FlyerInOKC

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I love that prop nut!

1200SportsterRider

I would prefer this prop but everybody is out of them. I made that grill out of scraps and .125" dowel.

FlyerInOKC

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The grill looks great! What drew me toward the Dornier D1 was the big radiator up front. When Hawkins designed his D1 he made it out of brass and screen wire. It looked so cool!

1200SportsterRider

The grill is held in there by magnets like the tank hatch. That radiator does look cool.

FlyerInOKC

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I would live to see some close up photos of how you did the grill! it's the little details like that which make a scale airplane sing.

Jesse Open

Speaking of radiators,one job that repeatedly came my way at work was making radiators.
Not full size, scaled down fractional sized models for wind tunnel evaluation using scaled down cars.
Too bad I didn't bring some of those materials home. I never built a scale plane that required a radiator but I bet you fellows could make good use of that stuff.
These radiators were very well detailed and faithful to dimension.

FlyerInOKC

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Sounds impressive. What blows my mind is how all the old radiator shops have disappeared. I guess the rise of plastic radiators got them. I know the last time I needed a radiator I found a new one pretty cheap.

1200SportsterRider

The back side is not nearly as pretty, I'll grab a phot in a while. While doing the grill I over lapped while glue set up and made a rear facing vent for the Fa 40-a and also in view is one of the Turbo Header adapters Gary made for it.

I tried to make an aluminum one but I couldn't get the threads to cut, the die just ripped the aluminum apart. This brass one was a piece of cake, from a piece of brass bar stock from Gary also.

Jesse Open

Looks super Dave. What kind of cutting fluid were you using on that aluminum part?

Yes, brass is a real treat to work with

1200SportsterRider

It was a red can that I think you sent that says, especially for aluminum. My little lathe is totally silent when working with brass.

the Wasp

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speaking of radiators brings me to a story LOL LOL

back when I had my 47 Willys, I swapped out the flat head and put in a refreshed Buic 225 V6 Dauntless. what a good Jeep engine. my dad told me to have the radiator pressured tested. so I took it to the radiator shop. the guy tested it free. he laughed and said "for that thing to be that old and to hold up to 24 pounds of presser it's a good radiator". the next day I could not find my radiator cap. so I go back to the shop and the guy sold me a new cap. when I got home and went to put it on my radiator I noticed the sticker.,,,,,,,,,,, it read "4 pounds"

to add to that. years later I wondered if he took my cap, so I had to buy one.

1200SportsterRider

Here you go I used the holes left in the ply sheet the formers were in for shipping to draw the upper and lower pieces of ply.

FlyerInOKC

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Simple and effective!

1200SportsterRider

Time consuming, I had cut each piece, a labor of love though.

FlyerInOKC

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Some things you do just because you can.

Jesse Open

Dave, one of these?

the Wasp

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Dave, think of the things you could make with a Sherline Mill.

1200SportsterRider

Gary, I'll get back to you on that oil.

Thanks Jim, here would be my choice, the 1600 bucks keeps me away.

I have this prop coming in a couple of days.
I'll be back.

A Xoar 12x5 for trial run.

Micro Lux mill from Micro Mark

Jesse Open

Dave,

Came up with a Master Airscrew 12-6 and a Bolly 12.5-6

1200SportsterRider

Thanks Gary,I actually have each of those, here's a shot of that RED can of cutting oil.

Glowgeek

And all the while I didn't think I was color blind. No wonder I got in so much trouble punching down telephone wires in the USAF.

the Wasp

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Guys, you know I have wanted to build a SPAD. But I have a set of wings off my Edge 540 in great shape. if I glued them together it would make a span of 68". a nice size for my Saito 100 Twin. I could glue the wing together or make a new Root Rib so I can take them apart.
any hoo, it would be a winter project, it's too hot to spend a lot of time in my basement to start it now. I will give it some thinking.

1200SportsterRider

Lonnie, I gotta be careful I don't get go and stop confused.

Jesse Open

Don't they both mean the same thing?

(To men anyhow)

Glowgeek

Wow, that Bolly very closely resembles another prop manufacturer's product.