Waco F-3 (oz12901)

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Waco F-3. Rubber scale model biplane.

This here is the plan as kitted by Golden Age Reproductions. First published in Flying Aces, March 1935.

Quote: "Waco F-3, by Avrum Zier. Here's something new and interesting, the latest model from the Waco Company, the Waco F-3. This model is of such recent design that it is only with the kind cooperation of the company that we are able to present complete plans and directions for building a model of it this month. Get to work right awaya on the Waco F-3, and be the first to have a model of this new ship.

In the future, this department of Flying Aces will have the kind cooperation of the aircraft companies whose models appear in this section. This month, in collaboration with the Waco Company of Troy, New York, we present plans for building an exact replica model of their latest model, the Waco F.

Due to the fact that the Waco F-3 is of recent design, it was impossible for us to obtain the usual complete data at the time of this writing.

Fuselage: The construction of the fuselage is clearly illustrated on sheet 1. Though this drawing is not accurate as to the placing of the formers and dimensions, it nevertheless serves to give the general method of how the fuselage should be constructed.

Obtain about 12 strips of 1/16 sq balsa. Gluing Sheets 2 and 4 together, you will have a side and half the top view of the inside fuselage frame. Using the plan as a jig, construct two sides. While the jigs are drying, cut out the necessary formers from 1/16 sheet balsa. The formers are cut into four separate parts. These parts, after being made to form the contour of the formers shown on the plan, are glued around the frame.

Formers 5 and 6 are constructed in a different manner. Instead of having the sides and bottom cut out of sheet balsa, they are shaped with 1/16 reed and reinforced with 1/16 braces.

Having glued all the formers in place, ext glue the stringers in their proper placeThe stringers within the height of the rame are placed at 1/4 inch intervals. Top and bottom stringers are placed accordingly. The top and bottom stringers should not follow in a straight line, as do the side stringers, but should follow the shape of the fuselage down to the last former. Use 1/16 stringers cut from balsa on the side. At the top, 1/32 bamboo stringers are used..."

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