F100 PSS build flies

 I have ben rather slack on the updates in recent times, so I am updating bits and pieces as I think about them.  I noticed that I hadn't mentioned that the F100 flew, and flew...fairly well.  Some odd control responses hear and there which I hope to eradicate with some mixing.

Photos here courtesy of Phil Cooke, as always;

F100 finished and ready to fly

 It's been a long while since I've posted, so some updates I guess!  Firstly, the F100 build which as per the title, is finished and awaits her maiden.

She did attend the Lleyn Peninsula PSSA meet, but we had nothing like enough wind to try, so maybe the next Orme event.  

Here she is with the painted F105.   Oh yes, the F105 is painted now and also ready for flight!

Some photos of her armament now;

She weighs just over 7lbs RTF, so should go well in a stiff breeze.

F-100 Super Sabre for PSS - a bit more

The Sabre continues along at a pace, as the weather has been pretty poor for C17 spraying in the shed as of late.

Flaps and ailerons created and shaped, then hinged.  Flaps are bottom hinged :

Couldn't resist a quick bench fly :

Servo boxes created for the ailerons and flaps :

Tailplane copied from the plan into CAD :

Ribs lasered out in 3/32".  Oh, I have a CNC laser now for cutting pesky parts :

Wing root centre parts cut and fitted.  Full flap selected! :

Tailplane half going together :

Spruce LE and TE glued and sanded to shape :

A quick assembled bench fly :

Wing root to sort then we're good for glass on the fuselage.

F-100 Super Sabre for PSS - continued

The Hun has been coming along nicely, planking has finished on the main part of the fus with work now moving to the spine and canopy area.  No canopy exists for this model currently, so it's homebrew time.

Some carving and gluing :

Foam wings have arrived :

A quick dummy run with a dog for scale

Nose block going on - is it a Platypus?

I'm not that far from thinking about glassing it now, so some wing seat details to nail down.  After that, I'll put a blue foam block on the fus and shape that for a canopy mold.

F-100 Super Sabre for PSS

 The North American F-100 Super Sabre was a supersonic jet fighter / bomber that saw service in Vietnam along side the F-105 Thunderchief as fighter support.  A long time ago I found the plans here on Outerzone, and promptly printed a set.

The model will have a 56" wingspan, be of foam core wing and fully built up fuselage construction, and will be a glassed finish.

As there is a mass-build event for the F-86 Sabre, I decided to do it differently (for a change!) and make the SUPER version instead.

The wing is in production with Cloud Models, using a decent slope section, and should be ready soon.  The fuselage is already well under way at home. 

Formers all cut from 1.5mm birch ply

Notched and lightened

Built around a lite-ply crutch

Coming along!

Fin being built up

Fin pinned on temporarily 

Some more stringers added, and sheeting / planking started

Well, she should be ready quite early in the season next year, and I'm looking forward to flying her.  The C17 of course is still being worked on in the background, but when I need a break from glassing and sanding, I like to keep modelling momentum up with some balsa bashing.