http://www.lonestar-balsa.com/ From the site: Lonestar Balsa is proud to announce that we have finally made it back into business. Riley Wooten started Flite...
I've been plugging along building 2 ships this winter: an LT/S to give my arm a break (from my 108 oz GP) and a Big Smoothie which will probably fly first on...
Wow Harley, you're not letting the surgery slow you down! My centre section is almost ready to go into the bag, only some filling and fairing left. The...
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1000012 Looks like he's got spar caps made from that superfine Russian/Baltic carbon fiber with the close...
Starting Thursday I applied the Icing putty on the LE's, got those smoothed out and got the LE's primed & painted on Friday. Today I cut the flaps loose,...
I didn't find this product at my local Home Depot, but I did find "QuikWood" epoxy putty, made by Polymeric Systems, Inc. I'll try a test sample to see how it...
You can get Epoxy putty from Apogee Rockets at the following link http://www.apogeerockets.com/index.asp I buy several at a time and store the unopened ones in...
A very skilled and dedicated Russian builder, Viktor F, is documenting his building of a Genie LT/S at http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1000012....
I see the script says to use a thin layer of "quick epoxy" to glue the SS balsa doublers. Since this is wood-to-wood, I was expecting to use wood glue...
Duane. . .common "5 minute" epoxy. such as "5 Quick-Cure" made by Bob Smith Industries is what I meant. Warm the bottles so it spreads thin easily after...
After deciding to build a Big Smoothie, I offered my SGP #5 for sale. Dan Ahearn, who has been building a Genie, bought it. He sent me this report that may be...
Well. . .over last weekend I finished it, right down to a new Genie logo and an ID sticker. It's ready to launch, pending suitable weather and receipt of new...
My, things are quiet on this forum. I hope I am right in assuming that you are diligently working on a Genie ship for spring flying. I'd like to again call...
Harley, My two LT/S fuses are ready to be glassed. Any particular weight fabric for the reinforcing wrap behind the saddle? I have some 1.7 oz Kevlar on hand. ...
Jim, You can find the wiring doc here http://augiemckibben.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/const_file_9_wiring_harness.pdf Augie ... From:...
I've glued the CF and ply doublers, and the balsa doublers, and trimmed to shape. Balsa triplers are cut, and soon will be glued. Made a plaster mold for...
So help me, I've been using Monokote for over 40 years and have never considered it to be "heavy". I've used several other brands, but for one reason or...
I'm building a Genie because I wanted a less expensive, but competitive TD sailplane. I haven't done composite work before, so I liked the more familiar...
... I started flying model airplanes about 9 years ago and my main interest is to design and build my own (balsa) models. When I read the Model Airplane News...
Building the Genie helped to motivate me to equip my workshop with the tools needed to begin mainly scratch building what I fly. I feel the time spent in the...
All, Big Smoothie..... For me, after building for 40 years I wanted to try somthing different. My love of sailplanes took me towards the Genie. Harley has done...
Okay - Yes you would feather the outside of the sides. Augie ... From: "Duane Beck" <duane.beck@...> To: <harleysgenie@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday,...
Winston, Thanks for the news. Tell Harley I wish him a speedy recovery too. Scott ... -- Scott Ewers Extension Agent, Consumer Horticulture NCCES- Mecklenburg...
Thanks very much for the update Winston. Tell Harley that we all wish him a quick recovery and that our thoughts and prayers are with him. Augie ... From:...
Not any more.... OK, I've followed the script, the wing panels are out of the bag and they look really nice. One tip panel was wet out a bit less than the...
John, Thanks for sharing. I feel anxiety before every step, until I do it. Silly I know, but when its your first scratch build, and you have only built one ...
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