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2018 Jim Richmond Open Results
From Left to Right, Bud Romak, Steve Brown, John Kagan, Jim Richmond, Larry Cailliau. Photo Credit Eduardo Guerrero
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Denny Dart Mk. SO 2017
Denny Dart Mk. SO 2017
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There really is not a whole lot to the plane that Gary Hinze doesn’t already cover in his Denny Dart Mk.IIH build tutorial.
Build it as per the plan, but without the tissue on the bottom. Tissue covering goes on last.
Prototype was covered with Esaki tissue, but dollar store tissue will work fine.
I highly recommend laying out the tissue and misting it with water, then letting it dry first before covering. Cut pieces to size, then use an iron on the highest setting to press it flat.
I like to use the back side of paper towels as a bottom surface as it gives the tissue a bit of surface rugosity. Cover immediately after pressing.
Glue sticks work great for this. Cover the center of the wing before the tips.
Only small notes I’d make:
Make sure to sand the wing tip spars at an angle to match the center spar at the dihedral breaks. You don’t want gaps here as gaps = weak point. I’d also recommend cutting small strips of tissue and reinforcing the bottom edge of the wing spars at the break.
Also will recommend doing the same with the rudder, going over the top side opposite the covered side as this area will take a lot of abuse.
Stab tilt may need adjustment, so I recommend that this joint by glued with Duco or Ambroid.
These glues can be dissolved with acetone readily for easy adjustment. The rest of the plane can be built with Titebond or Duco. I don’t recommend CA as it is too brittle.
~Mike Kirda
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Call for Timekeepers for the 2018 Indoor World Championships at West Baden
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The Jim Richmond Open
The Jim Richmond Open
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This year the annual indoor contest at West Baden will an F1D only contest. The contest is named the Jim Richmond Open in Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Jim’s First Indoor World Championship. The contest will be held the weekend before the 2018 Indoor World Champions, Saturday andSunday, March 17-18, 2018. As well as being a fun contest for all to honor Jim, the event will allow two extra practice days for the WC entrants
Registration and entry fee payment will be done at the contest, however, we would like to have entrants notify the organizers of their intent to compete. Please send an email (or private message) to Leo Pilachowski (leop at lyradev dot com).
Room reservations this year will be handled a bit differently because of the WC and the many international competitors. The Hotel has asked that the organizers and the AMA handle the room reservations. So, reservation requests with nights desired and a choice of one bed or two must be emailed to the above email address. The rooms are limited at the Hotel and to make sure of availability, requests should be received by 1/1/2018. Rooms will cost $159 plus 13% tax per night.
The contest is limited to F1D class models so as to lessen the risk of damage to the F1D’s that will fly in the WC. However, smaller, easier to build, and less fragile models built and flown to the F1D rules will be allowed as long as the models meet minimum wing, stab and prop size dimensions and maximum weight limits. The Supplemental Regulations have more details.
Plans and build notes for such a F1D junior model will be posted. The model is quick and easy to build from craft store balsa (my Science Olympiad students built theirs in three sessions of two and a half hours each). Anyone with the skills to build an LPP, A6, or P18 should easily be able to build one.
LeoP
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