Waco Custom Cabin (oz2719)

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Waco Custom Cabin. Free flight rubber scale from May 1936.

Quote: "The Waco Custom Cabin. HERE we go, fellows, with a flying scale model that's a knockout of a ship - the Waco Custom Cabin Model YOC. But first let us tell you about the real Waco: It's a four-place job designed and manufactured by the Waco Company of Troy, Ohio, and it's the last word in luxurious, practical, and economical air transportation.

Some of the features of this swell plane are as follows - Rounded windshield which adds speed and improves visibility, safety glass in windshield and side windows, steering column and front seats adjustable fore and aft, stabilizer control mounted on steering column, balance tab on aileron for correcting wing heaviness when wing tanks are used separately (these tabs are adjustable in flight), and independently controlled flaps.

The Waco Custom Cabin is powered with a L-4 225 hp Jacobs seven-cylinder radial engine which gives it a top speed of 155 mph and a cruising speed of 137 mph.

Our model incorporates all the beautiful lines of its larger prototype and is an excellent flyer. And now, before trying to construct the model, look over the plans carefully and familiarize yourself with the details and construction. After you feel that you understand the plans thoroughly, gather all the necessary materials together and start construction.

Well, Fans, here's this month's feature model - a beautiful plane that's tops both as a flyer and as a display ship. Wacos have always been favorites with model builders because they're such trim craft, and we're right here to tell you that this latest job is no exception. And Mr Graffeo's drawings and instructions are so clear that you won't run into a single snag in turning out this great little ship.

Fuselage: We will start by cutting Plates 1 and 3 and joining them together. Place transparent wax paper on top of the plans to prevent the parts from sticking to them. Now make the fuselage sides from 1/16 square balsa strips as shown on the plans by heavy black lines. The longerons and braces are held in place by inserting model pins on either side of the strips wherever needed. When the two sides are completely dry, cement 1/16 square balsa cross members into their proper places. Check carefully, front to rear, for alignment.

Now cut all formers from 1/32 sheet balsa and cement in their proper locations as detailed on the plans. Cut former F-3 from 1/32 sheet balsa to shape shown on Plate 4, then glue instrument panel to former F-3 and cement in fuselage. Make former X from 1/4 in sheet balsa and glue in place. Make rear hook from .028 steel wire bent to shape shown and glue to former Y... "

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