the old one? This is gonna be fat for sure--if it flies OK, maybe I could do an F-16 after all! Great technique though, I could use that too!

Bill

Originally Posted by MATIN

Forgive my ignorance, but has anyone had success with anhedral on a sloper?

Not as much as the real thing, but it looks cool.

hmmm...the attachments don't load.

Nauga,
with Cl-beta for all his friends

That's lookin' sick bro. Nozzles, baby, Nozzles! Gonna need a squadron number soon it sounds like!

Originally Posted by MATIN

Forgive my ignorance, but has anyone had success with anhedral on a sloper?

Matin

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/attac...hmentid=200344

Flys great....this was my work horse at one time.. Real stable. Robb can back me up on that.

My old on is still with me, but with a broked nose...30min fix

Originally Posted by BillO

Any pics of the old one? This is gonna be fat for sure--if it flies OK, maybe I could do an F-16 after all! Great technique though, I could use that too!

Bill

Robb(av8soulfly) has an f16

Looking nice Henry! Can't wait to see the finished product.

Wow.

I just had an idea... does anyone have access to a 3D printer?