Hi, Vincent
Great thread, congratulations! I recently bought the same NIB kit and now I've started the assembly. Sadly I didn't notice this error in the plans. Now I have both complete fuselage sides that I won't be able to bend... I'll have to push the firewall backwards. As for the bend behind the wings, I'll probably have to cut a vertical notch in the inside and dampen the outside to achieve the required bend angle. Build log will be in RCgroups but I'm not very active at writing.
Cheers,
- Angel
Originally Posted by
VincentJ
Today I decided to actually start to cut some balsa! I decided to start with the left and right fuselage sides which are made up of a framework of 1/4" square stock which is sandwiched betweena 1/4" thick cresent shaped outside balsa sheet and 1/16" plywood doubler for the inside.There is also a 1/4" front fill-in piece which will ultimately be secured to the firewall. This is where I would like to focus your attention to (Pencil A in photo).Instructions will have you glue up this whole assembly flat on the building table, when in fact the plans clearly show that they are angled in toward each other. This seemed odd to me so I studied the plans some more and still came up with the conclusion that the instructions must be wrong. Reading well ahead the mystery was then revealed...After the fuse side is assembled you are to then take the firewall and<u>bend</u> the front fill-in piecesso that both sides can be epoxied in place to the firewall. Now far be it for me to criticize but my gut is telling me that this is not going to bend but crack and break! I would highly recommed that these pieces be glued up inthe shape that is shown on the plans and not bent. I did neither as you should be able to see in the photos that by moving the firewall back I was able to keep these fill-in pieces flat and far enough away from the inside of the cowlmaking this area much more secure.</p>