DH VAMPIRE

It's like a scale boomerang!

DaveBright wrote:

It's like a scale boomerang!

Noooooooooo Dave

I'v had time to study the five set's of drawings for the vampire in depth and made a note of the revisions and hopefully digested all the information.
I'v emailed David a cutting list of all the wood needed to complete the project and hope to have it by the end of the week.
The vampire is going to be the most complex build i have ever under taken in my 45 years of building and can't wait to get going.As it is an american design it's nice to have all the dimms in old money ie feet and inches.
After some careful thought i plan to start on the fuselage crutch as it is the most critical part of the build as all the datums come from this for the wings and boom's etc.As i get going i will keep you up to date with pic's and write up's.

I forgot to mention that David has built the outer wing panels,tailplane and fins and started the inner wing panels and booms in other words all the easy bit's LOL,sorry David but still leaves 100's of hours of balsa bashing.

PhilF51 wrote: Am i right in assuming it is this one DH Vampire 20% or 1/5 th scale?

I think a Renault will be too small.......... :lol:

No it's not the Tony Nijhuis design it's by an american Kerry Sterner

Had a bit of spate time so I thought I would mark out the under side of inner wings for the flaps and wheel Bay.Most of rib no 3 will be removed in the wheel Bay area,so to put back some strength the underside sheeting will have some glass cloth and z-poxy

Also taped down some brown paper to the bench and marked out for the formers, and the six crutch supports which are screwed down to the bench