Hey folks, I got lucky enough to get my hands on a proto/beta mini-yak from insanefoamies, so here is the build

Picture 1: All parts dry fit together flawlessly, note: the kit comes unpainted, so I busted out the airbrush and some faskolor, and went with a semi-somenzini paint scheme. The kit includes a paint mask for the canopy (3 section yak45).

Picture 2: This plane uses two 3mm thick carbon fiber strips along the leading and trailing edges of the wing for spars, I put a small bead across the edge of the wing with some odorless CA, and sprayed the CF strip with some kicker. Carefully and quickly line up the cf, and pinch it and run your hand down 1/2 of the wing centering the CF in the process, hit that half with a few sprays of kicker and repeat the process for the remaining side of the wing, and then do the trailing edge in the same 2 steps. note: you can also use UHU creativ by letting it set for about 5 minutes, then taping the cf on. Once completed, the wing is very stiff for its weight, and shouldn't require any extra bracing, at least for indoor flight.

Picture 3: Run a peice of tape over the CF from tip to tip and press it down on each side of the wing. I used 3M transparent tape, but as soon as my blenderm tape arrives, I will be redoing all the tape on the plane.

Picture 4: Bevel and hinge ailerons with sanding block and hinge tape. You can use a sharp exacto knife, but I find that a sanding block is much easier, precise, and harder to screw up.

Pictures 5 and 6: Bevelling tail with a sanding block.

Pictures 7, 8, and 9: Begin to fit fuse together without glue, everything snaps together and lines up perfectly.

Pictures 10 and 11: Glue the top and bottom fuse halves together at the circular joints. I just CA'd it, aligned it with one hand and kicked it with the other, straight as an arrow.

More in just a minute