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Built up Balsa Planes

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  • 12-02-2010 1:40pm
    #1
    Cmar-Ireland
    Registered Users Posts: 2,340 ✭✭✭


    Any tips or pointers that would be useful when building up balsa planes? I have a small Dumas plane that I got as a present and I'm working on it at the moment.It has gotten me really interested in building them.
    I went out and bought two Guillows larger scale planes, a spitfire and Cessna 172.
    The Dumas one is only a 17" wingspan, but the Guillows ones are 27 and 36 inch spans.
    I am not looking to r/c them, just leave them rubber powered for a bit of free flight.

    So any building tip would be appreciated. One I found is a wooden floor underlay tile is great for a building board!


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    boatbuilder
    Registered Users Posts: 624 ✭✭✭boatbuilder


    I built a kadet senior from a kit a few years ago...very time consuming!

    I used a small sheet of plasterboard to build on.....you can get small sheets.

    As far as tips go....when using ca glue, use a tiny drop of thin ca to glue it, then make a little fillet with thick ca. I used the Zap stuff.

    Have a look at some of the ben buckle kits....a lot of them can be made free flight or powered.


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