High Quality Plan Sets and Laser Cut Partial Kits for Radio Control
Aircraft
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36 inch 1940 Cleveland Playboy Senior
Designed by Joe Elgin at Cleveland Models
All set to go.
E-flight Park 180 motor. I have flown it with 250 and 350mah
LiPo batteries that fit in the motor mount. No ballast was required
to balance at the 40% point, the elevator is
trimmed neutral in the glide. Flying weigh is 4.7 ounces. The
covering is Coverite Microlite. Very light material but not fun to
work with. It is hard to get the backing off of
the material. Andrew at R/C Country in Sacramento showed me to use
two pieces of masking tape, one on each surface. A good rip and we get
separation. Sometimes it tales two or three rips. The material
is thin and light and has a lot of static attraction and loves to flip over and stick to itself.
It seems manageable and less frustrating with a little
experience and I believe it is the lightest practical material for
covering available for this type of model. A couple of internal
tabs and a magnet at the upper front corner hold the hatch on.
Graphics drawn in
Coreldraw and made for me by Jeff Stern, E & M Custom Lettering in
Livermore, California. emcustom@comcast.net
For the center hinge on the
elevator Kevlar string was wrapped around a few times and CA'd on the
front side only. Crude, light, works great. Done that way on
both sides.
Hard to see in the photos but the left
wing lettering says "Playboy" in the script on the Cleveland plan.
