U-31 MILLER HIGH LIFE 8th Scale build thread

[K.R.Joye]

Bonding the after-plane non trip top form stringers

[Shooter]

Ken, This is awesome!! When you mentioned G10 the other day, I wasn't envisioning this much of it! Nice!

[K.R.Joye]

Thanks Pete lots more G10 to come

[longballlumber]

Hi Ken,

Looking good! Do you have a bare hull weight target your working towards?

[K.R.Joye]

I'd like to keep the hull under 5lbs, I know its going to be tough.

The deck, bottom and ride pads skins will be G10

Vertical sponson and after-plane non-trip surfaces will be Styrene sheet to keep weight down.

[K.R.Joye]

Bonding the engine cowling support opening structure.

Heavy swiss-cheesed hardwood Airfoil blocks are bonded in. These really strengthen the whole front canopy/sponson structure to the afterplane.

Canopy nose construction up next...

[K.R.Joye]

Laying out deck skin patterns

[Shooter]

She's lookin good!

[K.R.Joye]

Lower Canopy nose and sidewalls are bonded in! Future home for 10S1P 5000-6000 lipo.

[Tom G]

Lower Canopy nose and sidewalls are bonded in! Future home for 10S1P 5000-6000 lipo.

Do-in some nice wrk there

[K.R.Joye]

Canopy attached!

Added a CF bonding strip to the nose side wall before attaching the Canopy fuselage. There's a removable rear top canopy piece for battery compartment access.

[K.R.Joye]

Wing assembly!

RC Boat Company Wing Assembly and upright mounting. All 3 wing parts have packing foam sheet cores for floatation. Upright bases have G10 slide in sheaths bonded in. Blue masking tape is used throughout the build to keep exterior surfaces clear of excess glue

[K.R.Joye]

Wing attachment hardware and mounting. Wing position is set neutral parallel to the rear after-plane bottom surface. Also showing removable canopy battery access panel bonding.

[K.R.Joye]

Zipp Kit (large hydro) 7075 Turn Fin modified and mounted. Speedmaster 21 Rudder w/transom load transfer gussets installed. 6-32 SS Allen Bolts used throughout w/blind nuts sealed w/epoxy.

[K.R.Joye]

Hydro Strut `G10 Wet Box' fabricated with a hardwood base is bonded, fastened to the hull bottom and transom. This is a long strut setup on offset driveline, angle-depth adjustment bolt will offer ease of access at deck surface. Faux`Turbine Exhaust' tube will hide any strut hardware proud of the deck.