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How to Build a Model Airplane

Aug 28th, 2007 by Model Airplanes

Today I am going to show you how to build a model airplane, specifically a wooden model plane. This process has also proven to be a very successful approach to putting together any type of model airplane kit. First, let us go over some of the basic of what will be needed to properly start this project. I have list below a few of the essentials.

Items Needed:

Large flat cardboard box that is at least 6 inches wider than expected wingspan.
Wood Glue (Specifically for models or the high end carpentry glue.)
Small box of pin needles.

Make a workspace whether it be a table, a room or space on the floor where you can dedicate your time working on this project and allows enough room for your cardboard platform.
Make sure your work area is well lit.
Grab your favorite drink. (Jones Cream Soda for me.)

Step 1
Begin by taking your cardboard platform and lay it out over your work area. Ultimately you would want to have a flat, stable area to work with. Though you may need to secure your platform to the surface, depending upon what you are using. Next is to set out all of the items you gathered earlier, usually on the side of your dominate hand, which would be my right hand.

Step 2
Open your wooden airplane kit and layout the pieces by section. Some individuals like to put the whole plane together start with one piece and just adding to it until everything is done. Most of the time that is not able to be done but even if it was, it’s definitely not the right approach to take. What I mean by laying out each piece by section is that you take the pieces for the wings and place them in one section, the pieces for the tail in another and so on.

Step 3
From this point it is pretty obvious that you must take each piece and begin to put them together so that you can bring your creation to life. I not going to go into a step by step detail on how to glue, we all learned that in kindergarten. I will share a very useful tip with you that will make things much simpler when gluing your pieces together. I’m sure you have been wondering what those pin needles are for, well now is the time to use them. Assuming your kit is a not an itsy bitsy plane, take the needles and when you glue two piece together you are about to secure them until the glue dries. For extremely important pieces you can actually push the needle through the wood and into the cardboard safely fastening your wooden pieces from moving.

Of course each plane is different, so techniques on putting them together can alternate. This is one of the simplest and more popular methods to use. If you have a method you would like to share, just contact me today and we’ll get it posted. Also be on the lookout for other tips on building model airplanes.

Pilot View FPV 2400 Sees Out Model Plane Window

(FPV 2400 virtual reality glasses)

The PilotView FPV 2400 (First Person Video) is a tiny camera that lets you take pictures out the front of your radio-controlled aircraft. You can climb right into the cockpit and fly, no license required

The camera sends video back to these glasses; you can also use it in RC helicopters, cars and boats

Other writers have speculated that this is what Georgi LaForge has been doing all along...

Honey Bee Helicopter setup tips and some modifications

Setup and modifications for the Honeybee CP2, CCPM, helicopter

Hope these tips help those who email me on such matters.
It is too expensive, as you know, to keep breaking the real thing.
So try my rules of thumb:
1.
Have someone hover that knows how to trim it out, don't let him fly it though, just hover!
(It is hard for a beginner to know what is wrong, the helicopter, or him!)
2.
Never ever watch the tail rotor!
Why? Well you have to watch the nose, just like an airplane, cause the controls are crossed.
Most novices think right rudder makes the tail boom and rotor go to the right. Nope, it goes to the left and the NOSE goes to the right. So watch the nose.
Again, Right Rudder is right nose, like doing a right stall turn with a plane.
3.
DO not attempt nose in, because all controls are backwards, and very difficult. That will come naturally later on.
4.
Never fly away until you can hover, because you will never get back without being able to hover and land! That is always expensive.

Once in the air, it is really easy to fly. It is just like an airplane, elevator (Fore and Aft Cyclic) will make the helicopter fly up and down.

Aileron (left and right Cyclic) will make it roll just like an airplane.
You will never need to use the tail rotor, as it just follows behind, unless you need to make sharper turns.
**But, when you come in to land, you have to pretend you are using rudder (like on airplanes) as it will steer the heli in just like it does on the planes.

***But at hover, you really have to keep the NOSE still and the tail rotor motor gets a Real workout. Let it cool 5 minutes after flying 5 minutes.
5.
Always fly at eye level, because lower flights are more difficult because of ground effect.
6.
And don't let people watch you when your learning.
They cause more crashes, because they always egg you on or you feel pressured to fly for them.
7.
Never chop the throttle stick. It must go down gently or the blades will hit the tail boom, when the skids slam down on the ground. That's called a boom strike and is especially expensive on a shaft or belt driven tail rotor heli.
Remember: (No chop stick, no Bang Boom)
8.
Never forget what your last maneuver was and never forget it.
Ex:(Remember what you did last, when flying)
Oh, and....
9.
Memorize this and you will become a good pilot.

Remember: "If you continue to do what you have always done, you will always get what you have always gotten".

Good luck,
Dave

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