Zenrat's Flying Circus

[kerick]

My point was more that many of the new wave seem not to think about the reasoning or history behind their projects, many just seem to just do it for the cool factor (FFS! Can we please have less 56 or 74 sqn stuff?) Which is fine if if it works for them. 

It doesn't for me.  A lack of thought is a sign of laziness. Whiffing is meant to be doing something different and new, not just following the herd. It needs some thought put into it to work properly.

I put plenty of thought into mine. What kind of thought no one can explain! 

[zenrat]

...A lack of thought is a sign of laziness...

You've said that before.  It inspired the first line of my sig.  Something Jon said inspired the second line.  The third line I stole.
I'm always impressed when someone puts as much thought into their whiffs as you do Lee but personally I rarely care which squadron might have been operating what I build.  Aesthetics and/or weirdness are my bag baby.  And avoiding the fascist logos.  I don't put them on my stuff.

Now, this is getting fart oo serious.  Any more discussions on this can be done elsewhere.  Chris, if anyone ignores me please take them out the back and give them a good seeing to with the rubber hose extract all posts pertaining to this to somewhere other than here.
 

[zenrat]

Now, what was I going to say?

Oh yeah, Internet is fixed.          
Turns out it has a problem down the road at the node.  Something we told the ISP 11 days ago.  But would they listen?
No, they know better than Mrs z who has spent most of her career in IT support and service desk management.
The tech they sent out spent most of the day down there doing whatever he had to do and now it appears to be working again.

[NARSES2]

Glad your Internets back up and running 

Now, this is getting fart oo serious.  Any more discussions on this can be done elsewhere.  Chris, if anyone ignores me please take them out the back and give them a good seeing to with the rubber hose extract all posts pertaining to this to somewhere other than here.
 

Will do. 

[zenrat]

Thanks mate. 

[NARSES2]

Right

The posts re the ISP letter have been given their own dedicated Thread and can be found here https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=52001.new#new

Chris

[zenrat]

Do.17 floats mounted.

Do.17 WIP 03-09-23 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

I'm not happy with their width apart.  I thought I was. They are that wide because I used the Ju.52 struts which are angled outwards.  I thought I could justify them being like that to add stability in rough seas but now I look at the pic I don't like it.  I think i'm going to cut them off and rebuild the mountings using the aero section struts and putting the floats under the engine nacelles.

[NARSES2]

I think i'm going to cut them off and rebuild the mountings using the aero section struts and putting the floats under the engine nacelles.

Personally, I think you are probably right there.

[zenrat]

Yeah.  Not like i'm on a deadline and if i don't do it i'll hate it every time i look at it.

[ericr]

Do.17 floats mounted.


I'm not happy with their width apart.  I thought I was. They are that wide because I used the Ju.52 struts which are angled outwards.  I thought I could justify them being like that to add stability in rough seas but now I look at the pic I don't like it.  I think i'm going to cut them off and rebuild the mountings using the aero section struts and putting the floats under the engine nacelles.

maybe use the Ju52 struts inwards?

[zenrat]

Do.17 floats mounted.


I'm not happy with their width apart.  I thought I was. They are that wide because I used the Ju.52 struts which are angled outwards.  I thought I could justify them being like that to add stability in rough seas but now I look at the pic I don't like it.  I think i'm going to cut them off and rebuild the mountings using the aero section struts and putting the floats under the engine nacelles.

maybe use the Ju52 struts inwards?

Too narrow.  No, it's rebuild time.

[Rheged]

 Kit's Second Law (also known as Rheged's hypothesis) can be invoked here.  Don't move the floats, just use the backstory to describe this as the  prototype  Dornier  17 Meer (Versuchs Eins).   Although extremely stable on water, the  float position was found to be inappropriate by the Reichs Luft Ministerium at Rechlin  and modifications were required to modify their position before the aircraft could be approved for squadron service.

[kerick]

Looking great!

[Pellson]

FWIW - I think you're right to modify those float attachments. Not because I think the look weird (I actually don't), but because you do. I just redid some weapon pylons on my Fishpot for the exact same reason. If it doesn't please the eye of the builder, he'll never stop thinking about how it could have looked if done "correctly".

[NARSES2]

If it doesn't please the eye of the builder, he'll never stop thinking about how it could have looked if done "correctly".

That is so true.