[SPAM] Re: [SPAM] Re: RCM'S L'ESSENCE 2 PLANS, PARTS FITTING WARNING

[Troy A. Newman]

You will have to look and see what will fit. Canopies are easy to cut differently and change the shape. Fiberglass cowlings are not. Look and see what you need to do. Maybe just maybe the paper is off and the parts are the right size to fit the cowl. If not then splitting the foam parts down the middle and using some super soft 3/16" balsa as a back bone will work really well. Just glue together with wood glue (titebond) or the likes and keep it all light.

Plan ahead and build from the cowl dimensions. Don't get the wood parts all done then try to figure out how to make the cowling fit. Just over or undersize the wood parts to match the cowls needs. On curve areas that need shaping...Mount the cowl all up and then sand and shape to the cowl.

Troy
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jarvis Johnson 
  To: discussion at nsrca.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 1:01 PM
  Subject: Re: [SPAM] Re: RCM'S L'ESSENCE 2 PLANS, PARTS FITTING WARNING


  Hey Troy
  Thanks, I will scale down the formers, but what do i do about the fibberglass cowling,and
  the gator 202 canopy.Someone told me to cut the foam parts, into two parts an fill the center
  with a balsa filler

  Thanks Jarvis

  "Troy A. Newman" <troy_newman at msn.com> wrote:
    Javis,

    If you already have the foam parts cut....why not modify the plans slightly to use the new parts.
    Paper plans can expand and contract. Especially as they go through that big Kinkos copy machine. It gets the paper really hot. 3/16" sounds like a bunch but you never know. I would just scale the plans back a little bit so that your already build parts will work.

    Troy
      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: Jarvis Johnson 
      To: discussion at nsrca.org 
      Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 11:25 AM
      Subject: RCM'S L'ESSENCE 2 PLANS, PARTS FITTING WARNING


      Who's at fault

      Hello all, it building season again.About a year ago I purchased 2 sets, of RCM L'ESSENCE 2
      gas pattern plane plan#1323. Designed by Gerry Dale,check out RCM's May 2003 issue for
      construction article.The basic construction materials, is balsa,hardwood,ply and white foam.
      After paying well over a $160.00 dollar for 2 sets of ,wing,stab and turtle deck parts.The
      construction began, after sheeting all the foam parts with 1/16 balsa sheeting.The front turtle
      deck, was then placed over the plans, for the canopy hatch mounting framing.To only find out
      that the turtle deck was to small, by about 3/16". So at this point, I placed the rear turtle deck
      over the plans, an once again to small. So I contacted, the company that cut the foam parts.
      To express my dislike,on the work that was done.I was told, that the parts were cut from the provided templates, that were on to the plans. After some measurements were taking,the four
      templates for cutting the foam turtle deck, front and rear,are to small. To verify this, I contacted
      a few pattern flyers, from the Kansas area, that are flying the L'ESSENCE 2. And they had the
      same problems. That I'm have with the turtle decks. They had to cut,the turtle decks a few times by enlarging the templates to fix the problem.
      SO WHO'S AT FAULT, RCM or THE DESINGER???


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