28-05-2013, 08:23 PM
Finished the build and now just waiting for an oportunity to maiden.
Being a discontinued model, so are the optional extras, most importantly the dummy motor to cover the gaping opening in the front of the cowl. Decided on making one myself and although not an exact duplicate of the original, still involved some tedious work.
Started out with a 10cm disk of 3ply balsa. Used a 10cent piece to mark out the centre cutout. A 37mm & 32 mm ply disks glued over the centre hole. A protractor assisted in drawing 12 radial lines at 30deg intervals. Drew parallel 6mm either side of them which created 12 triangles to cut out with a hobby knife. Glued mini paddlepop sticks over the top of all radial spokes & painted all grey. Painted hobby matchstick orange & glued them either side of the paddlepop sticks hey presto a dummy motor facade.
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Final touches, top ailerons were warped so clamped trailing edge of either end of ailerons to the wings & used the iron to smooth out resulting wrinkles & bingo straight ailerons.
Being a discontinued model, so are the optional extras, most importantly the dummy motor to cover the gaping opening in the front of the cowl. Decided on making one myself and although not an exact duplicate of the original, still involved some tedious work.
Started out with a 10cm disk of 3ply balsa. Used a 10cent piece to mark out the centre cutout. A 37mm & 32 mm ply disks glued over the centre hole. A protractor assisted in drawing 12 radial lines at 30deg intervals. Drew parallel 6mm either side of them which created 12 triangles to cut out with a hobby knife. Glued mini paddlepop sticks over the top of all radial spokes & painted all grey. Painted hobby matchstick orange & glued them either side of the paddlepop sticks hey presto a dummy motor facade.
Final touches, top ailerons were warped so clamped trailing edge of either end of ailerons to the wings & used the iron to smooth out resulting wrinkles & bingo straight ailerons.