#4490515 - 09/25/19 12:11 PM
Re: OT - Sopwith 'Swallow'
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#4490523 - 09/25/19 01:49 PM
Re: OT - Sopwith 'Swallow'
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Lou, you always express yourself in the dramatic!!
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#4490525 - 09/25/19 02:15 PM
Re: OT - Sopwith 'Swallow'
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Hi all, Last of the pre-rigging done on the underside of the wing and on the ailerons. Now the final assembly can be completed then final rigging, Mike
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#4490614 - 09/26/19 12:56 PM
Re: OT - Sopwith 'Swallow'
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Hi all, The tail unit has been finally rigged. Included are the elevator, rudder and tail skid control lines. Also the tail plane bracing lines. The line end fittings are 0.4 mm Nickel-Silver tube, finished with an enamel wash. The lines themselves are 0.08 mm diameter mono-filament. Time to move onto fitting the wing and all of the rigging, Mike
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#4490621 - 09/26/19 02:00 PM
Re: OT - Sopwith 'Swallow'
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Good night, if it wasn't for your bench top you'd think you were looking at the real thing. Amazing, as always. And I've been a year and a half trying to kludge the command module on the top of my Apollo-Saturn V into something much nicer than stock! I've had a week's "vacation" (worked like a horse trying to get caught up before winter...) and oh, to think I wouldn't have to go in next week, or the week after, or the week after that... 28 months to go!
So, uh, that tail skid... what were thye controlling? With wires either side, did they actually try to steer a little with it? or is that just bracing?
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#4490644 - 09/26/19 07:08 PM
Re: OT - Sopwith 'Swallow'
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Good night, if it wasn't for your bench top you'd think you were looking at the real thing. Amazing, as always. And I've been a year and a half trying to kludge the command module on the top of my Apollo-Saturn V into something much nicer than stock! I've had a week's "vacation" (worked like a horse trying to get caught up before winter...) and oh, to think I wouldn't have to go in next week, or the week after, or the week after that... 28 months to go!
So, uh, that tail skid... what were thye controlling? With wires either side, did they actually try to steer a little with it? or is that just bracing? The tail skid was steerable to a certain degree. A cable was attached to each side of the control horn. The two cables were routed forwards in up into the fuselage through the opening forward from the tail skid. The cables were eventually attached to the pilot's rudder bar, enabling him to steer the tail of the aircraft left or right. Mike
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#4490645 - 09/26/19 07:11 PM
Re: OT - Sopwith 'Swallow'
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Hi all, The wing is now fitted onto the fuselage cabane struts. Also fitted are the ailerons and the over wing cable support pylon. Now to complete all of the wing rigging, Mike
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#4491002 - 10/01/19 12:03 PM
Re: OT - Sopwith 'Swallow'
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Hi all, The final rigging is now complete. This includes: Aileron control lines from the cockpit to the underside of the wing. Cabane strut side and front cross bracing. Over wing landing wires. Under wing landing and double flying wires. I'll post the completed model shots once I've finished the figure and display base, Mike
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#4491129 - 10/02/19 02:44 PM
Re: OT - Sopwith 'Swallow'
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#4491208 - 10/03/19 12:00 AM
Re: OT - Sopwith 'Swallow'
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Thanks for your kind comments - much appreciated.
Raine A full description of the build, including rigging, is in the down loadable PDF build log on my site. Just go to gallery 2 (link in my sig) and click on the PDF icon to download the log,
Mike
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#4491303 - 10/03/19 05:43 PM
Re: OT - Sopwith 'Swallow'
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The model is so good that even the pilot is smiling!
Amazing work, as always, Sandbagger!
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