Starduster Too (oz14350)
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Starduster Too. Radio control scale model biplane. Wingspan 72 in, wing area 1,464 sq in.
Quote: "Fully aerobatic sport scale biplane for 1.2 - 1.8 cu in 2-stroke glow engines. Starduster Too, by Martin A Fallandy.
Dear fellow scratch builder, look no further. Starduster Too will unwind your mind and retread your head. Neither the depths of the oceans below, nor the heavens above, can hold the accolades that will be heaped upon you when you arrive at the field with your Starduster Too.
I first noticed the Starduster Too in magazines pointed to the small plane pilot. Stolp is the original designer and builder of the full size aircraft. He is located at 4301 Twining, Riverside, California 92509. The elliptical wings and wasp waist going into the empennage make it one of the most aesthetically appealing small aircraft I have seen.
When the plans were in the layout stage a Super Tigre 2000 or 3000 seemed to slide right in. It always seems that when things complement each other, design problems dissolve. This was the case with Starduster Too. It seemed to fall of the drawing board and into fabrication. Have a go at it and I'm sure you will he richly rewarded.
Construction: A word about scratch building: Don't let anyone talk you out of scratch building a model, especially a large model. About the only difference between scratch building and kit building is you have to cut cut the parts. Admittedly, large models take a little more material and a larger engine. But they are much easier and more fun to fly than smaller ones, Remember big planes fly, small planes flit. Also, by scratch building, you end up with something unique.
You probably read most of the R/C press as I do. Some will lead you to believe that if you don't build feather light, within two weeks you and your loved ones will be entirely covered with warts. Another will tell you to carve a mold, cast it, hang a Pratt and Whitney R-2800 on the front end and you will be able to bore vertical holes forever. Somewhere inbetween is the spot for you. I only grease on about four out often, so I tend to put a little more beef in the landing gear. Make this your airplane, feel free to move things around to suit yourself. Maintain the parameters and balance point and I know you will be successful.
Fuselage: The fuselage is merely a box frame with formers slid over the box. The box gives great torsional strength and the formers give it a round or elliptical shape. I like to make the structural members from 3/32 sheet balsa with 1/64 ply contact cemented to both sides. This gives you a 1/8 thick sheet that is very strong, yet light. Cut the two sides out of two sheets that are glued together in areas that will fall out with a lightening hole. Make sure that the forward 1/8 ply doublers are in place. While the two sides are together, be sure to drill the 1/16 holes where shown. These holes will he used to align the bulkheads. I like to use the RCM Fuselage Jig (oz11465) to lay up the box.
With the box complete and removed from the building jig, start at the front end and thread two 1/16 music wires through two corresponding vertical holes. You can now slide a bulkhead from the rear, forward and up against the wires. Each bulkhead will be exactly positioned as it is glued in place. Resist the temptation to sheet over the bulkheads until you have all the supports in place for servos, tank, receiver, batteries, onboard glow plug driver, and any other required equipment..."
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(oz14350)
Starduster Too
by Martin Fallandy
from RCMplans (ref:1080)
December 1990
72in span
Scale IC R/C Biplane
clean :)
all formers complete :)
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Submitted: 12/01/2023
Filesize: 1699KB
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Credit*: MarkD, Circlip
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