Wild Thing (oz13690)

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Wild Thing. Radio control fun flyer model, for 30 - 40 engines.

Quote: "Wild Thing. David Boddington's radical fun flyer, built and flown by
Jeff Barringer.

Wild Thing is a 'radical' aircraft designed to give very high levels of manoeuvrability by employing extreme aileron movement and using flap/elevator combination.

Materials: All wood is balsa unless otherwise stated. The Wild Thing uses a very small range of materials, especially if you invest in a balsa stripper so that you can cut the strip materials from sheet. Pay attention to the weight of balsa, especially at the tail where firm but light wood should be used.

Remember that the wing is 4 feet wide and so, if you can, buy the material for your mainspars, leading edge spar, and false trailing edges in four feet lengths. lf, like me, you can't find any, buy the normal length and learn to splice, but certainly buy your 0.4mm ply for the leading edge in one piece or you'll really make problems for yourself. A piece of 1/2 in x 1/2 in balsa is very useful to support the trailing edge during initial wing build.

Construction: Use White Glue unless another type is specifically mentioned.

1. Splice if necessary all the spars and leave to dry thoroughly.

2. Cut all ribs, noting that eight are 1/8 and eight are 3/32. Cut two 3/16 extra half ribs for the engine plate support. In all ribs, make a hole for the aileron servo leads. Be generous, as they will be difficult to thread when the model is covered.

3) Select two 1/8 ribs and mark the path of the booms along their lengths. This aids alignment of the booms when they are fitted.

4) After covering the plan with Clingfilm, lay down and pin the bottom mainspar.

5) Pin down the 1/2 x 1/2 trailing edge support along the line of the trailing edge.

6) Glue the ribs into place along the spar, taking care to put the correct thickness ribs into the correct locations, and the pre-marked-marked 1/8 pair where the booms will be fitted.

7) Glue the top mainspar into place, followed by the leading edge spar, then the 3/16 x 1/4 upper trailing edge spar. Check all ribs for squareness, leave to dry.

8) When dry, carefully remove the plan, invert and fit the 3/16 x 1/4 lower trailing edge spar. At this point, the wing will not be very rigid, so take care, and pin down for drying.

9) Carefully sand the upper and lower trailing edge and then fit the 1/16 x 5/8 capping along the top and the bottom, pinning regularly along both lengths..."

Wild Thing from RCM&E, March 1992.

Direct submission to Outerzone.

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Article pages, thanks to RFJ.

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