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refueling probe
at this point here are the refueling probe covers. The probe itself will be damaged at this stage and will be added at the end.
here are some of the parts you can see it assembled in the next post Isaac
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Engine air inlets
The skyhawk like many fighters of its time had a single engine with two side inlets ( instead of a nose inlet which restricted the size of equipment in the nose ).
Here are the parts the triangular looking part 14 is the boundary layer separator. and assembled to the fuselage. Isaac
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Intakes look nice. She is starting to take shape.
Gary
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Status pics
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Isaac, the model looks great with fine detailing. Whaiting to see it evolve.
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Vertical fin
The Skyhawk has one of the best looking vertical fins on any aircraft. This model has it in multiple sections and parts.
There are also two options for the rudder and you have to make a decision upfront because some surgery is needed. One option has the rudder rendered to show the side stiffeners on the rudder plate. This is incorporated to the fin and nothing else is needed. The second option is to cut out the area of the stiffeners and build all of them as an assembly. However, for my version, I removed the entire rudder from the fin in order to build it as one unit. Here are the parts and the internal supports note that the red hatched area will be cut out to accommodate the separate rudder a little trial check cut out the red area added card stock where the horizontal support will be drilled thru fin is assembled as one unit dry fit The final fit is great. Isaac
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Well done on the fuselage. It will be nice to see the separate control surfaces on the Rudder.
Gary
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A superb airframe, brilliant.
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Thank you Mike, Gary
more soon Isaac
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Rudder
The Skyhawk rudder started as a low cost construction in which a flat plate was wedged between horizontal stiffeners with a forward frame. This supposedly was a lower cost version of a smoother conventional rudder. Douglas did make a smooth surface rudder, but during flight testing found that there was really no difference, so they retained the ridged version that is a signature of all the Skyhawks regardless of the marks or derivatives.
here is a close up of an actual early Skyhawk For this build, I decided to go for the more complicated built up version since it will be prominent in this large scale here are the parts remove the rudder's flat plate and add the forward frame. Then add the small triangular stiffeners on both sides ready to mate to frame glued other side. add a piece of wood dowel to forward edge to maintain a shape here the rudder is installed left rudder deflection right rudder deflection neutral rudder and finally the vertical fin and rudder view This detail certainly added a few hours to the build, but was really satisfying at the end. Isaac
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