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This is a plans built airplane I started around '99 for a simple squint-scale Boeing P-26 Peashooter.

It is to be all balsa construction, box fuselage, D-tube wing of 48" span, and Monokote covering.

Some inspirational photos...

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Update of build to date...

I started with a speed ring:

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Then I fabricated wheel pants and landing gear struts:

Wheels are the lovely, huge Williams Bros. 3 1/4" smooth contour style...

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Here are pictures of the top and bottom of the wing with gear sub-fairings installed...

To keep things simple, the designer applied the tried and true "old school" method of aileron operation using a single servo and touque rods.

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The fuselage so far:

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Here is a nine-cinder wooden radial and engine fairing/baffle:

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Here are an early and later model headrest/fairing and windscreen:

I'll probably use the later model headrest...

Chad Veich

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Neat project and clean looking work.

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Pictures of the assembled airplane with tail feathers:

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Since models of radial engined airplanes have short noses that compromise weight distribution, I decided to try to take weight out of the rear.

I started removing weight from the tail and as you can see - I wasn't able to remove an ounce but I was able to remove 28 grams...

The first two pictures show the vertical stab weight before and after removal of the center material.

The third picture shows the weight of all the pieces cut out of the tail section.

The last one shows the tail section before adding ribs influenced by stunt designs.

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To increase glueing area, I wanted to notch the inside edges - I fabricated a sanding tool from hard 3/32" balsa and modified an X-acto clamp as a guide:

Of course I am adding a little weight back...

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Thank you for the acknowledgement; more should be said of you and your friend's Yak 11 projects!

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Completed rib installation on tail assembly:

Chad Veich

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Thanks to you as well H5606. I'm generally not a big fan of "squint scale" type models but there is something very eye catching about this one! May I ask who the designer is? Also, have you determined what type of finish you will be using on the Peashooter?

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The designer, Rick Foch, had a series of common and not-so-common WWII fighters designed around lightweight .40 size engines that were intended to be very simple builds. I pleaded with him to draw up a Peashooter which swayed a little away from the original intention of simplicity with the Townend ring and wheel pants...

I've collected materials over the years to cover the majority with Monokote and glass/paint the pants and cowling; I'm leaning torward a scheme like this one: (not sure whether the horizontal stab color is accurate or not?)

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A little progress was made this weekend to reduce weight further on the elevator...

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The same treatment was given to the rudder - I used some spare lumber and cut a sanding fixture base - brass tubing was bonded to the piece of lumber using 5-minute epoxy. I was happy to find that the brass tubing was easily removed for reuse with the help of a heatgun...