by dpcmodels » Wed Oct 26, 2016 3:39 pm
Nice job Andrew! These kits tend to build out a bit on the heavy side. I haven't gotten
a chance to do one of their laser cuts from this series yet. Last one I built was the old die-
cut oak version. As with most current Guillow kits, they are to a degree, over engineered.
If being built for rubber I would have sanded the heck our of the formers to nearly half the
thickness and maybe cut away some of the extra fat on the formers. Tail probably would
have been laminated to save weight there too. For the wing, it appears it that if you left out
F3,F5,F7 and F9 you would still have a good solid structure. The trade off is possible covering
sag between the ribs. But that's just me. Enjoying your build and hope it all works out for you.
One final thought on Guillows. These were designed for multi purpose roles much like the old
Sterling Kits of the 1960's. Freeflight was to be with a cox .020-.049 motor or converted to
control line flying or maybe just built for display. Seldom was there any information on converting
to RC ( Sterlings ). Rubber powered flight was out of the question due to the AUW from the heavy
structures and the lack of good quality rubber.
Dave
Nice job Andrew! These kits tend to build out a bit on the heavy side. I haven't gotten
a chance to do one of their laser cuts from this series yet. Last one I built was the old die-
cut oak version. As with most current Guillow kits, they are to a degree, over engineered.
If being built for rubber I would have sanded the heck our of the formers to nearly half the
thickness and maybe cut away some of the extra fat on the formers. Tail probably would
have been laminated to save weight there too. For the wing, it appears it that if you left out
F3,F5,F7 and F9 you would still have a good solid structure. The trade off is possible covering
sag between the ribs. But that's just me. Enjoying your build and hope it all works out for you.
One final thought on Guillows. These were designed for multi purpose roles much like the old
Sterling Kits of the 1960's. Freeflight was to be with a cox .020-.049 motor or converted to
control line flying or maybe just built for display. Seldom was there any information on converting
to RC ( Sterlings ). Rubber powered flight was out of the question due to the AUW from the heavy
structures and the lack of good quality rubber.
Dave