Category Archives: Kit Projects

All posts relating to model projects at Garrison Aerodrome. Can include new kit projects or shop projects. See sub categories for specific project feeds.

Sweeping Up and Skimmer 400 Progress

Posted on July 20, 2020 by dagarrison

As a follow on to my visit with the Lafayette Cloud Jockeys and a pending September trip to Iowa to attend the Sig Fly-In, I am attempting to get some things in order so that I have some planes to … Continue reading →

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The Push-E Cat V5 Thread from RCGroups

Posted on July 8, 2020 by dagarrison

The purpose of this post is to copy over the previous posts from RCGroups that I have made on on the Push-E Cat V5 design effort to my own blog. This is part of my effort to add meaningful content … Continue reading →

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Yikes! Bit of a temporal offset here, but progress has been made…

Posted on October 5, 2011 by dagarrison

Well, yeah. Sorry about that folks. Things at Che Garrison haven’t been as linear as I would have liked in the grand scheme of things. Believe it or not, however, I have actually made progress – to the point that … Continue reading →

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What I’ve been up to since the last post…

Posted on January 8, 2011 by Darwin

So, as you can see from the picture above, my Phlatprinter /// arrived from Phlatboyz right before Christmas, 2010.  This fact alone pretty much explains the delay in my updates to the blog and the lack of progress with the … Continue reading →

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Note to self:

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Darwin

Install trailing edge CF reinforcements prior to laying on kraft paper composite – and skip the whole “clear Minwax polyurethane” thing. Yes, Virginia, I managed to re-create the whole V2 “scimitar wing” fiasco.  Shrinkage is a b***h.

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Placing domestic water fowl in linear formations

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Darwin

It’s driving me buggy, but I’m getting it done.  Slowly but surely I’m amassing the information I need to be able to lead a customer through the process of building an aileron Push-E Cat. If it was just me slapping … Continue reading →

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End Stretch

Posted on December 12, 2010 by Darwin

Tick tock goes the clock and I’m running down the minutes until I actually begin shipping Push-E Cats again.  First clue that things are getting close is the cover page in the image shown at right, here.  Yes, Virginia, I … Continue reading →

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The “Lite” lamination process

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Darwin

So, yesterday I got it into my head to take pictures of how I’ve been applying the kraft paper laminate to the trailing edge of my latest prototype Push-E Cat wing build.  Then, having obtained the pictures, I got distracted … Continue reading →

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The first official “Lite” trailing edge

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Darwin

As promised, tonight I’m sharing a picture of the latest prototype wing I’m working on.  This shot shows the final result of applying the kraft paper reinforcement to the trailing edge of a Push-E Cat V5 center section. As you … Continue reading →

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V5 Push-E Cat News Update for December 5, 2010

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Darwin

Yeah, I’d put something catchier for the post title if I could actually come up with something pithy to say.  However, that would be oddly disrespectful to the amount of slog it has taken to get this model put together. … Continue reading →

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