Navion (oz2404)

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Navion. Navion 33.5" span scale model rubber power FF. Scale is 1/12. Aeromodeller May 1947.

Quote: "A 1 inch to 1 foot flying scale North American Navion, designed by HJ Pridmore.

Fuselage: Pin keels to drawing and proceed to cement one set of half-formers in place. Cement master stringers A and B in position and remove fuselage side from drawing. Cement on remaining half-formers, etc, on other side, and fit wing fixing wires in place. Next add all the 1/16 in sq stringers, and also the fixing tubes for the nose wheel undercarriage leg.

Plank nose with strips of 1/10 in sheet balsa and sand to a smooth finish. Carve the cabin canopy to shape from a block of very soft balsa, and cement in position on formers C3 and C4.

Wings and Tail-unit: Take care to cement the wing fixing tubes accurately in order to preserve correct incidence on both wing panels. The fin is detachable from the tailplane for transport, but may be cemented on permanently if desired, omitting wire fittings.

Propeller: Fit a standard 10 in dia medium pitch, hard wood propeller into the tube and bush with brass tubing. Shape up nose block, and cement on the spigot laminations. Screw in a 16 gauge brass bush, taking care to see that it is set to give the required amount of side thrust as on drawing..."

Update 28/01/2016: Replaced this plan with a clearer copy (patterned background removed) thanks to TonyP.

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