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Posted: 11/5/2021 1:09:22 PM EDT
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Hands down, my favorite thread on Arfcom.
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Posted: 11/5/2021 1:10:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Snake85: Hands down, my favorite thread on Arfcom. I’m just waiting for the T-shirt link. |
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Posted: 11/5/2021 1:37:35 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Sinister]
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I love your projects, Guns!
On the canopy, is there something you can do like old-school vacu-forming the lexan (or something less stiff)? I have no automotive or craft skills, but is there something softer and less heat-sensitive (vinyl and hot guns)? Seems like it would be a shame to be opaque. (Never mind, I went back to page 9) I seem to remember that radio-controlled airplanes have a very thin (almost transparent) skin. Looks like they make it in gold.   Attached FileOf course, a pilot's bust and helmet could be another project. Just sayin' ... (throwing in Good Idea Fairy notions -- please no kick nards, am medicated from back surgery). |
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Posted: 11/5/2021 1:44:25 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Sinister]
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How about for the tails --
PH (Powell High) AF 22 (graduating class / year of manufacture), serial 2225 (classes of 2022-2025 project -- a little artistic license to go four digits instead of three -- or 345 for classes of 23, 24, and 25)?  |
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Posted: 11/5/2021 2:40:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Sinister: How about for the tails -- PH (Powell High) AF 22 (graduating class / year of manufacture), serial 2225 (classes of 2022-2025 project -- a little artistic license to go four digits instead of three -- or 345 for classes of 23, 24, and 25)? https://www.airplanes-online.com/images/usaf-tail-code-numbering-scheme.jpg Saved! Thank you. Good info to have. |
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Posted: 11/5/2021 3:53:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: My spelling has always sucked.  Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By Mak_380: Originally Posted By cschaeff: I believe it's "vinyl", Teach. He teaches art, not  My spelling has always sucked. My wife is a terrible speller too. "How do you spell dog?" "C-A-T." 
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Posted: 11/5/2021 4:03:00 PM EDT
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Update 11/5
Frantic Friday Edition.... The nose has a good start to being ready for some final detail work.  With the bird flipped on its back again we began working on bondo and skin near the nose.   Couple of Sophomores that are surprising me with their work.   I was making fun of this young man as he was working, because he is one of my team leaders and seems to be in almost all the pictures. He spends so many hours a day down here, that he is working on many parts of this project. He is staining the airfield tiers for the display.  New pieces for our "flaperons".  Windowed panels going up on our aircraft control tower.  I was excited to see our door actuator system coming together, but not happy to hear we need to move it from our original position in the bay.  My wiring student may hunt me down when I tell him we need to move the box again.....this will be the third time.  
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Posted: 11/5/2021 4:05:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By shack357: My wife is a terrible speller too. "How do you spell dog?" "C-A-T." Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By shack357: Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By Mak_380: Originally Posted By cschaeff: I believe it's "vinyl", Teach. He teaches art, not My spelling has always sucked. My wife is a terrible speller too. "How do you spell dog?" "C-A-T." As an underachiever, I tell people who comment on my spelling that there is a reason I'm the only one in my family that doesn't have an MD, PHD, or DDS after their name.
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Posted: 11/5/2021 4:41:51 PM EDT
[Last Edit: redoubt]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: As an underachiever, I tell people who comment on my spelling that there is a reason I'm the only one in my family that doesn't have an MD, PHD, or DDS after their name. If you had the MD no one would be able to make out your handwriting to tell if you misspelled anything. 
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Posted: 11/5/2021 5:19:03 PM EDT
[Last Edit: guns762]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By redoubt: If you had the MD no one would be able to make out your handwriting to tell if you misspelled anything. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By redoubt: Originally Posted By guns762: As an underachiever, I tell people who comment on my spelling that there is a reason I'm the only one in my family that doesn't have an MD, PHD, or DDS after their name. If you had the MD no one would be able to make out your handwriting to tell if you misspelled anything. See, that's the only thing I mastered.....writing like an MD, or DDS, in my father's case.  We had a discussion today in class about some of the questions that come up on ARFCOM. The kids were pretty funny. My Seniors decided they should have their own reality TV show for their Art class. They were hilarious talking about how it would be run; the back in the supply closet interviews where they post "their truths" about class, and the shenanigans, laughs, tears, and work that happen daily. I shook my head and said we would be cancel cultured after about two episodes. It was all pretty funny. They are a good bunch. Since we are out in the hallways and spread around pretty good, our little fake drama episodes/arguments about the projects, get quite the look from other staff and students as they pass by. |
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Posted: 11/5/2021 9:46:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: As an underachiever, I tell people who comment on my spelling that there is a reason I'm the only one in my family that doesn't have an MD, PHD, or DDS after their name. guns - you lie. You are NOT an underachiever, as documented by the countless taxidermy projects and giant sculptures in your school. You mold lives, and the sculptures are only token representations of the outsize influence you inspire in your students. |
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Posted: 11/5/2021 10:22:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: See, that's the only thing I mastered.....writing like an MD, or DDS, in my father's case. We had a discussion today in class about some of the questions that come up on ARFCOM. The kids were pretty funny. My Seniors decided they should have their own reality TV show for their Art class. They were hilarious talking about how it would be run; the back in the supply closet interviews where they post "their truths" about class, and the shenanigans, laughs, tears, and work that happen daily. I shook my head and said we would be cancel cultured after about two episodes. It was all pretty funny. They are a good bunch. Since we are out in the hallways and spread around pretty good, our little fake drama episodes/arguments about the projects, get quite the look from other staff and students as they pass by. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By redoubt: Originally Posted By guns762: As an underachiever, I tell people who comment on my spelling that there is a reason I'm the only one in my family that doesn't have an MD, PHD, or DDS after their name. If you had the MD no one would be able to make out your handwriting to tell if you misspelled anything. See, that's the only thing I mastered.....writing like an MD, or DDS, in my father's case. We had a discussion today in class about some of the questions that come up on ARFCOM. The kids were pretty funny. My Seniors decided they should have their own reality TV show for their Art class. They were hilarious talking about how it would be run; the back in the supply closet interviews where they post "their truths" about class, and the shenanigans, laughs, tears, and work that happen daily. I shook my head and said we would be cancel cultured after about two episodes. It was all pretty funny. They are a good bunch. Since we are out in the hallways and spread around pretty good, our little fake drama episodes/arguments about the projects, get quite the look from other staff and students as they pass by. You talk to and listen to your class. +1 |
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Posted: 11/6/2021 8:11:58 PM EDT
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Dude, if there is ever a class that should be made into a TV show, this is it. I love this stuff and I'm a fat old man.
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Posted: 11/7/2021 1:04:55 AM EDT
[Last Edit: brass]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: Update 11/5 Frantic Friday Edition.... The nose has a good start to being ready for some final detail work. https://i.imgur.com/2Yt343d.jpg With the bird flipped on its back again we began working on bondo and skin near the nose. https://i.imgur.com/KFMcJYw.jpg https://i.imgur.com/xhOPGw1.jpg Couple of Sophomores that are surprising me with their work. https://i.imgur.com/dw1WLI9.jpg I was making fun of this young man as he was working, because he is one of my team leaders and seems to be in almost all the pictures. He spends so many hours a day down here, that he is working on many parts of this project. He is staining the airfield tiers for the display. https://i.imgur.com/pMZSqzx.jpg New pieces for our "flaperons". https://i.imgur.com/ajFrw4n.jpg Windowed panels going up on our aircraft control tower. https://i.imgur.com/6KCNte0.jpg I was excited to see our door actuator system coming together, but not happy to hear we need to move it from our original position in the bay. My wiring student may hunt me down when I tell him we need to move the box again.....this will be the third time.https://i.imgur.com/X1q6hfZ.jpg https://i.imgur.com/97apTwy.jpg For the cockpit, you should paint it entirely light grey, then use black to draw the pilot sitting in his seat from above and the sides. When you apply the gold and iridescent only put them on half way with a lot of reducer and the outline of the pilot will "ghost" through on certain angles as you move. That will give it some depth instead of just making the whole canopy opaque. I have had acceptable results on smaller items using Krylon primers and colors, then laying down a metallic or pearl clear afterward without any compatibility issues (pinholes, fisheyes, bubbling, sags, melted look, never curing all the way, etc), just need to make sure each step is fully cured and don't rush it. If you can find both grey and black primer it might work to draw a silhouette of a pilot. Let that dry/cure for a day then lay down the gold in very light coats with plenty of time in between. If it starts bubbling or melting or wrinkling or anything else odd going on, just stop right there and wait a day to re-evaluate. Some paints are not compatible with the urethane long lasting paints and clear and sometimes that isn't found out until it's fully cured. |
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Posted: 11/7/2021 11:47:34 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: My spelling has always sucked. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By Mak_380: Originally Posted By cschaeff: I believe it's "vinyl", Teach. He teaches art, not My spelling has always sucked. |
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Posted: 11/7/2021 12:54:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Seiran: At least you're tall. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Seiran: Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By Mak_380: Originally Posted By cschaeff: I believe it's "vinyl", Teach. He teaches art, not My spelling has always sucked. 
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Posted: 11/7/2021 1:31:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By brass: For the cockpit, you should paint it entirely light grey, then use black to draw the pilot sitting in his seat from above and the sides. When you apply the gold and iridescent only put them on half way with a lot of reducer and the outline of the pilot will "ghost" through on certain angles as you move. That will give it some depth instead of just making the whole canopy opaque. I have had acceptable results on smaller items using Krylon primers and colors, then laying down a metallic or pearl clear afterward without any compatibility issues (pinholes, fisheyes, bubbling, sags, melted look, never curing all the way, etc), just need to make sure each step is fully cured and don't rush it. If you can find both grey and black primer it might work to draw a silhouette of a pilot. Let that dry/cure for a day then lay down the gold in very light coats with plenty of time in between. If it starts bubbling or melting or wrinkling or anything else odd going on, just stop right there and wait a day to re-evaluate. Some paints are not compatible with the urethane long lasting paints and clear and sometimes that isn't found out until it's fully cured. Sounds like a good idea and great advice. The ghost image thing might work. I'll have to run that by the kids and see what they think. |
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Posted: 11/9/2021 11:42:10 AM EDT
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Update 11/9
More work on our Air Traffic Control Tower.   Mountains are starting to get roughed out on our mural  Skin on the nose is about done, except for bondo and paper mache.    We will begin work on the intakes today. 
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Posted: 11/9/2021 1:22:51 PM EDT
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A local pizza chain should be delivering a pizza to that control tower.
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Posted: 11/9/2021 1:37:22 PM EDT
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Is that young lady using a staple gun again???!!
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Posted: 11/10/2021 2:30:39 AM EDT
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Magic!
At 5 minutes in he shows how to make a curved Riot Shield out of Arylic to do the 2 curve separate, do the longitudinal (front to back) forming then once it cools do the transverse left-right curving with heat on those spots and keep doing so at a slow rate than trying to get it all done in one go. I believe you've given up on the idea of the clear canopy, but this video is interesting as heck to watch for other reasons anyway.  Building An Updated Invisibility Shield... For Chris Ramsay!?! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G93bju1qCSI |
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Posted: 11/10/2021 12:07:22 PM EDT
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Update 11/10
More work on the ATCT. We discussed how to clean up some edges with trim.  BIG SHOUT OUT TO @FB41 THANK YOU!!!!!! FB41 sent us this package. I laughed when I saw the size. I had no idea it would be this big. I think some of our national shipping problems may be from this.   We think we can cut this to make hinges for both sides of the bottom weapons bay doors.  We are starting to get into more technical areas of this project. There is still a little bondo work that needs done, but the skinning is going to be pretty sporadic going forward. We will have to avoid some areas that have robotics projects in them.  My mechanical engineer has ideas about making the horizontal stabilizers/elevators move using pulleys. This will be where one of the pulleys is mounted. We continue to stress, accessibility for maintinence. I told them I would hunt them down later in life and bring them back here if something fails and we can't access it easily.   We again moved the mounting plate for the door actuators. This time we moved it to the middle of the bay. We think this will allow more access when things go wrong, and make it easier to move the entire door evenly.  We sprayed a little base coat paint onto the areas around the intake, so we won't have problems with coverage later.  
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Posted: 11/11/2021 1:06:04 PM EDT
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Update 11/11
Had one of my team leaders tackle the finishing edge of our British Airfield tiers..... I'm loving how this is turning out. Hot glue, clippings from the astroturf, and a heat gun( I think it's his favorite tool)...   Anchor point for pulley on horizontal stabilizer/elevator  Skinning the interior of the intakes  Our work so far on a sliding weight to move the flaps when the F22 moves.  |
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Posted: 11/11/2021 3:09:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: Update 11/11 Had one of my team leaders tackle the finishing edge of our British Airfield tiers..... I'm loving how this is turning out. Hot glue, clippings from the astroturf, and a heat gun( I think it's his favorite tool)... https://i.imgur.com/E0RR2O9.jpg Anchor point for pulley on horizontal stabilizer/elevator https://i.imgur.com/jCqcQKT.jpg Skinning the interior of the intakes https://i.imgur.com/zVegSL9.jpg Our work so far on a sliding weight to move the flaps when the F22 moves. https://i.imgur.com/1nNpvEg.jpg The Elevons you can tie together by running a straight bar between them that is moved by the motor so when one goes up, the other goes down, sort of like how RC aircraft set up the flaps on a servo, one is pushed while the other is pulled by the servo. Could do something similar to that to make it like a tie bar in automotive steering so they're always parallel but opposite direction. The weights could help but it would simplify it a little bit I think, not sure what you have in mind as it only works if one is going up while other is going down and not if they're both going up or down at the same time, no independent motion on the flaps/elevator. |
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Posted: 11/11/2021 3:10:32 PM EDT
[Last Edit: brass]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: Update 11/11 Had one of my team leaders tackle the finishing edge of our British Airfield tiers..... I'm loving how this is turning out. Hot glue, clippings from the astroturf, and a heat gun( I think it's his favorite tool)... https://i.imgur.com/E0RR2O9.jpg Anchor point for pulley on horizontal stabilizer/elevator https://i.imgur.com/jCqcQKT.jpg Skinning the interior of the intakes https://i.imgur.com/zVegSL9.jpg Our work so far on a sliding weight to move the flaps when the F22 moves. https://i.imgur.com/1nNpvEg.jpg The Stabilator you can tie together by running a straight bar between them that is moved by the motor so when one goes up, the other goes down, sort of like how RC aircraft set up the elevators on a servo, one is pushed while the other is pulled by the servo. Could do something similar to that to make it like a tie bar in automotive steering so they're always parallel but opposite direction. The weights could help but it would simplify it a little bit I think, not sure what you have in mind as it only works if one is going up while other is going down and not if they're both going up or down at the same time, no independent motion on the flaps/elevator. |
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Posted: 11/11/2021 3:49:17 PM EDT
[Last Edit: guns762]
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This is some great news, and some terrible news all at the same time.
 This young man, my team leader for the F22 project, is now going to be going to Washington D.C. in Jan. to be a Senate Page. He asked me to write him a letter or recommendation a few months ago, and he got his acceptance letter today. Years ago, my oldest son was also a Senate Page, and later an Intern for Sen. Enzie(WY-R). Anyway, this is fantastic news for him, but crappy news for our F22 program. I told him he can't take the heat gun with him.  |
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Posted: 11/11/2021 8:53:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TrashWrencher: I’m just waiting for the T-shirt link. |
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Posted: 11/11/2021 9:29:01 PM EDT
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I'm waiting on the Cubans.
And Snoopy. |
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Posted: 11/11/2021 11:36:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: This is some great news, and some terrible news all at the same time. This young man, my team leader for the F22 project, is now going to be going to Washington D.C. in Jan. to be a Senate Page. He asked me to write him a letter or recommendation a few months ago, and he got his acceptance letter today. Years ago, my oldest son was also a Senate Page, and later an Intern for Sen. Enzie(WY-R). Anyway, this is fantastic news for him, but crappy news for our F22 program. I told him he can't take the heat gun with him.https://i.imgur.com/UrDwzlr.jpg https://i.imgur.com/m8SfbXr.jpg Bravo Zulu, young man. |
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Posted: 11/12/2021 9:00:26 AM EDT
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I think I need to buy a shirt...these kids are the future, with the best guidance they could possibly have.
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Posted: 11/13/2021 9:57:00 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By armoredman: I think I need to buy a shirt...these kids are the future, with the best guidance they could possibly have. They available yet? |
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Posted: 11/13/2021 4:49:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By daveo: They available yet? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By daveo: Originally Posted By armoredman: I think I need to buy a shirt...these kids are the future, with the best guidance they could possibly have. They available yet? They haven't decided on a non-phallic symbol design. |
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Posted: 11/13/2021 6:26:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By brass: They haven't decided on a non-phallic symbol design. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By brass: Originally Posted By daveo: Originally Posted By armoredman: I think I need to buy a shirt...these kids are the future, with the best guidance they could possibly have. They available yet? They haven't decided on a non-phallic symbol design. 
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Posted: 11/14/2021 12:56:13 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By brass: They haven't decided on a non-phallic symbol design. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By brass: Originally Posted By daveo: Originally Posted By armoredman: I think I need to buy a shirt...these kids are the future, with the best guidance they could possibly have. They available yet? They haven't decided on a non-phallic symbol design.  We are closer than last week.
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Posted: 11/16/2021 12:04:29 AM EDT
[Last Edit: guns762]
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Update 11/15
The t-shirts are a little more refined than this, but I didn't get update photos to share yet.   Sanding and bondo again dominated much of the students time, but the intakes are getting serious attention all day long. It's just very tedious work, fitting each panel in place and making sure they are mirrors of the opposite side.  The frame work was pretty flimsy, but as we've added panels, everything has firmed up quite well.   Notice the inside and outside skin on the intakes coming to a knife edge. Pretty cool to see this come together.   With a short week coming and several of my taxidermist leaving for a couple hunts, one of our antelope projects is on hold, so I've got a taxidermist who needs work, so he's skinning the intakes.  |
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Posted: 11/16/2021 9:35:30 AM EDT
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Intakes are looking pretty good!
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Posted: 11/16/2021 10:16:33 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Ashraam: Intakes are looking pretty good! We've got some details to get built between the intake and fuselage that will be a little difficult because of work space between them. We aren't sure what all details will be inside the intakes quite yet. We probably need to go look at more detailed photos if they are out there. Most are pretty difficult to see much, other than "dark". |
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Posted: 11/16/2021 4:34:01 PM EDT
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Update 11/16
We have a working model for our gravity assisted flaps. We need to figure out how we are going to connect everything. We also may need a return spring in there to get the flap back to zero. We will see.   Center weapons bay doors all cut out. We are working on how we want them to open using the hinges that FB41 sent us, and possible closet tracks to help the edges roll open.   We are getting close to being done with the intake skin. There are quite a few details we still have to work out, but they are looking good.    She's so happy to be doing more paper mache'.    
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Posted: 11/16/2021 5:10:44 PM EDT
[Last Edit: redoubt]
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Posted: 11/17/2021 10:28:40 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By redoubt: Try these for the intakes: https://aviationweek.com/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/uploads/2019/10/f-22-sustainmentlockheed-martin-photo.jpg?itok=i1_MGmx0 https://ugc.kn3.net/i/origin/http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/Misc/RedFlag0702/Highlights/F22Taxying12oClock.jpg https://i.stack.imgur.com/mYA1W.jpg Internal ducting layout. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/74363/raptor_2015_039_tail_work_png-2169090.JPG Thank you! Those are great! Got them printed off and we will be using them today.
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Posted: 11/17/2021 10:38:46 AM EDT
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Update 11/17
More work on the mural. They started camouflaging the power cord that will go to the ATCT.   Second story of the Control Tower now getting put together.  We are working on how to make our gravity activated system work for the flaps. We need a pulley and a return spring; I'm going to go get those this morning.  "Flapperons" starting to look pretty good.  The intakes are starting to exceed my expectations for how I thought they would turn out. I've got a group of sophomores who are killing it on these. Exceptional work on fitting all of these crazy pieces together, and noticing details for implementation. Cool to see such a young group doing so well. I usually don't see this kind of dedication and professionalism until they are Seniors. Hard to see the little dividers in between the intake and fuselage, but they are there.  Little more bondo to blend the curves and some detail in between and we will be ready to flip the bird over again for a while. We are trying to decide when we want to take it back into the 3D room for painting on the canopy. We risk messing up the skin on the edges if we wait too long, and mess up the canopy paint if we do this too early. The fit through the doorway is tight. I'm a little stressed over this decision.   |
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Posted: 11/17/2021 11:39:53 AM EDT
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Is that going to have enough mass to actuate the flaps working against cable friction and a return spring?
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Posted: 11/17/2021 11:49:32 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By dmnoid77: Is that going to have enough mass to actuate the flaps working against cable friction and a return spring? We think we might have too much tight now. We will soon find out. We discussed on how to add more on either end to balance the action. I'm headed to get springs right now. |
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Posted: 11/17/2021 12:00:19 PM EDT
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I'm kinda curious to see if that slide binds when the frame starts to twist under motion.
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Posted: 11/17/2021 2:32:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Ashraam: I'm kinda curious to see if that slide binds when the frame starts to twist under motion. This crazy redneck engineered thing is going to work.
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Posted: 11/17/2021 2:46:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: This crazy redneck engineered thing is going to work. I mean, I'm hoping it does, really!
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Posted: 11/17/2021 2:46:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: This crazy redneck engineered thing is going to work. Rednecks put man on the moon.
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Posted: 11/17/2021 2:53:19 PM EDT
[Last Edit: guns762]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Ashraam: I mean, I'm hoping it does, really! We tested it a few minutes ago. It works. We just need to refine it a bit. Don't even need a return spring. Gravity both ways works perfectly. --ETA: may need more refining.....we added a bit of structure to the flap, and that added a bit of weight, now we need to adjust the sliding weight a bit, maybe add more weight. I spoke too soon.
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Posted: 11/17/2021 4:13:24 PM EDT
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Preliminary test while the wing was flat went well. No spring was needed to get the flap to come back down. We are now messing with the slide orientation angle to see if we can make it work without adding too much more weight.
 F-22 flaps gravity actuator test |
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Posted: 11/17/2021 4:27:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: Preliminary test while the wing was flat went well. No spring was needed to get the flap to come back down. We are now messing with the slide orientation angle to see if we can make it work without adding too much more weight.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDB4_ybvHP4Nice. Even if you have to add a bit of weight it looks like a pretty easy fix. |
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