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New Year project.........

Posted by Mick on Fri Dec 28, 2001 06:08:42 AM

to give me something to do............

My fave rave aeroplanes are the WWII era piston engined fighters, everything from Polikarpov I-16 etc etc etc, through Spit, Mustang, Tempest etc etc etc to the Eagle engined Wyvern etc etc etc, and I have always wanted to build myself a collection of fighter rudders to hang on me wall......yes sad isn't it.....but I don't have good enough info to achieve it.

I don't intend to follow original construction methods/material specs too closely, and they will be more like full-scale models of the rudders, but detailed externally.
What I need is good close-up piccies of the construction of the rudders before and after fabricing, and most especially close-up pics of the hinges, trim tabs, actuators, fabric taping etc.
Drawings would also be useful, as would some basic measurements, particularly of the details, and some idea of the weight of the real thing, so if anyone can help me annoy my wife by doing this rather than yet more decorating, PLEASE e-mail me.

Cheers Me Dears
Mick

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