Silly question about nose blocks

[joecrouse]

Does anybody have plans for pre designed nose blocks for the 500 series.
or do you guys scratch build them for each iteration?

[Pauli72]

It's not a silly question.
I assume from the term "nose block", you are refering to either the engine cowling, the spinnner/prop assembly, or an angle adjustable thrust bearing assembly, for rubber powered flight.

I have never seen an aftermarket, pre-formed wooden cowl, or spinner hub assy. geared toward 500 series planes, or any other Guillow's plane for that matter. Unlike the vast array of aftermarket upgrade modification kits availabe for almost every specific plastic model, you are left to your own devises if you choose not to use the supplied plastic parts in the Guillows box.

So... I guess it's a yes on the scratch-build for each iteration question..... That's the nice thing about building in balsa, If you screw up...balsa is realtively cheap. Just make another one.
Best of luck.

[kittyfritters]

There have been many ingenious solutions to getting adjustable nose blocks on Guillow's kits while still using the plastic cowls. In the 500 series it's relatively easy for the radial engined airplanes. The liquid cooled engined planes have tighter noses and require a little more creativity, but it's not too difficult. Here is a sample of what modelers have done with Guillow's noses.

[joecrouse]

Yea was hoping some one had accurate pre made plans Cause I am massively lazy.

[Scuba400]

If you are so lazy then why even build these planes.

[joecrouse]

I build them because I enjoy the process keeps me from getting sucked into World of Warcraft to much.

[regular guy]

mr crouse

that's a swell thank you after kitty fritters looked up all that stuff!

do you want somebody to come over and build it for you too!

Have A Nice Day!

[joecrouse]

Well Mr. Regular guy

First my reply wasn't to kitten it was to the person who asked why I build them. I build planes like these because they fill my time when I am annoyed by my World of Warcraft server. I also do not like doing drafting work. Not with the junk drafting tools I have here. As an aside the plans provided do not provide the hidden lines that show edges that would allow using the plans provided to easily do the design work needed nor, do they show a sufficient top view for same. This is not a complaint just an observation.

Second my question was if someone had plans not photos of nose blocks. The photos are handy but they are not plans. (thanks kitten they were somewhat helpful. and give me a few ideas)

Truthfully my question could have been answered with a simple yes with accompanying plans, if one wanted to, otherwise a non response would or could have been construed as a no.
If you would like to act as an instigator troll in a discussion please dis-involve me as I deal with trolls on a half dozen other forums.

[regular guy]

mr crouse

hope you get your nose block built

Have A Nice Day!

[Steve Blanchard]

Hy Joe,

Not to be a troll or make any unwanted statements, If you look at the pictures closely you can see that there isn't any drafting needed to make the changes to the nose blocks. Just take the plastic cowl and use it as a template. Trace the areas you want to fill with balsa using the cowl. Cut it out and sand to fit. glue together with your favorite glue. For the end that gets the prop hanger, just cut a disc from ply or any other harder than balsa thin sheet and glue in place. Cut out the center of the ply to receive a removable nose block and then glue it into the front of the cowl from the inside. sandwich the front of the cowl with a like piece of ply.
Removable nose block: Ply disc with a square chunk of wood that matches the hold you made in the ply sandwich that you glued to the front of the cowl.

Nobody here is going to draw a plan for this as it is very simple and by the time you draw the plan you could have the nose block finished.

So I would suggest you give it a try. What will take you a little while the first time will become much quicker and easier every time you do it.

I never played World of Warcraft. So it sounds a lot like what some kids played when I was growing up. It was called Dungeons and Dragons. Every once in a while these kids would crawl out of their basement and curse the sun, grab some pizza and crawl back in. Is it like that?

Steve