As "payment" for repairing a club member's wing I was given a Dare "ARF" of a FW-190. It's more like a kit than an ARF. The wings are foam core sheeted with balsa and the fuselage is mostly assembled with additional foam areas, again sheeted with balsa. Span is 56". I'll use a .32 size motor I have on a 4-cell with a 3-blade prop. I have a "micro" set of pneumatic retracts that I'll stuff in there.
No pictures yet but I have assembled the tail planes and control surfaces with their various balsa parts using TitebondII. My go-to glue of choice for wood-wood and wood-foam. I've carved out the wood to shape and glassed the surfaces with 0.5 oz cloth and WBPU. I've applied the second coat to fill the weave and need to wet sand them before I apply a filling primer layer.
Next up will be the wings. With the foam core there is much to be done. I have to melt channels into the wing for the servo wires. I'll need to cut the relief for the wheel wells and retract mounts.
I've started a 3D model of a spinner that I will have printed. It will be complete with vanes to push cooling air into the cowl. Follow along as I start another build for the building season.
No pictures yet but I have assembled the tail planes and control surfaces with their various balsa parts using TitebondII. My go-to glue of choice for wood-wood and wood-foam. I've carved out the wood to shape and glassed the surfaces with 0.5 oz cloth and WBPU. I've applied the second coat to fill the weave and need to wet sand them before I apply a filling primer layer.
Next up will be the wings. With the foam core there is much to be done. I have to melt channels into the wing for the servo wires. I'll need to cut the relief for the wheel wells and retract mounts.
I've started a 3D model of a spinner that I will have printed. It will be complete with vanes to push cooling air into the cowl. Follow along as I start another build for the building season.
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