High Quality Plan Sets and Laser Cut Partial Kits for Radio Control
Aircraft
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Carl Goldberg's 1938 Comet Clipper
The landing is clamped
on the fuselage and the assembly is checked for level. Then the
landing gear is CA'd to the firewall.
Holes
were drilled and the landing gear was secured with .032 safety
wire. Place the top wire at the inside corner of the top
bends. It will be necessary to drill through the front fuselage
verticals, and basswood reinforcements should be added as shown in the
next photos.
Basswood
reinforcements.
The
motor mount parts with 4-40 blind nuts installed.
The
cowl installed over the landing gear and motor mount. The wide
mount does have the advantage of fitting a larger speed control inside
it behind the motor, but it is necessary to grind down the upper
forward corners for the cowl to clear.
The motor and speed control
installation, and the rubber band that keeps the battery from moving
forward.
The balsa supports on the upper
cowl need to be ground down also. Once the cowl is built they are
not needed. Note also the scallop cut in the lower aft cowl.
This makes it possible to
connect the battery to the speed control, after which the wiring can be
pushed up into the cowl. A 1/64 ply scrap was used to stiffen the
lower cowl in that area, laminated on the
inside surface.
