Cessna 177 Cardinal (oz16497)
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Cessna 177 Cardinal. Free flight scale model for rubber power. Wingspan 27 in.
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Quote: "CESSNA 177 CARDINAL
27” SPAN
DRAWN 8 MAY 2019
I wanted to draw a plan of a Cessna that you don’t see everyday. The Cardinal is a supped up Cessna 172 with a more streamlined fuselage and flying surfaces. There’s many of paint schemes out there and this is a good looking aircraft. It wouldn’t take much to make this an RG (retracting gear) model. Just leave off the fixed gear and draw on the fuselage the gear covers. This would eliminate some drag for your Free Flight (always capitalized) model.
CONSTRUCTION:
WING: The wing is built using the Dave Rees’ sliced rib construction. The wing tips can be made from block or laminated balsa or foam. Searching the web, you’ll find some different wing tips to aid in the STOL characteristics of these civil aircraft.
FUSELAGE: The ladder jig is used for most of this model’s construction. Once most of the side stringers are in place the sheet cabin sides are place on the formers. I was planning on using 1/32” sheet with some 1/16” reinforcement along the edges of the 1/32” sheet.
EMPENNAGE: Using 3/32” sq and sheet balsa the horizontal stab is built flat on the board. Add a 3/32” sq rib over the ribs and sand them to an airfoil shape strengthening the hz stab. The vertical stab is made with 3/32” sq and sheet balsa. If you read the construction notes on my other plans you’ll see I have a pattern I tend to follow on the empennage.
This plane has many paint schemes and so you’ll not have trouble finding something you like. You know me, I try to find something unusual or different!
Enjoy,
Tom Akery/Sky9pilot"
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