chris398mx
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I bought a Willy Nillies kit to participate in the Balsa build along and thought it would be a good way to get my feet wet with balsa before I tried a bigger project. I am glad I did because as you will see in the pages following I learned a lot and had a lot of questions along the way. Unfortunately, I was very slow in getting enough time to get this plan built and kind of missed the target timeline for completion.
@Willy Nillies and others were very helpful in answering anything that came up. Follow along and maybe you will have some of your questions answered as well. This seems like it is going to be a great flying airplane in calm winds. Anyway, I hope you get some entertainment from this thread.
Some tips before you start your build.
@Willy Nillies and others were very helpful in answering anything that came up. Follow along and maybe you will have some of your questions answered as well. This seems like it is going to be a great flying airplane in calm winds. Anyway, I hope you get some entertainment from this thread.
Some tips before you start your build.
- Trial fit the servos in the wing ribs before you assemble the wing. Mine were supper tight and took some sanding the slots in the ribs to get them to fit. this would have been much easier before the wing was assembled.
- Think about mounting the motor and receiver as you go before you put the top and bottom fuse plates on. It becomes almost impossible to hook this stuff up afterward. (at least with my big fat fingers.)
- Trial fit all the parts before assembly. some of them need very light sanding or trimming to make them fit much easier. The balsa is fragile and you don't want to force anything.
- Think about using the fishing line hinges. They seem perfect for a plane this size.
- Make sure to clamp the horizontal stabilizer in place and make sure it is square before gluing. I tried to use med CA and hold the stab in place by hand. It hardened before i could get the stab in place perfectly.
- Be careful when shrinking the covering especially on the vertical stabilizer. I must have shrunk one side too much before doing some on the other side and it caused the stab to twist quite a lot. I had to flex it straight when i glued it to the plane and it still didn't come out perfectly straight.
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