Big Bingo (oz12116)
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Big Bingo from Ace RC. Radio control sport model. Wingspan 85 in, wing area 1425 sq in.
Quote: "Big Bingo. Designed by DB 'Doc' Mathews. Assembly Manual
I. INTRODUCTION: The Ace Big Bingo is designed and engineered to provide you with a nice looking. easy flying model airplane that goes together in a minimum amount of time with a minimum amount of frustration. Please read and follow these instructions to ensure that these two goals are accomplished.
We recommend the use of modem cyanoacrylate (CyA) glues for the most part. There are many brands available (Jet, Pic, Pacer, Hot Stuff, etc.) and they all have three basic viscosities available: thin (for close fitting balsa joints), thick (for plywood. hardwood. and not-so-perfect balsa joints), and very thick (for joints where a fillet or 'bead' is required). For the most part, we recommend the thick variety used in conjunction with an accelerator or 'setter' which cures the glue upon command. Epoxy is recommended for the firewall components. Of course, any modeler has his favorite techniques of gluing.
Furnished in the kit is a length of 4 in wide. Thin, woven material that we call polymat cloth. You will use it several places as reinforcement. Adhere it with spray 77 cement followed by thin CyA, Epoxy, or thinned white glue.
There are a few things to keep in mind when building this kit with its lite ply construction. Its a wonderful material that has a tremendous strength-to-weight ratio and is easy to work with. It should punch out of the die cut sheets easily; if not, sand the back of the sheet a bit - some cutting with an X-Acto knife may be needed. (Don't break it out because this will cause splitting.) Some warping of the material is normal and the key lock construction technique eliminates this being a problem. Also, one side of the lite ply is generally better than the other, which may have some dark streaks, knots, and fill. Simply keep the good side to the outside of the structure, especially on the fuselage sides..."
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Update 31/08/2020: Removed sheet #3 showing parts templates, at request of Mark Robey, who drew up that sheet.
Note: This was a kit plan, so the kit box would have included all the physical parts, as printwood. So a kit-builder had no need for drawings of the parts. But taking this plan now and approaching it as a scratch builder, I think sheets 1 and 2 show all the detail you need. All the ribs and all the fuselage bulkheads are shown. Steve.
Update 20/6/2024: Replaced the manual with a complete copy, 16 pages (inc 2 pages of parts ID), thanks to EugeneChernosky.
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(oz12116)
Big Bingo
by Doc Mathews
from Ace RC
1991
85in span
IC R/C LowWing Kit
clean :)
all formers complete :)
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Submitted: 30/03/2020
Filesize: 1285KB
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Credit*: EugeneChernosky
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User comments
Instructions Manual is incomplete. Only 7 pages instead 14. Can you fix it? Thank YouGaetan Page - 24/04/2020
At the moment, this file is all we have.
SteveWMD - 25/04/2020
I've got the complete manual. I'll try to get it scanned in next couple days.
Michael Glass - 24/10/2020
if i send you my email any chance you could send me the complete manual?
mike - 03/12/2020
These plans are my work. You can get complete printed plans at www.ebay.com/str/mrhobby
Mark Robey - 22/07/2021
These plans are clearly the work of Doc Mathews and of Ace RC. We disagree, Mark. These plans are not your work. The work you have done seems to be tracing some of the parts out, on sheet 3. But since we are nice people here, we have removed that 3rd sheet, as requested. And the good news is now you have a link from Outerzone to your ebay store! Happy shopping, everyone.
SteveWMD - 22/07/2021
More tea, vicar?
Miguel - 22/07/2021
If Ray and I request bits be left out of the plans and build details, can we advertise and sell the exclusions via Outerzone? Fill your/our boots Ray. we're worth a bob or two.
Regards Ian.
Circlip - 22/07/2021
I have an original manual. Let me know if you want copies or something scanned
Diego - 20/08/2023
Would anyone happen to know the control surface throws so i can set them with my gauge as per design? I have some set of my own but I do not know how truly affective they really are. It flys well otherwise. Thank you.
MATTHEW HEPLER - 16/06/2024
The three pages of Die patterns are WAY too small. How can one cut the wood based upon these? Trying to simply enlarge them is like spitting in the wind, you are guessing as to what the scale should be.
Chris - 14/08/2024
You mean the parts ID sheets in the manual? Yes, they are (of course) very small. Because they came along in a box next to the actual parts. That's what a kit is, right? But leaving that aside, here and now, to build the model, you can just trace the parts off the plan. Either that, or find Mark Robey on ebay and pay him for a copy of his tracings, done in exactly the same way. See above comments. Or - even more obviously - find a complete original kit and build from that. But then be sure to send us in a scan of the parts. Come on, you know how this works. Add to the archive. Do your bit.
SteveWMD - 14/08/2024
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