[ronm]

I got it off a fellow in Mississauga, who had a bit of bad luck with it.

[jrpilot]

I wish I could stumble across something like that. When they get offered to me they are DESTROYED, hahah.

[ronm]

This one's pretty bad, but fixable.
It will be fun trying to duplicate the front half of the fuselage without drawings! A 40lb plane pretty much disolves any parts that come in contact with the ground, so there is not even pieces to fit together and copy.
I haven't looked at the wings much yet, one thing at a time.
But they are also quite damaged.
It will be much easier to re-build the wings, most of the pieces are still there!

[jrpilot]

Have fun!! I wonder if there is anyone here who could give the measurements that you require?

[ronm]

I have had a couple offers, one fellow is going to take some pics and measurements and e-mail them to me, then I gan do a rough drawing.
After I get that done, there is a fellow in Toronto that has one said he would not mind if I took a good look at his. I can then check my drawings first hand and get any measurements I missed.
Once I have all the info, I can begin getting the materials together and cutting out parts.
This will be fun!

[Chris Cann]

Ron maybe a good idea if the guy in toronto doesn't mind, take your own camera and take your own pics for referance when you need them. So you can always picture it, and you won't have to go off only memory.

[ronm]

Yes, I intend to do that!

(Knowing me, I'll forget my camera)

[jrpilot]

That's great!!

talk to you later,

[FaceDeAce]

You mentioned having the CG Ultimate plans. A question left unanswered is what is the difference between this Ultimate and the CG Ultimate? (Other than size of course). What I am getting at is you might consider taking a close look at the structure and techniques used on your CG plans. You might be able to just "blow-up" the CG plans to the scale you need to get the templates you need for the fuselage.

For the wings maybe you could do the same? Or go with the foam wings (super strong/tough but might be heavy). Or because you will be doing a recovering job anyways, take one of the good wing panels and strip it. You can then see everything you need to and get the templates needed to construct new panels as required.

A few thoughts.

[ronm]

Claude:
I can do what you said with the wings, they aren't too bad.
The fuse for this model is completely different than the CG ultimate.
The bottom wing on the H9 Ultimate actually passes right through the fuse.
I think what I will end up doing is re-designing and re-drawing the front half of the fuse, and then joining it to the back half.
I have set this project aside temporarily. It is going to be a lot of thinking and a lot of work, and it's not something I can tackle at this time.
It may have to wait until fall.

Thanks for your input!