Dear Anwar Bhai,

here i present cessna 182 for the construction competition. Its wing span is 1530 mm.
PLEASE NOTE: All the parts are self made, including the cross-section members. NO READY MADE KITS ARE USED.

Please find the progress of my self made cessna 182.

Material information and construction strategy:

1. For cross-sectional and side members of the fuselage and the airfoil sections of the wing, I have used sunboard foam, 3mm
2. I have used solidworks for drawing 3d designs. please find the designs in the screenshot pictures.
3. the fuselage spars are of 'pine wood' (called SAL in marathi)
4. the ailerons and flaps will be of biofoam and rudder and elevator of corrugated plastic sheet.

So far this much only. I will keep posting my subsequent progress.

please find the pictures related to previous post.
these are continuation to them.

these are the solidworks designs too!

Split from the sweepstakes thread.  Please read the instructions, and do NOT post the builds in the sweepstakes thread.  Only post a link to your build thread, if you wish to participate there.

Good job on the build... looking forward to the maiden video.

Now that is what a true Scratch Built is all about! You have my vote!

That Look stunning.. 
You should help us with the plan after the maiden.. All the best sir and waiting eagerly... 

Thanks VC! I hope my efforts will give good results!

Ok! I didnt know that!
Anyways, i have posted this thread's link in the 4th anniversary's link. Is that fine now?

Looking real good!

Scratch build in true sense......

these pictures show the elevator made out of corrugated plastic sheet, the flaps and ailerons made out of bio-foam and then covered with white glossy vinyl.

so far, this much.

cheers!

the last picture shows the ailerons and flaps covered with vinyl.

Sorry people. Was a little busy this week. I could not post my progress for this week. here it comes..

last weekend, I have covered the body of fuselage, placed the landing gears and motor mount. Also, I have joined the two parts of the wing.
Check out this in the pictures. 

still the body is not ironed..it will be stiff after that. Also, you can check out both the wing parts joined.

hi people!
here is the progress: tail empennage is now complete and assembled on the fuselage. Control horns and wires are fixed inside the fuselage too.
Wing is covered half. Will fix in the servos for ailerons and flaps. The wing covering used is mono-coat sheet, white glossy in colour.

*NOTE: The landing gear which was seen fixed in my previous posts, has been temporarily removed for convenience in construction.


-ADITYA.

Very nice! Congrats.

Aditya

Kudos !! why dont you share your Solidworks design ? mail it to Anwar Bhai (Mail id on the bottom of this page, it is a image to avoid spamming) he will make it available for the rest to download

Excellent bro!
I like your idea of making a CAD model before actually building a real one.
Mechanical engineer? uhuh?

+1 for your project

Quote from: sanjayrai55 on March 10, 2013, 01:50:16 PM
Very nice! Congrats.

Thanks a lot!

Quote from: rcpilotacro on March 10, 2013, 05:19:05 PM
Aditya

Kudos !! why dont you share your Solidworks design ? mail it to Anwar Bhai (Mail id on the bottom of this page, it is a image to avoid spamming) he will make it available for the rest to download

Yes..thats a good idea.. I will send a 2d drawing which can be easily opened in autocad. Plus, it will be easy to construct with a 2D sketch with dimensions. I will send the drawing to Anwar bhai soon.

Quote from: Rahulvyas on March 10, 2013, 05:46:31 PM
Excellent bro!
I like your idea of making a CAD model before actually building a real one.
Mechanical engineer? uhuh?

+1 for your project

Thanks for your +1
...and yes, I am a mechy

Finally here are the pics!

Coming along beautifully! Go for it - can't wait to see her fly.

All the very best.

partially covered wing with white glossy mono coat

Quote from: VC on March 12, 2013, 11:32:17 PM
Coming along beautifully! Go for it - can't wait to see her fly.

All the very best.

Thanks VC...how are your boats going? any test rides so far?