Pepe (oz8455)

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Pepe. Free flight sport model.

Quote: "A simple 36 inch free flight sportster. Pepe, by A Healey.

WANT AN EASY MODEL to build for that spare .3 to .8 cc engine? Here's one that even the least experienced of aeromodellers can build without difficulty. East Lancashire club members would agree to this from practical experience. She flies without any troubles whatsoever and the ED Baby powered prototype just built, had the designer chasing all over the countryside due to the height it gained even on a half empty tank.

Start construction with the fuselage. Accurately mark and cut out the fuselage sides and formers. The designer measures his sides on to medium hard balsa, in preference to tracing the outlines. Next, bend the undercarriage wires, bind and cement well in place on F1 and F2. Follow this by fixing the engine bearers to these formers.

Now cement formers F1 and F4 in their respective places on the starboard fuselage side. Cement the port side in place, adding the 1/4 x 1/8 wing mounts, checking always for correct alignment. When dry, crack slightly behind F4, bring the sides together and cement at the tail with F9. Add remaining formers, sheet top, cabin, etc. Nose inserts can be fitted now. Sand' lightly, add dowels and celluloid, tail skid and wheels to complete.

Wings are made in two halves leaving the fitting of dihedral keepers until the last stage. Don't forget that the root rib has to be tilted for which the dihedral template is used. Cement the keepers in one half of the wing then bring together, cementing the root rib support to give 3 in dihedral under each tip. Add a piece of tape over the joint at the trailing edge extending past the next rib in each half. This prevents the rubber bands from cutting.

The fin and tailplane require no special instruction other than to mention that the fin is cemented permanently to the tailplane in the slot between two centre ribs, Also, the cap strips on these two ribs (to protect the tissue from the rubber bands) are simply made by using two 1/8 x 1/16 strips of balsa and cracking or steaming them to follow the curvature of the ribs. Cement one to each rib outside of the slot for fin.

Cover the entire model with lightweight tissue, then dope and colour as preferred.

Flying will present no problems, and Pepe will soon show how tolerant she is of maladjustment to her flying surfaces - don't forget that name and address label to be stuck on the cabin side - for she is sure to try to get away some time with her snappy performance!"

Direct submission to Outerzone.

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Article pages, thanks to RFJ.

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