FTFC-25 MS Design And Build, Extra 300

Mr Man

Mr SPEED!
Link to main challenge: https://forum.flitetest.com/index.php?threads/ftfc’25-ms-design-and-build.77630/

Here We Go, @balsa basher asked if someone would design one, so I decided to make it part of this challenge!!


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Mr Man

Mr SPEED!
This is the current build log, not sure If I'm gonna keep it like this or not, but here ya'll go!



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Start with F1 And F2.



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Now Using the John Overstreet techniques, Glue Skin 1 onto F1 and F2.



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Grab the Second F2 And an F3 Top.


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Glue Skin 2 Top on.


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Grab the second F3, and F4.


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Glue Skin 3 Top on.



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Glue up the main centerpod. (B Fold)



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Slide the First Skin section all the way to the front, then glue it in place.


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Slide Skin section 2 all the way up to Skin Section 1. Now glue them together. (also glue Skin section 2 to main center pod)


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Do the same with Skin Section 3.



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Glue the Rear CenterPod (B Fold) To Formers F6 and F7.




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Slide the Horizontal Stabilizer through the Vertical Stabilizer as shown.



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Glue the Vertical/Horizontal Stabilizer assembly to F7.




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Glue on Skin 5 Bottom as shown.




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Do the same with Skin 5 Top.

Now Install the servos and control rods. (servos glue onto Rear CenterPod)



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Glue Former F5 onto main Fuselage Assembly.




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Skin 4 then gets glued onto Former 5.




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Glue Tail assembly onto main Fuselage Assembly, making sure to put glue on the rear CenterPod.




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Here is how it should look.




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Assemble and Glue on the Canopy. (a clear canopy would look really good on this, but that's up to you)




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Using the Armin technique, form the wing and then glue everything together. (spar build is similar to FT P-40 Spar)
Repeat on other wing.



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Glue the two Wing halves together with traditional FT techniques/.




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Glue wing onto Fuselage.




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Glue Skin 2 Bottom and F3 Bottom onto Fuselage and Wing.




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Do the same with Skin 3 Bottom, also using the other F3 Bottom





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Glue on the faux cowling, (not sure how this will turn out, but hopefully it does.




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