This Fokker triplane found its way into my car when picking up Jim Spence's (Canuke) V-900 complete spare parts kit*.
Jim attempted to make it fly but had trouble and repaired it. He would love to see it fly so here we go to improve the chances.
step 1-
Make it nose-heavy. WW1 planes are notoriously tail heavy because the nose is so short. Made two changes:
- install a larger motor- from 100 watts to 150 watts. Note the blurry photo of the motors. The old (gold) motor wires were starting to fry.
- a long thin battery that fits into the motor mount. I bought a long thin EVO 800mah, 3 cell at the last Kitchener Swap meet.
step 2-
make the rudder operational. Need all the help I can get to make it taxi and fly straight.
step 3-
make the landing gear stronger. It had ripped out.
Photos:
2846- shows the rudder cut from the fin, tri-stock added to the rudder's leading edge so it can turn and filler balsa in the fin to make the fin's trailing edge continuous.
47- Tri stock sanded and trimmed, two hinges added and glued in place.
48- the old 22mm motor on the left (100 watts) and the new (blue, 150 watts) 28mm motor on the right. Note the fried wires on the old motor. Too much draw.
50- add a piece of plywood to the firewall to help with the newer, heavier motor. Done so there is a flush front surface to hold the motor.
51- the new battery. Long and thin so it can slide behind the motor.
52- the new battery in place.
Everything is now curing. It is called getting ready for dinner.
Note: if some of these pictures look blurry to you.... you need another drink.

Frank
* that's what a paranoid person calls a second identical airplane to justify the expense.
