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Old 10-27-2009 | 10:31 AM
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Alex Voicu
 
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Default RE: Designing a new pattern model

Hi Claude,

At the moment i am only able to work during weekends, which makes the progress a little bit slow.
Anyway, sheeting the fuselage with balsa is a tedious job and i think it took longer then assembling all the lasecut parts. I tried different techniques, like planking (covering with narrow balsa strips) and bending balsa with water just to see which one works best. Pictures will follow in a week or two.

The fuselage is 160mm wide and 345mm tall, but i've been playing with a slightly different canopy shape that will reduce the height of the fuselage to 338mm. The rudder is about 400mm tall.