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| 12-16-2019 12:59 AM | ||
| stegl |
Re: Hanger 9 Twin Otter on Floats All fixed and loosely mounted on the floats. Just have to wait for warm spring weather to pull the floats off and do some float paint touch ups. Easier than I first thought . |
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| 12-13-2019 02:44 PM | ||
| stegl |
Re: Hanger 9 Twin Otter on Floats Bit of a revival here on the float equipped TO after many years of float flying. So that’s about 8 years. Had a situation last fall at a Fall Float fly when I lost signal , I guess , at extreme range and the aircraft did a wide spiral into the drink. The front mounts broke away inside the aircraft when she pancaked onto the water.as you can see the main aluminum fixture was bent pretty badly. No damage to the built up floats so don't let anyone tell you that built ups are not reliable , if built properly. In most cases it is all hearsay that is passed from listener to listener and lot real life situations. So decided last week to get her fixed and the pictures tell the story. The aluminum mains are straightened ; bit of a job; as harder aircraft aluminum; but done and ready to install. The belly stringers were replaced with 1/4 in. basswood as the original ones were very soft 4mm balsa with no strength. The aluminum bar was ( in picture 3) used to keep the aluminum mounts square as the plywood parts glue set. I am convinced that insufficient gluing of the forward wood mounts caused them to breakaway easier. Better assembly on the factory parts and woods used might not have required fixes. The reason the main gear mounting did not let go was a rebuild using 1/4 inch sq basswood stringers as I did with this forward repair/rebuild a few years ago due rigid mounting of the floats and no flex. Thanks for reading. |
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| 10-21-2012 05:13 PM | ||
| stegl |
Re: Hanger 9 Twin Otter on Floats Scratch built; 42 inch max. Machined front top mounts to fit into the factory mount spots with 4-40 socket head screws. All mounting hardware custom made by myself. Water rudder not required as the radio does it all with motor steering. You pretty much have to scratch build to change the mounting spots/pads if you want it close to scale. |
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| 10-21-2012 04:42 PM | ||
| RBIRON |
Re: Hanger 9 Twin Otter on Floats What did you guys go with on the floats and length??? Quote:
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| 08-21-2012 10:39 PM | ||
| stegl |
Re: Hanger 9 Twin Otter on Floats Here is twin otter #2 on floats and ready to go. |
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| 06-12-2012 10:09 PM | ||
| stegl |
Re: Hanger 9 Twin Otter on Floats Horizon replaced the parts needed and back into float flying and flys great. Mods to the glue used arround the engine pod has been replced. No longer any issue. Actually they gave me a brand new aircraft as the parts came to more money than a new one. Had a number of discussions with them on that one ! |
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| 10-21-2011 01:58 PM | ||
| DO335 |
Re: Hanger 9 Twin Otter on Floats Doesn't really matter what you do. The best that you can hope to achieve is to minimize water getting into the plane, which is recommended. All floatplanes take on water - especially when they do their submarine imitation!! |
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| 10-20-2011 11:57 PM | ||
| stegl |
Re: Hanger 9 Twin Otter on Floats For those that are contemplating putting their Hanger 9 Twin Otter on floats ; I found out at the Shuswap float fly last month that the glue used in the ARF is not water proof in spite of what a John Redmon from Horizon Hobby said in several posts on the Rcgroups forum on the H9 Twin Otter. If you plan on goring ahead I would highly recommend covering their glue with shellac to seal it from water/moisture. Seems the glue they use turns milky white and starts to peel and of course the parts with stress start to separate. I had problems with the battery tray and firewall separating . Have got parts to get me back up in the air for next year as that aircraft flew so great that I can't pass getting it back on floats but with glue mods and will seal the fuse better. I have removed the glue in the new battery tray and put in basswood tristock and used gorrila glue. The last picture I will be using splash gards on the elevator pushrod outlets and making sure that any openings subject to water spray will be sealed better. |
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| 09-08-2011 11:01 PM | ||
| stegl |
Re: Hanger 9 Twin Otter on Floats All great flights today at the fall Shuswap Float fly. Had a professional photo taker today taking lotsa shots . Will post when available . Have to get some sleep for early fly tomorrow. Darn , some of those guys are out there flying off the water with lights on their airplanes. Thats Nuts ! |
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| 09-01-2011 11:00 PM | ||
| OLD PRAIRIE RED NECK |
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