All Star (oz14759)

About this Plan

All Star. Radio control sport biplane model, Wingspan 34 in, wing area 350 sq in. For Cox TD .049 - .15 engine. Uses the Ace foam wing.

The All Star (oz7916) was first published in RCM, July 1972. This here is the All Star as kitted by Ace RC.

Direct submission to Outerzone.

Planfile includes formers at reduced scale, and detailed build instructions.

Quote: "CONSTRUCTION Begin by placing each of the nose, battery, and servo doublers on fuselage sides. Check each for proper matching and location. Before cementing servo doubler, plan servo installation and make necessary servo rail cutouts in doubler. If you intend to use a heavy engine, such as an Enya .09 or Max .15, battery pack could very likely end up under cockpit. Also push rods must clear bottom of F-3. Keep these factors in mind when positioning servos.

F1 is formed by laminating F1-A and F1-B together with epoxy. You will need to bevel the bottom of F1 to match the fuselage sides.

Drill and install nuts in firewall (F1) for engine mount to be used. In order to obtain proper fit for your engine, the mount may have to be modified. Simply cut off top portion of mount, so it does not interfere with hatch block.

Making a right and left fuselage side, glue the doublers into place, leaving a gap for the installation of Fl and F2. Line the servo doubler up flush on the bottom. There will be a gap at the top.

After doublers are installed, cement firewall, F-2 and F-4 to one side making sure that each is perpendicular to fuselage side. Epoxy is recommended. As a matter of fact, one small Devcon 5 minute epoxy will be adequate to assemble the entire plane, including foam wings, which must be epoxied. Because it sets up fast, there is no waiting for parts to dry before preceeding with the next step.

Install two servo rails and second fuselage side, taking care that both sides are parallel and square with each other.

Pull tail ends of fuselage together and sandwich a 3/32 x 1/4 in filler in between. When joining tail, check for proper alignment by setting one straight edge across fuselage at cockpit and another across fuselage at stabilizer cutout. Then, while sighting down center line of fuselage, adjust tail glue joint so that straight edges are parallel... "

Note this plan used the Ace Foam wing. For a plan showing how to construct a replacement wing in balsa (both tapered and straight-chord) see Ace Foam Wing (oz8557) thanks to AndyKunz.

For a later redrawn plan of the All Star that also shows a built-up balsa wing see All Star (oz1355).

Corrections?

Did we get something wrong with these details about this plan (especially the datafile)? That happens sometimes. You can help us fix it.
Add a correction