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Posted: 1/6/2022 11:03:21 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By armoredman: Nice! What other tools might you be needing? I had a chance to talk to students yesterday and a die grinder was suggested. I'm not sure if battery powered or air powered would be best. The air powered are much cheaper, and we have air and hoses readily available. We end up using Dremels in areas where they are a little small for what we are tying to do. We also always need more sawsall blades, jigsaw blades, dremel cut off wheels, grinding bits, and DeWalt 20vt batteries.  |
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Posted: 1/7/2022 10:51:06 AM EDT
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Update 1/7
Frantic Friday Edition Left wing edge getting detailed. We also managed to find the electrical box after enclosing it completely without marking it.   Weapons bay doors going together with the piano hinges. Wing bumps also getting more even before sculpting.  With the bay door installed, and making sure everything is centered........it isn't. We've got a little problem that will need adjusted a bit. The bottom of the front of the fuselage is out of alignment by about 1/2". This is pretty obvious with the doors on. We will have to adjust that by adding some to the left side of the fuselage. After some rasping and sanding.  Students are doing well on skinning the bottom behind the bay doors.   |
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Posted: 1/7/2022 12:27:09 PM EDT
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Is there a new art technique you are trying?
Why are you covering the plane in cream cheese? 
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Posted: 1/7/2022 3:05:11 PM EDT
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And just for the record.....
Two different students did not get left on the lift yesterday, two different times. It didn't happen.  That is all. |
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Posted: 1/7/2022 5:43:56 PM EDT
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Awesome video posted, if you haven't seen the thread yet......
https://www.ar15.com/forums/general/F-22-Raptor-video-I-took-this-week-Cool-stuff-/5-2520120/?r=-1&page=1&anc=96683412#i96683412 |
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Posted: 1/7/2022 6:33:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: And just for the record..... Two different students did not get left on the lift yesterday, two different times. It didn't happen. That is all.  |
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Posted: 1/8/2022 8:33:58 PM EDT
[Last Edit: armoredman]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: I had a chance to talk to students yesterday and a die grinder was suggested. I'm not sure if battery powered or air powered would be best. The air powered are much cheaper, and we have air and hoses readily available. We end up using Dremels in areas where they are a little small for what we are tying to do. We also always need more sawsall blades, jigsaw blades, dremel cut off wheels, grinding bits, and DeWalt 20vt batteries. I'll see what the paycheck will let me do...don't think the die grinder is in the cards right now, from me, sorry, but I will find something. |
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Posted: 1/8/2022 11:37:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By armoredman: I'll see what the paycheck will let me do...don't think the die grinder is in the cards right now, from me, sorry, but I will find something. Seriously, please don't put yourself out. It's not necessary, and no need to apologize. |
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Posted: 1/9/2022 12:28:23 AM EDT
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Sorry if this has been suggested but could you do a Wedding Registry type thing at Home Depot, Amazon, or another hardware store?
Might make it easier to grab supplies and tools |
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Posted: 1/9/2022 1:06:29 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BigMat: Sorry if this has been suggested but could you do a Wedding Registry type thing at Home Depot, Amazon, or another hardware store? Might make it easier to grab supplies and tools Home Depot or Lowes, & seconded. |
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Posted: 1/9/2022 7:58:43 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: Update 1/4 Moving the Sopwith today. We are running into a little problem getting it closer to the wall. The light fixtures and sprinkler system are in the way and we don't want to have a problem messing with either. We think we can get the tail a bit closer to the corner of the room, but the center will need to stay about the same. It should be able a bit more than it currently is and hopefully we can get it closer to the ceiling. https://i.imgur.com/bwsDnyE.jpeg  Whoa! whoa! Mr. Kotter! That rigging to the left has "Saddled a Dead Horse", that means the saddle of the wire rope clip is on "dead"(wrong) cable side or tail end and not the "live" working load side. The bottom clip twist is hard to tell in the image but looks like may be wrong also. Meaning both clips were placed being backwards. The U bolt goes around the dead tail end and the weighted "live" side goes inside & against the "saddle". You want the cable coming down or under the load to be in the saddle against it and the tail end after it goes around the thimble to help press it into that saddle. Also the number of clips is wrong, can't tell the cable size but it needs at least 3 cable clips all placed on it the same way, with a certain amount spacing between and a length of tail extending beyond that last 3rd (or more) clip. Here are two charts with examples below. The line coming down through the ceiling is the "live" line and when it comes back around the thimble and becomes the tail, which is now called the dead end. Quick Reminder Phrase is to "Never saddle a dead horse" https://www.sapsis-rigging.com/clipapp.html https://www.worksafenb.ca/safety-talk/en/15-wire-rope-cable-clips.html In case you want a laugh some non standard humorous industry terms https://www.sapsis-rigging.com/NSTTerms.html from around the country. Sapsis Rigging is an entertainment theater industry Supplier. They also have that odd ' stage hardware" that lets us hang everything and fly it in(down) and out(up) repetitively or leave it hanging, quality "D rings and Keeper Plates" that are rated are worth their weight in gold for safety. After that then there is "Grip" rigging hardware which becomes equally puzzling for the wth?, Grips will build a cage around various cars and then ride and film on it outside the car. You can trust them and their weird hardware more than Alec Baldwin on a set..... Fun Fact, that fits with the planes themes, in the 1950's& 1960's the improved and condensed Camera Dollies came about from their creator being in WW2 loading bombs onto planes and using their special dollies. I saw down the page it was back up in the air, so please make sure the cable clips were put back on right , and that they have the right number of clips and spacing. If it needs fixing, teach the kids to "Never Saddle a Dead Horse" for a way to remember which way the cable clip parts go for safety. They'll then spot them wrong on many so called professional install jobs especially in nightclubs, bars/restaurants and even museums. I've had to explain the proper use while also narc'ing the unsafe crap the to the local city's building inspector during inspections while working to open new clubs. Because the other companies didn't want to fix them, despite easy to do one at a time , even if already skating on a thin the safety factor, you don't have to unhang anything or loose the trim angle. So that was Never Saddle A Dead Horse, Along with the always wise words & lyrics from the band "Riders in the Sky", who reminds you to Always drink upstream of the herd and to never squat while wearing spurs. |
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Posted: 1/9/2022 10:41:34 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By kudzunc: https://i.imgur.com/bwsDnyE.jpeg Whoa! whoa! Mr. Kotter! That rigging to the left has "Saddled a Dead Horse", that means the saddle of the wire rope clip is on "dead"(wrong) cable side or tail end and not the "live" working load side. The bottom clip twist is hard to tell in the image but looks like may be wrong also. Meaning both clips were placed being backwards. The U bolt goes around the dead tail end and the weighted "live" side goes inside & against the "saddle". You want the cable coming down or under the load to be in the saddle against it and the tail end after it goes around the thimble to help press it into that saddle. Also the number of clips is wrong, can't tell the cable size but it needs at least 3 cable clips all placed on it the same way, with a certain amount spacing between and a length of tail extending beyond that last 3rd (or more) clip. Here are two charts with examples below. The line coming down through the ceiling is the "live" line and when it comes back around the thimble and becomes the tail, which is now called the dead end. Quick Reminder Phrase is to "Never saddle a dead horse" https://www.sapsis-rigging.com/clipapp.html https://www.worksafenb.ca/safety-talk/en/15-wire-rope-cable-clips.html In case you want a laugh some non standard humorous industry terms https://www.sapsis-rigging.com/NSTTerms.html from around the country. Sapsis Rigging is an entertainment theater industry Supplier. They also have that odd ' stage hardware" that lets us hang everything and fly it in(down) and out(up) repetitively or leave it hanging, quality "D rings and Keeper Plates" that are rated are worth their weight in gold for safety. After that then there is "Grip" rigging hardware which becomes equally puzzling for the wth?, Grips will build a cage around various cars and then ride and film on it outside the car. You can trust them and their weird hardware more than Alec Baldwin on a set..... Fun Fact, that fits with the planes themes, in the 1950's& 1960's the improved and condensed Camera Dollies came about from their creator being in WW2 loading bombs onto planes and using their special dollies. I saw down the page it was back up in the air, so please make sure the cable clips were put back on right , and that they have the right number of clips and spacing. If it needs fixing, teach the kids to "Never Saddle a Dead Horse" for a way to remember which way the cable clip parts go for safety. They'll then spot them wrong on many so called professional install jobs especially in nightclubs, bars/restaurants and even museums. I've had to explain the proper use while also narc'ing the unsafe crap the to the local city's building inspector during inspections while working to open new clubs. Because the other companies didn't want to fix them, despite easy to do one at a time , even if already skating on a thin the safety factor, you don't have to unhang anything or loose the trim angle. So that was Never Saddle A Dead Horse, Along with the always wise words & lyrics from the band "Riders in the Sky", who reminds you to Always drink upstream of the herd and to never squat while wearing spurs. He still has to replace the ceiling tile. I'll have him take a look and pass along the info. Thanks. |
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Posted: 1/10/2022 3:30:09 PM EDT
[#13]
@guns762- Check IM
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Posted: 1/11/2022 1:41:54 AM EDT
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IM sent too!
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Posted: 1/11/2022 12:02:14 PM EDT
[Last Edit: guns762]
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Update 1/11
We only have 3 sheets of drawing board left on hand. I ordered some last Monday, but it will be another week or so before we get it, so skinning is going to come to an abrupt end for a bit. We are going to proceed with more texture details on the front of the fuselage. We are also going to map out more details and start sculpting those into and onto the skin that we have done. When that is further along, we will start with some paint. I've sent a photo to @Desertshark76239 who is going to try to paint match it for us.  Sherwin-Williams for the win!  This foam will hopefully help us straighten out our alignment problem.  Getting there....  Smoothing out the edges of the fuselage near the side bay doors.  Round #2 for the tip of the nose. I think this one is going better.  This will be some supporting structure for our 3D napalm explosion in our mural.  Wing bumps on the underside of the wings are getting glued down, and separated.   |
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Posted: 1/11/2022 12:02:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MrHold: IM sent too! Thank you for the link.
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Posted: 1/11/2022 12:03:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FB41: @guns762- Check IM Students are excited and looking forward to it.
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Posted: 1/12/2022 11:09:18 AM EDT
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Update 1/12
My wife told me we made the paper yesterday. The reporter is a former student.   One more window to go on our control tower.  The mural that never ends.......  Students afraid of heights need not apply for this job. I've got some great students who are overcoming their fear of heights. More than one has asked.....".this won't fall over right?"  Napalm explosion understructure.  Blending our lines a little with bodo and sand paper. A great lesson in how to use as little bondo as possible, is to assign them to sand down the excess later.......   This guy is a great sport.....he has been our most dedicated hand sander. He fixes everyone's mistakes.  We are much closer to having our center line fixed. More bondo, then paper mache'.  Tip of the plane is just about perfect.  We might get a little more skin on the back today, but this will be it for a week or so. Details will be where we spend much of our time over the next couple weeks.  |
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Posted: 1/12/2022 11:08:56 PM EDT
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Looking good. Probably time to decide work is not progressing fast enough, and to reorganize the work teams completely, putting folks who hate working together, together, to build synergy.
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Posted: 1/13/2022 1:20:56 AM EDT
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Are you waiting on more boards to start riveting?
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Posted: 1/13/2022 2:38:00 AM EDT
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Be careful with that explosion, because…
Napalm sticks to kids! |
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Posted: 1/13/2022 7:59:54 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By backbencher: Looking good. Probably time to decide work is not progressing fast enough, and to reorganize the work teams completely, putting folks who hate working together, together, to build synergy. We musta worked for the same company at one time.
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Posted: 1/13/2022 11:18:29 AM EDT
[Last Edit: guns762]
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Update 1/13
Nose got a bit of bondo to even out and fill in spots, and is about ready for paper mache over top. One of my paper mache artists is quarantined at the moment, so progress on that has stopped.   We have the center line fixed, but we still have a bit of a lopsided problem with part of the intake, and we need to mate the doors to the fuselage better. Foam will be added today, sculpted, then papermache'd.  Finding all the panel lines and places that need detailed is time consuming. Finding one is easy, making sure the mirror is in the same spot takes more time.  Napalm structure is done. No children were burned during this construction.  My robotics students have secured the motor for the side doors, and are now working to get arms to move the doors set up. They tested out the motor a bit yesterday and replaced a printed drive gear with an aluminum one. They set the tension on the chain. We will need to work on limiters or we might have some serious problems with the doors. Not sure they have thought about that yet.  Not sure this video will play using imgur or not, but here it goes. If you click on the non image, it will play.    F-22 bay side bay door motor Our web design/robotics/drone instructor likes the idea of posting up scanable QR codes and setting up a website to host the video and images of the projects. If and when that happens, I will post the codes here for you all to enjoy. He specifically mentioned that it would be great for "The Investors" to be able to see video from drones of each of the projects.  |
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Posted: 1/13/2022 11:42:43 AM EDT
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If I had a teacher like you I probably wouldnt have dropped out. You rock dude!
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Posted: 1/13/2022 12:33:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: I had a chance to talk to students yesterday and a die grinder was suggested. I'm not sure if battery powered or air powered would be best. The air powered are much cheaper, and we have air and hoses readily available. We end up using Dremels in areas where they are a little small for what we are tying to do. We also always need more sawsall blades, jigsaw blades, dremel cut off wheels, grinding bits, and DeWalt 20vt batteries. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By armoredman: Nice! What other tools might you be needing? I had a chance to talk to students yesterday and a die grinder was suggested. I'm not sure if battery powered or air powered would be best. The air powered are much cheaper, and we have air and hoses readily available. We end up using Dremels in areas where they are a little small for what we are tying to do. We also always need more sawsall blades, jigsaw blades, dremel cut off wheels, grinding bits, and DeWalt 20vt batteries. I've got a small die grinder I can send out-just need an address. Bought 4 of them on clearance at Walmart last year because they were a good price. |
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Posted: 1/14/2022 3:28:20 PM EDT
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I managed to delete this update before I even posted it earlier.
 Update 1/14/22 Yesterday and today we worked to get the texture finished on the bottom of the wings. Students got panel lines marked, hard point shapes/panel points glued down, and some paper mache on the bumps.     We are also working to get all the panel lines on the bottom of the fuselage where we are done skinning. The panels right behind the bay doors looked to be bi-symmetrical, but the closer we looked at multiple pictures, the more we think they are not.  If we are wrong, let us know and we will patch them, and rework them. We think this is right, as weird as it looks.   We are still working on the bay door front fuselage mating point.  Panel lines along the bottom of the fuselage under the cockpit.  |
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Posted: 1/17/2022 10:23:35 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: +$65 for spray paint & sandpaper +155 for dual light port box and fiber optic lights, vinyl table cloth, and LED light strips ___________________________________________ Total as of 12/6 $1727.00 Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By guns762: Update 5/6 1st delivery of plywood showed up this morning. Three sheets of 1/2" 4x8 total $196.77 So I can keep track of the costs for people interested...... Total cost as of 5/6/21 $196.77 Update 8/23 Total cost as of 5/6/21 $196.77 + $94.00 for 2x6, 2x2s and 1x2s _______________________________ Total spent so far $290.00 + 97.00 for two gallons of paint, rollers, brushes, tape, mask tape, rolling trays _________________________________________ Total cost as of 8/25/21 = $387.00 +$200.00 10 2x4s, 1 1/2" chipboard plywood, 1/2" all thread, 1/2" nuts and washers __________________________________________________ = $587.00 + $200 for 5 1/48 scale model aircraft - Spitfire, F-14, F-4, F-22, ME-109 ____________________________________________________ = Total as of 8/27/21 $787.00 + $65.00 for two gallons of blue paint _______________________________ = $852.00 total as of 9/10/21 __________________________________________ + $100 for new plywood, 1x2s and 2x2s + $952.00 total spent as of 9/14/21 + $190 for 1x8s, plywood, all-thread, screws _______________________________________ = $1142.00 total as of 9/30/21 + $215.00 for Lexan and Decal transfer material, fiberglass resin, fiberglass cloth, electrical boxes ________________________________________ = $1357.00 total as of 10/6/21 +150.00 for Lexan for mach cones, holographic paint, & extention cord for display _______________________________ $1507.00 total as of 11/5/21 +$65 for spray paint & sandpaper +155 for dual light port box and fiber optic lights, vinyl table cloth, and LED light strips ___________________________________________ Total as of 12/6 $1727.00 + $90 for paint for fuselage +$10 for poly-fill for explosion +20 for metal and plastic door arms +100 for 30 sheets of drawing board for rest of skin _____________________________________________ Total as of 1/17/22 $1,947.00 |
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Posted: 1/17/2022 10:30:40 AM EDT
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Update 1/17
Another huge THANK YOU to @FB41  This package showed up Friday right before students were excused for the day. This young man is a welding fabricator with an incredible attention to detail, imagination, and artistic sense. He has been scaling most of our F-22, and drawing up the wings and elevators from caliper and the 1/48 scale model. He was very excited to see the new air tools and so many accessories for us to use.  Again, FB41, thank you Sir!  The panel lines continue on the fuselage. There are more there, and more obvious than one would initially expect. They will have to be done before we hit it with paint. The nose triangle line will be interesting to create.    |
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Posted: 1/17/2022 10:33:33 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By shack357: I've got a small die grinder I can send out-just need an address. Bought 4 of them on clearance at Walmart last year because they were a good price. Thank you Shack for the offer. That is very generous of you. Looks like we are good on those for a bit.
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Posted: 1/17/2022 11:27:36 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: Update 1/17 Another huge THANK YOU to @FB41 This package showed up Friday right before students were excused for the day. This young man is a welding fabricator with an incredible attention to detail, imagination, and artistic sense. He has been scaling most of our F-22, and drawing up the wings and elevators from caliper and the 1/48 scale model. He was very excited to see the new air tools and so many accessories for us to use. https://i.imgur.com/sz2f0E9.jpg Again, FB41, thank you Sir! https://i.imgur.com/r30CUct.jpg The panel lines continue on the fuselage. There are more there, and more obvious than one would initially expect. They will have to be done before we hit it with paint. The nose triangle line will be interesting to create. https://i.imgur.com/tbFBgmB.jpg https://i.imgur.com/X6siTri.jpg You're welcome.
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Posted: 1/18/2022 10:43:12 AM EDT
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Update 1/18
Lots of small things going on as far as texture and details. Unfortunately, a couple of my students out sick yesterday, so we didn't get much done on the robotics side. We are almost done with the underside of the wings. Marker lights, and smoothing out of the wing bumps still needs to happen, then we can flip them over and start the top details.  We did get more details on the tower. It was suggested we should have lights inside. Huh. Probably should have given that more thought earlier.   I warned her that napalm sticks to kids......she didn't think I was very funny.  We got our panel lines on the bottom front of the fuselage, only to realize, the front 1/3d was over done.   Time for small screws. Luckily, these came with the long continuous hinge. We did have to rework and mark a few, after some students didn't think that alignment wasn't that big of deal. It's rivets......just no rivets. This guy had to come to the rescue. I need him to start the fiber optic light bundles coming out of the thrusters soon.  We need to describe the landing gear panel doors on the side of the fuselage. To do that accurately, we need the wings back on. We may do that today to get some marks down.  |
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Posted: 1/19/2022 11:59:35 AM EDT
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Update 1/19
Yesterday was a very busy day. We had administrative teams from all over the basin to observe what we do here at PHS. They managed to show up during my busiest hour. Our F-22 team did a great job answering questions for them when asked, and the administrators were very impressed with what was going on. It was a good time to have the wings back on the fuselage to check for landing gear panel alignment between the two, and to fix the mate up of the wing root and fuselage root. It's also much more impressive for guests when the wings are on.   We added foam to areas that were too low, and then contoured them. When we get the transition to the fuselage a bit cleaner, we will paper mache over top.  A little closer to correcting where our door edge meets the fuselage up front.  Students wanted to use bondo the blend the line on the nose cone a bit. Today they will sand it out so we have the distinct line on the back side, and smooth forward.  Napalm grows.  More details on our tower windows.  It is time to make the mach cones/thrust flame coming out of the nozzles. We thought we needed a straight edge to make the lexan bend evenly, so we screwed it down to the wood first, then used that to roll it over. Not sure we will do that on the second version.  It takes 3 people to roll, drill, then screw the sheet into a 6.5" tube, but it works. It didn't shatter. Now we have to make it hook up with our frame.  This is the drawing students came up with to make a support frame for the tube. That will begin being made down in the welding room today.  And now we have our drawing boards to continue skinning.  This is $700 worth of drawing board. 200 sheets of 20"x30". We will go thought it quickly.  |
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Posted: 1/19/2022 2:17:41 PM EDT
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Am I the only one that looks at pictures like this and thinks: Future X-Wing Fighter, where's R2D2
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Posted: 1/19/2022 2:48:46 PM EDT
[Last Edit: guns762]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GiggleSmith: Am I the only one that looks at pictures like this and thinks: Future X-Wing Fighter, where's R2D2https://i.imgur.com/0hcrrbZ.jpg I see it. We might have done something Star Wars at some point, except for the possibility that Disney would probably file a lawsuit , and so many people have done similar projects.
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Posted: 1/19/2022 3:09:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: I see it. We might have done something Star Wars at some point, except for the possibility that Disney would probably file a lawsuit , and so many people have done similar projects.Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By GiggleSmith: Am I the only one that looks at pictures like this and thinks: Future X-Wing Fighter, where's R2D2https://i.imgur.com/0hcrrbZ.jpg I see it. We might have done something Star Wars at some point, except for the possibility that Disney would probably file a lawsuit , and so many people have done similar projects.X-Wing would make an awesome project in the future though. Maybe B-Wing or Y-Wing if you want something less common. Or place smaller versions of those in the background. Battlestar Viper would be super cool too. |
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Posted: 1/19/2022 3:49:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Ashraam: X-Wing would make an awesome project in the future though. Maybe B-Wing or Y-Wing if you want something less common. Or place smaller versions of those in the background. Battlestar Viper would be super cool too. Now you are speaking the language of my people.......13th tribe. SO SAY WE ALL! |
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Posted: 1/19/2022 3:51:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: Now you are speaking the language of my people.......13th tribe. SO SAY WE ALL! Reboot Mark II, please. The Mark VII is just gross. 
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Posted: 1/19/2022 7:53:28 PM EDT
[#38]
I was thinking Snowspeeder for next year.
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Posted: 1/19/2022 9:04:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By backbencher: I was thinking Snowspeeder for next year. Would have been appropriate today. Pretty Hoth like outside. |
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Posted: 1/19/2022 9:23:06 PM EDT
[Last Edit: AeroE]
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The basic rule for the edges of the chevrons on doors is that they are parallel to some other edge.
The leading and trailing edges set the basic angles. The next criteria is the length of the edges, but that is not important on this project.  For example, the wing leading edges are parallel to the outboard trailing edges at the wing tips. That same theme is repeated all over the airframe in every cover, door, and vent. Note the projected angle of the vertical tails in the top view, and the alignments of the inlet, wing, vertical, and horizontal tails. Also note the alignment in the front view. This is a feature of low observable airplanes that affects the reflected radar signal. The feature is called "planform alignment". |
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Posted: 1/19/2022 9:46:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: Now you are speaking the language of my people.......13th tribe. SO SAY WE ALL! Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By Ashraam: X-Wing would make an awesome project in the future though. Maybe B-Wing or Y-Wing if you want something less common. Or place smaller versions of those in the background. Battlestar Viper would be super cool too. Now you are speaking the language of my people.......13th tribe. SO SAY WE ALL! |
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Posted: 1/19/2022 10:36:18 PM EDT
[Last Edit: jarhead13]
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Not to derail, but what’s the status on the t shirts?
Edit; fat thumbs |
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Posted: 1/20/2022 9:16:58 AM EDT
[#43]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jarhead13: Not to derail, but what’s the status on the t shirts? Edit; fat thumbs I think we are ready to go, I just need to talk to Striker and I would like us to see a little further progress on our plane before our "launch". Kids asked me the same earlier this week.
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Posted: 1/20/2022 12:16:00 PM EDT
[#44]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: I think we are ready to go, I just need to talk to Striker and I would like us to see a little further progress on our plane before our "launch". Kids asked me the same earlier this week. CC in hand rarin' to go! |
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Posted: 1/20/2022 2:55:30 PM EDT
[#45]
Update 1/20
Kind of cool to see the Robotics and Drone class down playing with their new Mavic Minis in the Commons. They had 8 of them buzzing around. Neat!  We had some 3D printed parts for our door actuators today.  A motor mount for the main bay doors   More work on the nose cone.  A little more bondo and sanding is needed on our wing root.  We began working on getting the fiber optic bundle glued to the inside of our lexan tubes. We found we need the hi temp guns to get the glue hot enough to start to melt the fiber so some of the light gets dispersed, and not sent all the way to the end of the fiber. Hopefully it looks better than we are starting out with. It worked so well with our Unicorns. |
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Posted: 1/20/2022 4:41:36 PM EDT
[#46]
Upate 1/20.2
So I forgot an important part of working with the fiber.......sanding it. Without sanding.   
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Posted: 1/21/2022 11:28:29 AM EDT
[Last Edit: guns762]
[#47]
Update 1/21
We will need to see about some improvements to our engine thrusts depiction. We are working on a couple options. Possibility of more light? Adding polyfill with a little color to it? I'll post pictures later. The napalm is looking pretty cool.  ETA: More pictures of our mach cones out of the engine. Not sure this will be enough with lights on washing out our fiber. With color it's a little better, but not much.   We will mess with this a bit and see how it looks if it is thinned out and added over the fiber. The experimenting is kind of fun.  Just about ready for some paint on the bottom of the front fuselage.  Wing root is looking better. 
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Posted: 1/21/2022 6:41:13 PM EDT
[#48]
How much of the clear plastic tubes will be sticking out the back of the plane?
What if you put a fan in the forward end of each tube to blow the fibers around inside the tubes? The fibers would blow straight back and maybe move around a little. Fans could turn on and off as often as you want. Include jet engine sound too. |
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Posted: 1/21/2022 9:11:16 PM EDT
[#49]
If I’m not mistaken, I think the napalm smoke should have more black, after all it is a jelled hydrocarbon.
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Posted: 1/24/2022 10:23:52 AM EDT
[#50]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jarhead13: If I’m not mistaken, I think the napalm smoke should have more black, after all it is a jelled hydrocarbon. We are planning on airbrushing in black and gray when she is done sculpting with the poly-fill. |
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