I need to preface this by stating that I am not a particularly good balsa builder nor am I a very good writer. I wanted to participate in this winters balsa build and when I saw the Foxbat on this months RC Groups/Sailplane Talk, I pulled the trigger right away. The airplane falls into the nostalgia catergory for pre 1980 designs. Its span is 3.6 meters and is a RES ship. The Eppler 193 foil supports an EFlite power 15 motor and has an all up weight of about 56 oz. plus the motor. The Eppler foil should make it a pretty sweet flyer and ideal for ALES competition.
I began by laying the whole kit out to see what I had purchased. Beautiful wood and very nice hardware. BUT!!! No parts inventory and no instructions. I'm on my own here so I'll just have to figure it out with the help of the folks over at RC Groups. The plans are very nice but only one side of the wing is shown. I'll be marking both bottom spars at the same time then turning one around for the opposite side.Sounds simple enough right? we'll see.
I dry fitted the tail section together and had to add a shim here and there to get everything nice and square. Once complete it came apart and I glued it up with PVA glue. Tomorrow Ill sand and shape both assemblies and hopefully start the wing before the weekend.
Always open for constructive comments! Steve
