Like it, James. The only adjustment that I would do is angling the top part of the armor plate forward some per photos of the real thing. Perhaps that was to get better clearance for the sliding canopy and maybe also it might help deflect the energy of a bullet hitting it at an angle instead of straight up and down. Just a guess.
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Yes the image angle canceled out that the test part dose have the scale forward angle. getting closer on the profile sanding prior to the first primer tail coatAttached FilesComment
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vrosie1963,
Plane is looking great
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I echo Rex' thoughts. It is really coming along great and I am looking forward to starting on my Hairless Joe when I get it back!Originally posted by jetfool View Post
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That's scary crazy!
Dave, your gonna have a one-of-a-kind for a while at least!
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yeah, I think Rex might join the squadron if this one works out as we hope!Originally posted by Grossman56 View Post
On another note, did you find anything in that box I dropped off at your house usable for you for extra parts?
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Last revision done and printing the V1 plug only at 20 % atm with a 46% infill predicted time 43 hours due to the larger 1500mm size needed... a canopy and cross section wood templates are what i will offer in the future,,,,,,Attached FilesComment
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I solemnly swear to "over-celebrate" the smallest of victories.~Lucky B*st*rd~
I don't do this because it is easy; I do this because I thought it would be easy.~LB~
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Looking very good, James! I was wondering, can you offer this for sale as a kit for other modelers with the popular FMS 1.5M razorback in the future when you get it all tweaked out? For my plane, this was an experiment and shipping the fuselage back and forth was well worth it , but expensive. But if you had a kit you could sell for avid and capable modelers like Rex, he could do the conversions based on the hard work you and Mark are already pioneering. Just a thought. Seems it could be a somewhat lucrative transaction for any modelers who would like a 1.5M conversion to a bubbletop that is not currently being produced at this size and quality of a kit.Originally posted by vrosi1963 View Post
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I just put together the prop setup for the upcoming Hairless Joe bubbletop that we are working on now. This is actually the V3 FMS Corsair 1700mm plane propeller that is closer to the proper size and look for the 1.5M FMS P-47. This prop, which is a Hamilton Standard prop, will be on Hairless Joe. The other type of prop used on the P-47, the Curtiss Electric prop is also in use on other planes I have that used that prop with cuffs at the base of the prop blades and more pointed spinner. Both types of these V3 props have been used successfully on the FMS 1.5M P-47s that I have flown for years. The upcoming bubbletop is going to be a new and exciting addition for me, anyway. I'm hoping to fly this new version this summer.
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DAVEGEE,
Prop and spinner look great. One job completed, what's next? Are you going to simulate the compressibility flaps?
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The plan is to sell the canopies and the templates that are a cross section that lets anyone to accurately cut the razorback down to the correct bubble profile out line , this will be all Me ,,Mark has a real job atm and family . to small time to be of interest to him....I tried to offer the same idea for the e-flight 1.2m P47 Razor on rc groups but apparently was to much work and cost for any one of them and gave up with that groupOriginally posted by davegee View PostComment
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Well, I'm glad you are doing this project for me, and maybe for Rex, too. It should be great when it is done!Originally posted by vrosi1963 View Post
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I have done it in the past with the M model that you saw in Florida. Fortunately for me, this is a -25RE model, the first of the bubble top P-47s and the compressibility flaps didn't make an appearance until the -30s through the Ms. I'm off the hook on this project, at least!Originally posted by jetfool View Post
Regarding the compressibility flaps, by good late friend Russ Kyler told me when they got the M models they were told to take them up for some fun and get the feel for them. Russ had a lot of P-47 time, but this was the first time he and the rest of the group had an M model in their hands. He knew about the compressibility flaps but didn't know that much about them. So, to test them out, he put the plane in a near 90 degree nose dive, built up the speed to max, and then flipped the switch for the compressibility flaps. It immediately pitched up big time, so much so that Russ passed out from the Gs, and when he came to a few seconds later, he was flying about 60 degrees nose up attitude, bat out of hell speed starting to drop off a bit. He recovered, and learned a good lesson about when and how to use the compressibility flaps in flight!
Below is a pic of Russ in his P-47M Lorene (named after his wife). They were going up for a practice sortie and mock dogfighting amongst themselves prior to the next combat mission.
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Davegee
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