Brian Fisher is a retired engineer living just north of Parry Sound right on Georgian Bay in a lovely house he had built from his own design. Brian can literately fly float planes right off his own dock. Brian has been modeling with his Dad since he was 10 and said that Rat-Racing was his [...]
Well I finally got back into the workshop after traveling to the Toledo show so lets get back to the Triplane project. We are getting really close to the “Finish” line and after installing the servos and working out the control linkages and pushrods, we will be ready to cover this beauty! Total time spent [...]
Poet William Blake said, “Great things are done when men and mountains meet.” In the misty foothills of Chilliwack, BC, there lives such a man. Humble and unassuming, Ivan Pettigrew has become a legend of the electric RC community and a MAAC Hall of Fame inductee. His spectacular subjects and straightforward design philosophy have spawned tribute [...]
To scale modelers, there is inherent enjoyment in the challenge of producing models that represent full-scale aircraft. The models themselves run the gambit from very loose semi-scale likenesses to full-blown museum scale models. Certain model subjects tend to force the modeler’s hand when they possess physical characteristics that must be copied to make the model [...]
We are drawing close to the end of this extensive giant-scale build-along. This past weekend the cabane struts and the top wing were built and attached. Check out the sequence below. To build the cabane struts and attach the top wing, you first have to install the kit’s alignement jig as shown about. Start by [...]
We are drawing close to the end of this extensive giant-scale build-along. This past weekend the cabane struts and the top wing were built and attached. Check out the sequence below. To build the cabane struts and attach the top wing, you first have to install the kit’s alignement jig as shown about. Start by [...]
The next step in assembly all the parts of the Triplane project is to attach the middle wing to the fuselage. This is a critical step in the overall alignment of the finished model, so you really need to take your time and make sure everything is staight, square and aligned properly. The other two [...]
In the past I have been posting some building techniques to help builders of wood kits with basic tasks on the workbench. We’ve gotten several requests for more details on my current project, the Balsa USA 1/3-scale Triplane, so I thought I would share the whole project with you. Let’s Get Started: I had enjoyed [...]
From the Upcoming April 2013 issue of MAN, this exclusive sneak peek of the FlyBaby Biplane Construction article includes many unpublished photos and a complete builder’s material list and details. Designed by Pat Tritle, there are formed plastic parts available as well as laser cut wood parts. The Model: The Flybaby Biplane was done in [...]
When your wing looks like this, you can remove it from the workbench, but it’s not quite complete. Wing sheeting is what gives your wing its strength and stiffness. With most kits, a lot of techniques are taken for granted by the manufacturers. If you are going to build a model airplane, then you have to [...]
