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MK Beetle Build - 1/3/2008 9:26:12 AM   
T Brooks


 

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I picked up a MK Bettle kit from Singapore Hobbies late last year. It cost me $542 Singapore but shipping was free since it was checked baggage.

I intend this thread to be a build thread but dont get too impatient as I build slightly faster than the speed of smell! Also it has to fit in the schedule of finishing my Quickie 500 and major rebuild of a Wild Hare.

From looking at the plans it would appear that the first step is to build the front end so I need the engine and nose retract. At this point in time I have neither. I have a OS 61 RF-P and pipe on the water at the moment and nose retract and header on order from Singapore Hobby.



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RE: MK Beetle Build - 1/3/2008 9:37:19 AM   
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Here are some more pics.

What you see when you open the box.
The pre-made parts of the fin.
Lots of parts in the box.

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RE: MK Beetle Build - 1/3/2008 9:48:32 AM   
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Photos of the plans



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RE: MK Beetle Build - 1/3/2008 10:12:37 AM   
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Pics of the pre-fab bits. F/G Belly pan and pipe exhaust and top and bottom turtle decks.

Also the parts for the plug in tails. The beetle has a neat mechanism that allows the tail incidence to be adjusted after the plane is built. It has a pivot block at the front spar and a jack screw at the rear spar. The adjustment range is about 6mm or 1/4in.

Thats all for now.

Tarquin

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RE: MK Beetle Build - 1/3/2008 1:28:07 PM   
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Good looking plane, too. Plug-in wings?

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RE: MK Beetle Build - 1/3/2008 1:49:53 PM   
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Status: offline 		Nice!! Looking forward to this one!! Thanks for the thread!!

I sure looks like a nice kit...The turtle deck ect. is formed...That is sweet!!

What a great looking plane...

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RE: MK Beetle Build - 1/3/2008 4:47:56 PM   
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Status: offline 		What a beautiful kit! Really looking forward to following your build.

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RE: MK Beetle Build - 1/3/2008 8:16:59 PM   
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RE: MK Beetle Build - 1/4/2008 7:18:17 AM   
T Brooks


 

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Thanks for the nice comments.

It is a 1 piece mid mounted wing with fibre glass belly pan that encloses the pipe. The wing is fully sheeted.

I had heard that the MK kits were good but I was very pleasantly surprised to see what was in the box. Each piece fits almost perfectly with no sanding. The skins for the fin are rebated into the fin post and I would guess that the difference in size is less than 1mm (1/32in?) even after years in the box. If you look closely in some of the pics you can see a orange/brown substance - it is rubber bands that have degraded to rubbery goo!

At this point I am planning to finish it with tissue and dope and then paint.

Cheers
Tarquin

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RE: MK Beetle Build - 1/4/2008 6:18:32 PM   
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RE: MK Beetle Build - 1/4/2008 8:06:52 PM   
rainedave



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Status: online 		What a cool kit! That looks like the MK variable pitch prop in the boxtop photo.

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RE: MK Beetle Build - 1/4/2008 10:23:30 PM   
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What area was the Beetle from?



Era? From the very end of the 10cc era towards the late 1980's; Akiba like most other designers was soon flying bigger machines powered with YS 1.20's. The first of those was (I believe) the Miss Beetle and although similar in name it didn't have near the sexy looks of this model.

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RE: MK Beetle Build - 1/5/2008 7:09:28 AM   
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What area was the Beetle from?



it didn't have near the sexy looks of this model.

Sexy is exactly what this plane is!!

DM

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RE: MK Beetle Build - 1/5/2008 6:43:15 PM   
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Status: offline 		The Miss Beetle is VERY similar to the Aurora (same wing and stab) with some minor changes to the fuselage. Sleek and sexy, but Akiba moved on the the Miss Beetle when he discovered the power of the YS 4-stroke! The Miss Beetle was flown at the '89 FAI F3A World Championships and resembles a Runaround.
Will Bartlett

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