F-86D Sabre Dog

[ratcheeroo]

Next project my friends, one of my favorite planes. 

[Mr NCT]

I LIKE it!  Going with prop or edf?

[Burkeomatic]

I didn't even know those were a thing. Too cool! Seeing the prop on that kind of makes me want to do a thunderstreak.....one day.

[ratcheeroo]

May 24, 2022 20:10:10 GMT Mr NCT said:

I LIKE it!  Going with prop or edf?

Going with a prop, I scaled back a set of balsa plans to a 48 inch wingspan. I like to build bigger ones, slowly working some smaller ones in there LOL.

[ratcheeroo]

Finally started this project on the weekend and have made some good progress. Just a few pics of where I am at with it. No computers were involved in getting me to this point, just a pencil and paper and some good old fashioned math LMAO! Wing already has the landing gear and servos installed, wingtips were shaped out of XPS foam, Cowl will be removable as well as the wing. Nose looks like its pointing down because it is just pinned loosely into place there, not flush with the back plate it butts against 

[Burkeomatic]

Looks good. the best builds come when you just break out the ruler, note pad, and razor knife. For a second there, I thought you took a page out of my book and used an easter egg as the nose cone.

I still have yet to trash this thing. 
2022-05-11_10-16-55 by Burkeomatic, on Flickr

[ratcheeroo]

Just about ready for skins, need to servo up the tailfeathers and create a hatch somewhere LOL.

[Burkeomatic]

Jun 27, 2022 11:47:41 GMT ratcheeroo said:

Just about ready for skins, need to servo up the tailfeathers and create a hatch somewhere LOL.

Looking good. Cutting random hatches in a perfectly good plane? Who would do such a thing?