Greenly Tug - Evening Three

Did the finishing on the stab and fin, and also shaped the templates for the foam core. I'm trying to figure out how to implement the wing joining system so I can have a two piece wing.

I will cut a tube in the foam core for the main spar, and epoxy a wing joiner tube inside the spar of the inside foam panels to fit a wing joiner. If you have any suggestions send 'em through.

Dalby Fun Fly

Been away for the weekend at Dalby for their fun fly running over Saturday and Sunday. We camped at their field. What an excellent weekend! The crew out there are second to none, lunch and dinner each day was provided, hot showers and clean toilets provided, and the airfield, well, it's safe to say it's the best I've ever flown at.

Attendance was apparently down this year, but it didn't detract from the fun and friendship with everything from large jets and enormous IMAC craft down to tiny electrics flying. The night time limbo was great fun with electric zagi's, and others getting tangled up in the libo line - great fun!

Post some pictures soon, and thanks again to the Dalby Model Aero Club for their hospitality friendship.

Greenly Tug - Evening Two

All major parts for the fuse have been cut out and shaped now, and the end pieces glued onto control surfaces. Will go and pickup some 1/32" ply for the fuse sides tomorrow and get the fuse sides and hopefully joining done over the weekend.

So far the build has been just as expected, no problems, very simple, plans are excellent and detailed enough for even a low experience builder to tackle.

Greenly Tug - Evening One

This is a great little project, very easy to cut and build the parts already have the balsa stringers for the warren truss cut, the stab is complete, fin and rudder are also complete.

Firewall and other formers have been cut and are ready for fitting. Just waiting for the glue to dry and the elevators will be cut and caps for them glued.

Once I get a hold of some 1/32" ply we'll be away with fitting the truss fuselage sides and formers to build both sides, join them and fill in the truss cross-members, mount the fin and stab and we're almost done with the major build on the fuse.

New Project - Greenly Tug

I've decided to put the Pawnee build on ice for a little while due to time constraints. It's taking me too long to remember where I was at with the build each time I get back to it.

So, in the meantime I've decided to build John Greenfield's Greenly tug.

http://scalesoaring.co.uk/TUGS/Plans/TugPlans.html

http://www.ghostsquadron.co.uk/page21.html

It will fit my Zeonah 62cc quite nicely and if the blurb is right on the site it can tow up to 20kg worth of glider.

Now I just need to find a good source of 1/32" ply in Brisbane.....

Aerotow Updates

We had a great weekend just past, spent Sunday afternoon doing aerotow with my newly modified Ugly Stick!

We put some velcro on the nose of a couple of foamy slope gliders that the guys at the club have and aerotowed them up where they pulled back on the stick to "tear away" literally!

Great fun, who knew a weasel could thermal?