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Rudder and tail wing
The rudder and elevator are glued to the fuselage. Cellophane tape is used to build hinges for the moving parts.
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Wing support
A balsa wood frame is attached to the cockpit to provide support for the wings.
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Attaching the wings
The finished product
Everything is now more or less in place. Notice the two carbon rods, which provide additional support...
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Preparing paper patterns
These patterns are used to cut the depron parts for the Beaver DHC-2 RC plane are building. The plans for the plane were from www.aerosquare.com.
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Cutting depron parts
Depron foam is an insulation material that is light and durable enough for building RC aircraft....
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Fuselage reinforcement
The fuselage is made stronger with some balsa wood beams.
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Donor plane
This old Pitch is being scavanged for some needed parts during the construction.
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Engine mount
The engine will be mounted on the white styrofoam rig shown here. A piece of plywood will be used for support.
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The wing
The wings of the plane are also made from depron with a balsa wood rod providing support.
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Hot glue is used to attach the wings to the supporting balsa wood rod.
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Tail detail
The rudder, tail wing and the elevator will be inserted into these slots.
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Building a Beaver DHC-2
