Shark-e (oz15853)
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Shark-e. Radio control sport model for brushless electric power. Wingspan 22 in, wing area 105 sq in.
The single channel Sharkface (oz4416) by Eric Clutton frst appeared in Aeromodeller, July 1965. This here is a later version for electric power.
Quote: "Presented here is an updated version of Eric Clutton's Sharkface from the July 1965 Aeromodeller magazine.
SHARK-E spans 22 in and weighs 4-1/2 ounces. Powered by a 35 Watt Outrunner and a 300 mAh LiPo, it is small, easy to transport and easy to fly in the park, even in a breeze.
To say it is quick and easy to build is an understatement. I started to built this SHARK-E at 1 PM on Thursday, stopped to take my wife out to dinner, then continued to build in the evening and went to bed. Friday morning I resumed, and by 11AM I had a finished model, ready to fly, including Clutton's shark mouth and eye.
Begin by obtaining the needed components. I recommend the 2204-14T outrunner. It has a built in prop saver and firewall mount and is the perfect size and shape.
You'll also need a 7060 GWS prop, a light ESC, micro receiver, 300 mAh 2S Lipo and 2 good quality 4gram servos.
I often start construction by making photo copies of plans parts and glueing them to cereal box cardboard to use as cutting templates. With a small model such as this, it's easy to make templates for ribs, wing tips and even the fuselage sides.
Cut 16 slightly oversized ribs out of 1/16 balsa. Stack sand them to final shape, notch them for spars and leading and trailing edges using a razor saw and razor blade.
Pin 1/16 leading and trailing edges and 1/8 sq lower spar to plans. Align and glue 3/16 LE on 1/16 LE as shown on plan. Glue ribs in place. Cant center ribs to dihedral angle. Glue top spar and top trailing edge in place.
Install 1/8 balsa wing tip gusset with CA, followed by the rear wing tip. Wet front wingtip with a drop of water to assist in bending to curvature of rib and CA in place.
Plane and sand leading edge to shape.Lift one wing tip 2-7/8 in and glue 1/32 dihedral brace in place. Finish sand wing and cover with Solite. Cut sides, bulkheads and doublers out of 1/16 balsa. Glue doublers to sides and glue bulkheads to one side. Keeping everything square, glue the second side to the bulkheads. Pull tail end together, clamp and glue. Cut firewall out of 1/32 ply. Glue firewall to nose. Then plank the top of fuselage with 1/16 balsa..."
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(oz15853)
Shark-e
by Tom Binkley
from RCMW
July 2013
22in span
Electric R/C
clean :)
all formers complete :)
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Submitted: 07/02/2025
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Ah, Mr Binkley mentions the cereal box templates, a method I can endorse! I used to get 3 copies of a plan, one to cut up for templates, one to build on and one plan that’s unused to stash away with the templates. This changed when my access to very affordable large format printing disappeared. (But, my local FedEx office is not so bad, really.) Now it’s just one plan, and any necessary parts for templates are from the desktop printer. Just pan around and print the “current view” @100%, or no scaling.dave fritzke - 18/02/2025
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