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Rudder and tail wing

Wing support

The rudder and elevator are glued to the fuselage. Cellophane tape is used to build hinges for the...

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A balsa wood frame is attached to the cockpit to provide support for the wings.

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Attaching the wings

All done

The wings are attached to the fuselage using hot glue.

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A proud father :)

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The finished product

Preparing paper patterns

Everything is now more or less in place. Notice the two carbon rods, which provide...

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These patterns are used to cut the depron parts for the Beaver DHC-2 RC plane are building....

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Cutting depron parts

Lilli is providing moral support

Depron foam is an insulation material that is light and durable enough for building RC aircraft....

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Building the fuselage

Fuselage cross-section supports in place

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Fuselage reinforcement

Donor plane

The fuselage is made stronger with some balsa wood beams.

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This old Pitch is being scavanged for some needed parts during the construction.

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Engine mount

All this seems very interesting to Lilli

The engine will be mounted on the white styrofoam rig shown here. A piece of plywood will be used...

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The wing

Trying on the wings

The wings of the plane are also made from depron with a balsa wood rod providing support.

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Tail detail

Hot glue is used to attach the wings to the supporting balsa wood rod.

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The rudder, tail wing and the elevator will be inserted into these slots.

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