ziroli stuka

[paul hughes]

Hello Dave, Are you going to be at East Kirkby over the weekend?

[david clarke]

Hello Paul,No unfortunatly i have other comitments over the weekend so can't make it.Are you the chap with the Harvard?.

[paul hughes]

yes thats me. see you the week after then. cheers

[david clarke]

Flown it today all ok a few clicks of right aileron and down elevator then hands off,the Zenoah 62 was superb loads of power.The pictures are a bit crap unfortunatly but if you zoom in you can see the bombs dropping,they wroked very well unlike the spinner which i had to remove for flight due to vibration issues.Not flying over the weekend but i am going down early next week to get some better pictures and a video,fingers crossed. :

[chris willis]

Nice one david well done

[david clarke]

Well been really busy with other projects but at last I have managed to revive a project I started some 12 months ago,i accuired a part built Ziroli Stuka which was basically stripped down to bare frame and rebuilt(I think it's often quicker to build from scratch).Over the last week or so I have glassed the airframe,it is now ready for primer and detailing.The scheme will be the same as my first Stuka which I regrettably sold but I was made an offer I could not turn down,all stencils are ordered from Flightline Graphics,i will keep updating as and when.
Cheers,Dave.

[david clarke]

A little more progress on the stuka,all surface detail now finished so I can at last start the painting,i have made a sliding canopy on a screw jack arrangement,it is made from a airwick automatic air freshner,i have used the motor and gearbox to drive it and a micro switch each end to stop it,works well but noisy,I don't suppose you will hear it with the engine running.
Cheers,Dave.

[David Brown]

Nice one Dave, maybe you will keep this one

Dave

[david clarke]

Nice one Dave, maybe you will keep this one

Dave

That is my intention Dave,hopefully it won't be too long before it's done.

Cheers,Dave.

[Nick Reeves 3055]

very intriged by the airwick drive. can you post more details?

[david clarke]

very intriged by the airwick drive. can you post more details?

Hello Nick,heres a short video and some pictures of the sliding canopy,when I get chance I will draw the wiring diagram and put that on as well.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYzSlbg ... e=youtu.be

Cheers,Dave

[david clarke]

At last got the Stuka painted,i have used a totally different method this time.
All the base colours,stencills etc are all done with celly,the white wash was done with Flair spectrum thinned with synthetic thinners,this made the rubbing back of the white much easier.
Tomorrow I will add all the dry rub maintenance markings and some operational dirt.

Cheers,Dave.

[ian redshaw]

That mister, looks cool!!!!
Ian.

[RAY PETERS]

Hi Dave,lovely work there mate.I would like to see this fly sometime. Regards Ozy

[david clarke]

Thanks for the nice comment's chaps,just about done it now just got to fit batteries and RX,also weighed it came out at 30lb,well chuffed with that,probably won't touch it now for a few weeks got to go into hospital on Wednesday for a bearing change ie hip replacement ,can't wait to fly it though.

Cheers,Dave.

[Jason Griffiths]

Very nice Dave, another top job done

[david clarke]

Flew it yesterday at last,went very well flies like it's on rails,one small problem with the cowl mount which has now been sorted.Only got a few stills will hopefully get a video next time.

[david clarke]

Had a superb day flying today,had multiple flights with the stuka what a stunning model to fly,heres a short video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqeETLVvWPE

[david clarke]

Heres a few stills from today

[stuart knowles 1611]

That really is a superb finish. I wanted to do the winter scheme on one of my models but cried off to a simpler desert finish.
I'll have a go on something else before long but you set the bar high!!
regards
stu knowles