fuselage sheeting. Cut out the top wing sheeting between fuselage sides and the leading edge and the main spar. That will be the location for the motor battery. Glue in the former F3. Glue in the top longeron between F2 and F3. Glue on the top sheeting over the formers F2 and F3. At the bottom of the fuselage, glue on two 1⁄8 × 1⁄2- inch plywood strips to hold the landing gear. Cut out grooves in each strip to accept the landing gear wire. To the bottom of the fuse- lage glue on the 1⁄8-inch balsa sheeting out- lining the fuselage shape. Sand the fuselage. Install the servos and the control pushrods. Once you are satisfied, remove the pushrods. Make the canopy next. Pin the bottom of
After the top and the bottom sheeting are glued to the ribs, the ribs receive the cap strips (above). The ribs and cap strips are carefully sanded and blended together. The wing (below) is almost completed. While strong and substantial, the wing is very light weight.
the canopy frame to the fuselage sides. Posi- tion and glue the top canopy frames F5, F6, F7 and F8 to the bottom frame. At the top of the canopy, glue in 1⁄16-inch dowel. To hold this canopy to the fuselage, you can install two 1⁄4- inch magnets, one in the former F8 and the other in the former F9. Paint the canopy frame white. Cut out the rudder and sand it to shape. Attach the tail skid to the rudder. Now make the cowl. First tape the for- mer F2 to the former F3. Drill the 1⁄4
-inch
holes into the formers to hold the magnets. From a balsa block cut out the cowl. Glue this block to the F2 former. Sand the balsa block so it follows the contour of the fuse- lage. In the block, make three holes 120 de- grees apart to install the dummy engine cylinders. Depending on type of the electric motor, make the extension of the firewall so that the propeller clears the cowl. Make the landing gear. Bend the 3⁄32-inch
piano wire to the required shapes. Secure the landing gear legs to the plywood plates on the bottom of the fuselage with four clips, two for the front and two for the rear struts. Attach the rear strut to the front strut with copper wire and solder them together. The vertical struts slide onto the axles. They are free to move up and down when inserted into the holes in the plywood plate on the bottom of the wing. Cover the model with your favorite mate-
rial. From the black and white picture it looks like the plane was painted entirely in white. Once the covering is done, install all the controls.
The plywood plates are glued into the trailing edge sheeting (above left). These are the hard points for the Junker type elevon horns. Text has more
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details. One way to attach the landing gear (above right). A series of holes are drilled on a centerline and heavy-duty thread is wrapped and epoxied into place.
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