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Rearwin Speedster |
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Mega Scale 54in | |
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| Construction | ||
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| Back half fits on my building board | completed fuse sides | completed box |
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| completed box | the hopper has an angled rear wall to blow out all leaflets | |
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| all lower formers are on | 1/16 balsa wet formed around a pill bottle makes very strong planking | needs wing center and turtle deck |
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| Nose block to be glued to fuse - 1.75" nose plug and keyway (needs ply face) | (Bottom view) Motor Swing-Peg pulled back | (side view) Motor Swing-Peg pulled back - before planking |
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| stack your balsa ribs inside 2 plywood templates | sand to the templates and you have exact ribs | Just got it's wings |
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| wheels are easier to turn using 1/4 dowel in my drillpress | Knock-off landing gear | working better than expected |
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| first mockup | it is a MEGA | |
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| first tissue part covered | fix to fuse | |
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| Superior prop blank - 16 in 1.3 pitch | pin point hinges on the wings - | just slides into a slot |
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| lettering is on | Tail and Stab covered | |
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| still needs windows, exhaust and prop | ||
| click on photo for a larger image | ||