High Quality Plan Sets and Laser Cut Partial Kits for Radio Control
Aircraft
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36 inch 1940 Cleveland Playboy Senior
Wing panels being
joined. The triangles are from Bob Holman Plans, http://bhplans.com/ Since the Playboy wing
can be built as a polyhedral wing or plain dihedral, I did not follow my
usual practice of guide lines on the plan. You will have to pencil
them in over the wing plan yourself, using the drawings that show the
angles for the two types of wings.
I have had both types of Playboy wings and prefer the straight wing.
Simpler to build and lighter. Some think the polyhedral wing
turns more positively, but I think
the straight wing is smoother in the turn. There is a slight delay
after you appy rudder, and then the turn begins, If you add more
rudder too soon the turn is
too abrupt. I blame the pylon and pendulum effect but everybody has
a theory! Since I started assembling wings resting on the
leading or trailing edge I have been
getting very straight wings. Of course it only works if there is
sufficient straight leading or trailing edges. The laser cut parts
allow for either type of wing.
Installing the wing
center section parts. As you can see the turbulator spars stopped
where the sheeting begins.
Finished wing. If you look at the
edge of my well worn bench you can see there is a pine surround with the
ceiling tile inside it, both the same thickness so the board is level.
The pine edge is very useful for sanding
leading and trailing edges. The edge to be sanded is placed on the
edge of the table allowing you to sand any angle you need. Without the pine surround the ceiling
tiles are easily damaged. Starting the stabilizer construction.
