TOP FLITE Stinson SR-9 / Master’s Workshop Project Flight Report More than a few months (and a whole lot of dismal, gray winter weather) has passed since I shared with you the final Master’s Workshop column installment on building the Top Flite 100” span Stinson SR-9. It turns out that I have been involved with […]
A couple of weeks ago I got the following email message: Hi there, I recently bought a “Capitol Models Stinson Gullwing 54” Balsa model. I’m planning on building it and making a R/C flyer.It came with a giant blue print but no smaller detail instructions? Also some pieces are missing? I was wondering if you […]
Converting the 30 Rubber Powered Dumas Piper J-4 to Electric RC – Part 3 During our last session in the shop I finished building the basic structural components…wing panels, fuselage and tail surfaces…of the Dumas Piper J-4. This time we are going to fill in all those remaining details like mounting the motor, ESC , […]
Converting the 30 Rubber Powered Dumas Piper J-4 to Electric RC – Part 2 Last time I finished up with just enough work done on the fuselage to permit me to show you a trial mounting of one wing panel on the modified cabin assembly and the new 1/16″ plywood wing carry-through spar I designed for […]
Converting the 30 Rubber Powered Dumas Piper J-4 to Electric RC – Part 1 Last time I finished up with the construction of the TF 100″ span Stinson SR-9 and explained that I’ll be waiting for happier weather before you get to see flight photos. Right now it’s time for something a lot smaller, but no […]
Peeling Paint? I got a question the other day from reader Dale Thomsen. He reports that: “I got a Stinson SR-9 from another modeler. My problem is the paint that was on the plane is pealing off. I’m sure it is Stits covering and don’t know what to do. the paint is Sig Supercoat […]
This is another of those places where it all starts to get really interesting. The basic structure of the airplane is complete, and that goes a long way toward defining just what sort of model airplane it’s going to be. If we haven’t built in plenty of accuracy, strength and lightness by now, it’s never […]
“You’re gonna put working cabin doors on that new scale job you’re building? And, you’re planning on taking it out and flying it…and flying regularly, not just once to prove you dared to? Yeah, right…” Once upon a time, admitting to something like this would instantly assign you to the ranks of those gawky, nerdly […]
Now it’s time to close up the bottom of the fuselage with sheet balsa. This part of the building sequence offers me a fine opportunity to talk about one of the choices of design and construction technique that went into developing this kit. This is something that goes back to the very earliest days of […]
The last time we got together here to work on this airplane I finished up the session by giving the motor mounting box a reinforcing layer of 2-ounce fiberglass cloth bonded with a wet coat of thinned epoxy. We’ll have a close look at the finished mount soon enough, but right now (while that epoxy is REALLY curing) […]