Sopwith Camel Aircraft Build: Crafting the Perfect Lower Wings Step-by-Step
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- Опубліковано 6 бер 2024
- Welcome to my Sopwith Camel aircraft building series! In this episode, we'll be diving into the intricate process of constructing the lower wings for this iconic World War I fighter plane. Join me as I share detailed instructions, tips, and techniques to ensure precision and accuracy throughout the build. Whether you're a seasoned modeler or a newcomer to the hobby, this video is designed to guide you through the assembly of the lower wings, bringing you one step closer to a stunning Sopwith Camel replica. Don't forget to subscribe for more in-depth tutorials and updates on the progress of this exciting project! Happy building!
My god, dad would have loved this...
Mine too, I’m pretty sure.
Very nice workmanship Scott…
Thank you
What a great job you are doing mate. Paul R Jab flier.
Thank you Paul
Looks Awesome!
Thank you
You are a craftsman for sure Scott. Carry on. Wow, that F86 is beautiful.
Thank you
You are welcome Sir.@@scottmatthews5280
Love watching you build this, it will be absolutely amazing when finished!
Thank you
The Sabre is a very pretty plane when it's flying. I remember seeing one doing circuits at Willytown in the 80s.
Pretty cool to have one here.
I like your hangar layout.....Neat, organised, logical storage for machines and tools and plenty of space to work comfortably on the job in hand. I have often fantasised about the joy of having an Aircraft Hangar as a Workshop with storage for hobby items, machines, tools etc.
I noticed in Thiery's YT Video ( Chap in France who built one. You mentioned that you got comprehensive notes from him ) that it looks like he spray painted all the under-framework Stringers, Ribs etc before he covered them. Any idea why he may of done this and the benefit of doing it if any ? Cheers Paul
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Mate as much as I hate the ugly looking Sopwith Camel project I take my hat off to you for the ingenuity, skill and your passion to progress and eventually complete this project. I guess we have been spoilt by following and looking at your modern Zenith Cruzer masterpeace build. Good luck and best wishes with your project Scott.
Thanks Greg, now get your Zenith finished!
G'day,
Mate, the Camel looks far better than the Snipe or the Dolphin, better than the Triplane or Pup and the One & A Half-Strutter ; and the Sopwith Menagerie all look nicer and "more right" than an Se5a, Nieuport, SPAD or Moranes.
Some of the Albatri were very Swoopy with those moulded Plywood Monocoque Fuselages, and the Fokker D-VII was nicely chunky in a Brutalist sort of pre-Cubist Fashion.
The Fokker DR-1 would have been nicer if those entirely cosmetic Interplane Struts had never
Bin-Retrofitted, with Hinges to allow the
Cantilever Wings to flex as if the Faux-Braces had never been added to reassure nervous Pilots who
Expected there to be
Struts, and
Demanded that (heavy, draggy) Struts be added.
And the Fokker D-VIII was a bigger better and more powerful German version of a Morane Parasol - from what I can make out...
And, in my estimation the Sopwith F-1 Camel was the
Prettiest little
Aerobatic
Death-Machine of the whole entire
Great Waaauughhh (!)
To End All
Waaauughhh(!)s.
Literally, the
"Pick o' the Litter..." !
My father's Uncle flew them, briefly, with 4 Squadron AFC ; and I grew up on Biggles...
So therefore thus & because,
Camels RULE...;
Hmmmnnn...(?) !
(lol).
Such is life.
Have a good one...
Stay safe.
;-p
Ciao !
G'day,
Yay Team !
Um, you mentioned the Rotec "2,800"...; is that displacement, in Cubic Centimetres ?
I make that 170 Cubic Inches, and the
Sound Of Round rarely beats around
2 Cubic Inches to the Horsepower...;
So, 85 Hp worth of expectations (?).
Direct-driving at, what, 2,500 RPM, or 2,800...?
Versus 130 to 160 Hp at 1,250 RPM... (the "110 Hp Le-Rhones actually produced nearer to 160, apparently, whereas the Bentley BR-1 & Clerget both made honest claims at 130 - but the Bentley had a functional Throttle whereas the Clerget did not...(!).
That's the one hassle with modern Engines in old Rotary Designs, tiny little Toothpicks cutting Noisy Holes in the Air to contrive to tug on the Engine-Mounts, but they don't duplicate the 8 ft diameter Powered Airflow over the Tail-Surfaces...; which when administered as a "Blip" of Power after a Bounce on a misjudged landing... was apparently very useful to pivot the Nose down about the CP - rather than wallowing and hanging there, Nose-high as the Toothpick tries to accelerate the whole Aeroplane while the Nose points uphill, and one is trying to generate enough Airspeed with which to operate, and enlist the outside halves of the Elevators, in the task of getting the Nose DOWN - before maybe stalling at the top of the Bounce... (!).
Or so I understood fron reading a learned dissertation on the difference in Flying Handling characteristics of WW-1 Airframe Designs when powered by modern Certified Aero-Engines rather than their Original Powerplant in the 1970s, in Aeroplane Monthly magazine, particularly regarding the Replicas from the Movie "Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines", versus the Shuttleworth Collection Originals...
As I was a Tarmac Terrier at Olde Bowral, very involved in being the helpful Wannabe around the Warner Scarab Fokker Dr-1 & the Transavia Pup Replica with it's Armstrong Siddley Gennet Major...; I was deeply fascinated, and have been a big fan of
BIG SLOW FANS ,
Ever since...(!).
So, try not to fluff the landings, because it probably won't recover from a bounce with quite the agility of what Biggles used to beetle about in (?) !
Such is life,
Have a good one...
Stay safe.
;-p
Ciao !
It will be BBC a challenge to fly no doubt.
@@scottmatthews5280
You'll be fine...
Maybe rack up some hours in a Taildragger or three, if you're Nosewheel-trained ; but it's an Aeroplane - so it should probably fly the way it's looks indicate to be likely
propensities, abilities, tendencies, and bad or unpleasant habits...
Some Sailplane time, to really come up to speed on using the secondary-effect of Controls to rescue an imminent Groundloop once the Tail is down & the Rudder is blanketed by the Stalled Wing's Turbulence...; Aileron-Drag - induced by application of Opposite-Stick (thus commanding a Roll towards the direction in which one desires to avoid going towards...!) can be used to Yaw the Nose during Rollout, when the Rudder is ineffective without a powered Airflow (which makes slowing down difficult).
But, you'll be fine...; simply
Listen to what the Aeroplane is telling you, about how it feels about going flying (!).
Such is life,
Have a good one...
Stay safe.
;-p
Ciao !
All the problem solving.
That’s home building. One problem at a time. Zenith had it problems to solve as well.