Albatross DVa
Well, if Wingnut Wings are smart, they may surprise you!
Regards,
Well, if Wingnut Wings are smart, they may surprise you!
Regards,
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Albatross DVa toast
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jknaus
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Albatross DVa garbage.
Final update. I robbed the center struts from my other kit and painted them last night. Today I installed them. Got everything together being super super careful. I almost worked. After holding the wings together about 5 minutes I thought the glue would be dry enough I could put a string loop on to continue holding the wings together. Left side done, right side to go. POP right side lets go. Carefully reinsert it and add a touch of crazy glue just for extra strength. POP left side lets go even with string loop on it. Get it back together and hold both wings again, but they dont feel right. You guessed it both center struts snapped at same point. Kit is now officially fit for the garbage and I'll never do another Albatross again. So have 1 kit for sale and one missing struts and extra decals if anyone is interested. Never had a problem with my Pfalz, my Roland or my Fokker DVIIs. Now I'm just stewing and dont even feel like building once again :java
James
Final update. I robbed the center struts from my other kit and painted them last night. Today I installed them. Got everything together being super super careful. I almost worked. After holding the wings together about 5 minutes I thought the glue would be dry enough I could put a string loop on to continue holding the wings together. Left side done, right side to go. POP right side lets go. Carefully reinsert it and add a touch of crazy glue just for extra strength. POP left side lets go even with string loop on it. Get it back together and hold both wings again, but they dont feel right. You guessed it both center struts snapped at same point. Kit is now officially fit for the garbage and I'll never do another Albatross again. So have 1 kit for sale and one missing struts and extra decals if anyone is interested. Never had a problem with my Pfalz, my Roland or my Fokker DVIIs. Now I'm just stewing and dont even feel like building once again :java
James
Albatross DVa
Things like that annoy me no end James.
what I would do is try to source some thin aluminium strips and scratch metal struts for that sucker.
Another way I would try is take those broken struts off, or use the other broken ones, get some metal guitar string same as I used for the Walrus engine mount struts, and make a groove on the inside of each strut, and Ca glue the metal string onto the struts.
also drill holes into the mounting points for the struts and leave a small overhang of the metal string on each end of the struts so you can Ca that into the mounting holes.
you might see it a bit, but it would give them the needed strength.
Those outer struts look very bent, there must be some forces at work there pushing and pulling each strut in some way
Things like that annoy me no end James.
what I would do is try to source some thin aluminium strips and scratch metal struts for that sucker.
Another way I would try is take those broken struts off, or use the other broken ones, get some metal guitar string same as I used for the Walrus engine mount struts, and make a groove on the inside of each strut, and Ca glue the metal string onto the struts.
also drill holes into the mounting points for the struts and leave a small overhang of the metal string on each end of the struts so you can Ca that into the mounting holes.
you might see it a bit, but it would give them the needed strength.
Those outer struts look very bent, there must be some forces at work there pushing and pulling each strut in some way
Albatross DVa
James, sorry you've run into this.
Someone has some aerodynamic pipe, can't remember where I saw it. You might want to try that stuff out or...Walk away. James go pick up a Tamiya kit and knock it out.
James, sorry you've run into this.
Someone has some aerodynamic pipe, can't remember where I saw it. You might want to try that stuff out or...Walk away. James go pick up a Tamiya kit and knock it out.
phantom II
Master at Arms
Albatross DVa
Hi James. Hate to see you have such a hard time with this otherwise beautiful Albatross.
I think jig like this would make these tasks more user friendly
I must admit though I would like to find one where the height for the wing adjustments had adjustable screws to work with. Still have not located a source myself.
Cheers, Christian B)
Hi James. Hate to see you have such a hard time with this otherwise beautiful Albatross.
I think jig like this would make these tasks more user friendly
I must admit though I would like to find one where the height for the wing adjustments had adjustable screws to work with. Still have not located a source myself.
Cheers, Christian B)
Albatross DVa
Gotta wonder what was causing the stress for them to snap.
Gotta wonder what was causing the stress for them to snap.
phantom II
Master at Arms
Albatross DVa
I figure if you place everything where it belongs you can find out where the problem is ans so, correct it before you try to assemble it.
Cheers, Christian B)
I figure if you place everything where it belongs you can find out where the problem is ans so, correct it before you try to assemble it.
Cheers, Christian B)
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