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#4516180 - 04/13/20 04:07 PM Re: 7/8 scale Nieuport 11. [Re: Dart]  
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Where I live it is about 12m down to the water table, at my youngest and middle son's houses it is about 2m when it's high-ish and their basements are liable to flooding in heavy rain, they both have sump pumps on a float switch just in case.

Looking forward to your next lot of videos Dart, and wondering what you are going to do differently than last time with the experience you have gained.


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#4516408 - 04/14/20 09:26 PM Re: 7/8 scale Nieuport 11. [Re: Dart]  
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I'm behind on videos!

On what to sustain, what to change, and what to improve:

Sustain:

Basic build plan and techniques. The aircraft's design proved that it will sacrifice itself beautifully to keep the soft squishy pilot pretty darned safe in case of misfortune. smile

What to change:

The tail wheel. It's crap for anything but grass, so it's a ground up redesign. It also means that some stuff in the tail will have to be beefed up, too. Which means I'll have to put some stuff up front to keep the CG straight.

What to improve:

Seat mounting. I had a minimalist approach on mounting the seat, and while the front part was great, the left rear seat mount and seat belt mount both failed in the wreck. That might have been the reason for zippering my rib cage.

So I'll be making up some gussets and running a tube across to secure the back of the seat, and making a secure mounting point for the seat belts.

The fuel tank and sight gauge:

First, the fuel tank is a bit small for my liking at 10 gallons. I want 15. Second, the filler neck was in the center of the tank, which meant there wasn't enough clearance between it and the top wing to properly fill it - nozzles just wouldn't fit. The filler neck will go to the outside. Second, I'm going to keep the sight gauge simple - the long tubing I had was tough to sort out and just not simple enough. Also, with the filler neck to the outside I can use a dip stick to verify fuel levels. This pushes the CG forward, of course, but wasn't that something I mentioned that will have to happen already? smile


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#4516945 - 04/17/20 05:13 PM Re: 7/8 scale Nieuport 11. [Re: Dart]  
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Dart, did something happen to your website hosting the pictures? I'm trying to read through this great build of yours from the very start, but the pictures don't seem to be working anymore?

#4516982 - 04/17/20 10:31 PM Re: 7/8 scale Nieuport 11. [Re: Dart]  
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Seem to be working for me.

Here's a link to the EAA board where it's soup-to-peanuts:

http://eaaforums.org/showthread.php?612-Building-a-Nieuport-11


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#4516983 - 04/17/20 10:38 PM Re: 7/8 scale Nieuport 11. [Re: Dart]  
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Originally Posted by Dart
Direct control, fabric over aluminum frame.

[Linked Image]

[Linked Image]

Loads to do before it's done.


Can you see images in the above Dart?

I can't.


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#4516989 - 04/17/20 11:00 PM Re: 7/8 scale Nieuport 11. [Re: Dart]  
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#4517120 - 04/18/20 10:00 PM Re: 7/8 scale Nieuport 11. [Re: Dart]  
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Problem for me too.


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#4517129 - 04/18/20 10:46 PM Re: 7/8 scale Nieuport 11. [Re: Dart]  
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Hmmm, gonna have to fire up someone over this...

[that would be me...I think I didn't transfer those photos when I changed the hosting; most everything else went over]

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#4517148 - 04/19/20 03:46 AM Re: 7/8 scale Nieuport 11. [Re: Dart]  
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As compensation for failing to put those pictures on the website..



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#4517182 - 04/19/20 11:53 AM Re: 7/8 scale Nieuport 11. [Re: Dart]  
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It may help if you put a sacrificial piece of 1-2 inch thick sheet of foam board insulation under the aluminum to eliminate the flex, then you can cut it directly over the table instead of hanging over the edge.


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#4518234 - 04/26/20 02:37 PM Re: 7/8 scale Nieuport 11. [Re: F4UDash4]  
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They're all pretty much done.

I may rework two of them, - when I made the lower longerons yesterday I put a bit more curve all the way to the firewall and they're not fitting as well as I'd like.

And yes, yesterday big leaps towards the fuselage. Plans drawn out onto the table and the longerons bent to fit. They match pretty darned close, which is impressive considering I used a conduit bender and went by feel. smile

Debating on whether or not to go to the airport today to start cutting and coping tubing - I need a day of rest, and if I don't it'll be a very long week at work.


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#4519538 - 05/04/20 09:46 PM Re: 7/8 scale Nieuport 11. [Re: Dart]  
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The large tubes for the front of one side of the fuselage are bent, cut, and coped!

Next up is doing the half inch tubing at the rear and slamming in rivets.

Then flip it over, zip tie the other side's longerons to the first side, put down some blocks to help align things, and do it again!

Sure is starting to look very airplane like.


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#4520346 - 05/10/20 02:25 PM Re: 7/8 scale Nieuport 11. [Re: Dart]  
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The large gussets are in on one side!

Yay!


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#4520387 - 05/10/20 09:55 PM Re: 7/8 scale Nieuport 11. [Re: Dart]  
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Showing how far behind I am in making videos of the rebuild, here's setting up for the fuselage and making the longerons:



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#4520536 - 05/11/20 06:45 PM Re: 7/8 scale Nieuport 11. [Re: Dart]  
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Dart, do you have a target date for completion ?


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#4520554 - 05/11/20 10:15 PM Re: 7/8 scale Nieuport 11. [Re: Dart]  
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Oh, I'd like to have her in the air by August 16th.


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#4521087 - 05/16/20 12:10 PM Re: 7/8 scale Nieuport 11. [Re: Dart]  
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Talked to Mr. Baslee and the ovalized tubing for the gear, rear cabane strut, and interplane strut is on the way!

I also bit the bullet and bought a decent air compressor, an 8 gallon oiled pump version, along with a new hose.

The old air compressor is pretty old and, along with the motor sounding very end-of-life, there's a leak somewhere in the tank pressure/regulator assembly. That little 3 gallon pancake compressor surely did it's job, but she's seen better day.

The new hose is to replace the old one that has patches on patches on it. I refer to it as "Old Mister Leaky." smile

Plus a crapton more steel rivets, along with more aluminum ones.

Up to the airport this morning to do some more work!

[off topic]

Yesterday I had a chance to get a little stick time in a Cub. Funny thing, working on the darned things every day and not flying any of them....it's kind of depressing, really.

Anyhow, we're doing some shake out flying, and the boss (who's a helluva pilot) asks if I wanna go up. Uh, hail yeah, you bet I do. Crosswinds were a bit much for a first transition flight, so I followed along for take off, flew the plane around the pattern, and followed through on landings.

A couple notes:

1) Don was delighted that I instantly started S turning while taxiing down to the runway. Not being able to see over a nose is not a new thing for me, though.

2) That whole stick-and-rudder thing is just natural after a couple years flying the Nieuport. We had the Cub *cough* close *cough* to max gross, but she did the whole turn thing real nice. First time behind a stick since the whole tree thing and it was like riding a bike (except it was an airplane and I didn't crash).

3) I intentionally set Don up for a massive slip on final during the first run around, making sure I was at least a good 400 feet too high. Sucker cheated, went long, and landed on the grass area they have set up between the runways (we took off from the pavement).

4) He made a cute remark about flying a Cessna pattern, so the next time I did a Champ/Cub/Nieuport one, which put us right over terrain built for thermals and goofy wind - which is why I swung wide over it the first time. So I got to do some pilot-y stuff as well. smile

5) Once again, my reputation as a pilot took a hit. Don has over 10K hours in Cubs and the like (!), and he remarked that he was pleased at how I flew the aircraft, keeping heading on climb out, coordinating turns, etc. Maybe having most of my hours in a tricky little free flying ruddered drag monster of a light aircraft granted me a skill or two.

6) One uses the wrong rudder pedal on take off and landing in certified aircraft. They need to fix that so it matches a VW. I think I may write a letter to somebody about that.


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#4521100 - 05/16/20 01:51 PM Re: 7/8 scale Nieuport 11. [Re: Dart]  
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6) One uses the wrong rudder pedal on take off and landing in certified aircraft. They need to fix that so it matches a VW. I think I may write a letter to somebody about that.


Yeah, and they have been doing it wrong for so long you'd think they'd do something. winkngrin


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#4521103 - 05/16/20 03:01 PM Re: 7/8 scale Nieuport 11. [Re: Dart]  
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Originally Posted by Dart
6) One uses the wrong rudder pedal on take off and landing in certified aircraft. They need to fix that so it matches a VW. I think I may write a letter to somebody about that.


Apparently some of the Russian aircraft in IL-2 GB use a VW engine as well, they get me every time when they start torquing the opposite way from everything else.


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