Dumas P-26 Peashooter kit no 223

[OZPAF]

Thanks for the detailed explanation ST. I have an Epson inkjet printer(old) that used their Durabrite Ink originally and it I was able to print the tissue and water spray it without the ink running.

the Epson Durabrite ink is the only one that I have heard of that is water proof.
Mike Kelly posted this

I've been using an Epson Workforce 7710 since 2018. It does a great job and the inks stay fast with water, dope, Krylon, alcohol and thinners (I expect your previous Epson used the same inks).  I've had the print heads clog up maybe twice since I've owned it but with repeated runs of the built-in head cleaning utility the heads returned to full functionality.

I think the comparable current model (which uses the pigment-based Dura-Brite inks) is the 7820.  It seems to go on sale every couple of months for less than $200.  It's 11x17 capable for printing and scanning - I make use of the larger format on most of my projects.

John

[Stunthenk]

Yesterday I found the time to finish the P-26: the number 23 on the nose. Earlier I found that the coloured decals on the clear decalsheet needed a white underlay to be bright enough. With the stripes and the circles this was no problem, but the numbers needed to be cut out. First I thought I'd tape the clear decal pieces with the numbers onto a piece of white decalsheet but that meant I had to cut through two layers of decal paper, not easy! Then I hit the idea of soaking the clear decals and gluing them onto white decalsheet. This worked better. The size of the numbers made it an iffy job, but luckily when I soaked the finished numbers in water, the clear decal reamained firmly stuck on the white decal and the numers went on well and look fine (in my biased eyes).

In the meantime, the Peashooter has made its first attempt at flight in the hall. I had checked the C/G and the model balanced exactly on the point given on the plan without ballast! I started with the rubber provided in the kit, a single loop of 1/8" Tan II. This was much too weak. I added a loop of 1/16" but this was still not enough. Two loops of 1/8" proved to be enough power, but the model would not rise from the ground. I had provided for some down- and right side thrust so I removed the downthrust until the point that the P-26 would do three laps on the floor of the hall, a nice car as the British say. Fortunately they were nice left hand circles! A gram of weight at the tail provided a stall. Then the time ran out and we had to clear the hall. Looking at the prop axle there is still some downthrust. So at the next session this will be trimmed out step by step untill the model takes off.

[pb_guy]

Nice job. Looking good! 
Hoping that it takes to the air on the next attempt.
ian

[OZPAF]

Good luck with the trimming - it does look quite impressive.

John