Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Air Models / March 2007

I rudely interrupted the other thread, so this one has been started for
comments on bashing the (.60) Uproar kit (or the .40).

I definitely want to add a canopy to the plane, and the trike gear is
something I will consider, although I would like to learn a little about
tail draggers (which I haven't flown, yet).

I appreciate the help on wetting down the balsa in order to get it a little
more "bendable". Was that Bob who suggested straight ammonia? Hey, Bob, does
that smell as bad as the CA? Maybe it covers the CA smell. In any case,
since my lovely bride has ammonia around here someplace, it will be ammonia
that I try, though I wonder what a few minutes with a steam iron might do.
(It might get me a bruise from said lovely bride, come to think of it. She
doesn't play with my planes and I am not supposed to play with her equipment
(ahem)!

I just noticed I messed up another part of the wing on the uproar. The sheet
on the top of the trailing edge was supposed to go down AFTER I shaped the
trailing edge to follow the curved contours of the ribs. Hmm! I didn't do
that on wing number one. Looks like I go back and try to correct that little
error........... or I could make the same mistake on the other wing and then
add a little to the leading edge of the aileron to match the thickness of
the wing's TE.

I'm making enough errors in this build, but that was kind of the reason for
doing it in the first place. I hadn't built anything for many years, and I
didn't want to practice on the Bruce Tharpe's Venture 60 kit. I got the
Uproar for $25 and figure I can afford to make some errors and learn in the
process. This building stuff is kind of fun. I may even decide to build the
GP Ultimate Biplane kit I bought by mistake. Rather than sell it, I will
probably make that next winter's project ........ maybe. I sure don't plan
to build everything from a kits, however. I started this hobby too late for
that.

By the way, one of the things I noticed in the plans for the Uproar was a
mistake they make with the 2B reinforcing piece (I guess that a doubler)at
the TE of the root rib. The plan shows it glued to the root rib, while the
picture shows it attached to the "rib" in the center section. I don't see
where the instructions mention it at all. I glued it to the wing tip side of
the root rib, since that's where the plans showed it.

By the way, it appears that Titebond may be compatible with CA. It may, in
fact, act almost as a kicker for the CA or maybe a thickener. The joints
where I used the two seem tight.

Any other suggestions for mods? Or suggestions, in general.

Harlan