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And at the scale Dean is building to it'll be 0,003291666666666670...Actually, it does look like that dihedral is about 0.237 degrees off, give or take - better get out the heat gun.
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True. But if you're not going to try your best...why bother? (
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You guys are too much! I will be happy to just get them finished...I have not had hobby time recently! 
I will be happy to just get them finished...I have not had hobby time recently! 
nope, angles are the same.
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nope, angles are the same.
Update on the F-9F Panther…
Finally got the intakes, upper wings, wing pods and rear wings on. Now for putty and sanding. Then the big painting job will begin.
See ya next time…
Finally got the intakes, upper wings, wing pods and rear wings on. Now for putty and sanding. Then the big painting job will begin.
See ya next time…
Looking great !
Even with the slightly off dihedral....
Its probably a good thing we don't live close to each other. We would never get any work done.
Nice, very nice, that model brings back memories of the movie "Bridges at Tokyo--ri".
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The Bridges at Toko-Ri…that’s a movie before my time. I will have to watch it.
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How many people would even know what we are talking about, let alone register something might be off by a tenth of a degree.
Only people that are knowledgeable about aircraft. Which is exactly what occurs on these forums with ships.How many people would even know what we are talking about, let alone register something might be off by a tenth of a degree.
Aircraft are a different kind of ship, they just move through a different medium in their primary mode of operation. Some of them do operate in water.
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It’s still just fluid mechanics, isn’t it?
Yes, but…airplanes use aerodynamics and ships use hydrodynamics, although similar, they are different because one is air and the other is water, which obviously have different characteristics. Air is compressible, whereas water is almost incompressible and denser than air. Bernoulli’s principle, faster flow equals lower pressure, applies to both, but the effects are different due to fluid’s properties. Thus what works in air may not work as well in water, and visa versa.
And finally, as we know, controlling or steering an aircraft is far more complex than a ship.
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F-9F Panther update…
I finished putting the canopy on and started painting…
This is a tedious process due to the fact the blue paint is very transparent and needs many coats that have to be thinned out to avoid brush marks. Oh well…no rush!
I have a few other projects in the works. More on those later…
See ya next time…
I finished putting the canopy on and started painting…
This is a tedious process due to the fact the blue paint is very transparent and needs many coats that have to be thinned out to avoid brush marks. Oh well…no rush!
I have a few other projects in the works. More on those later…
See ya next time…