Fokker by Coverite

Started by GuyOReilly, June 24, 2025, 02:14:11 PM

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GuyOReilly

I am starting a new build.
This one will be a tail drag configuration as it saves weight at the front and leaves room for the battery.
The instructions are backwards (IMHO).  You do not add stiffeners after the fuselage is built  :o  and the wing saddle doublers should be glued to the sides before the fuselage formers are added.   ???
Although the instructions call for the construction of the wing first, I decided (in my great wisdom  :-X  ) to start with the fuselage.
The 2-part tail section is sheet balsa and already glued-up, ready for sanding and covering.
Simpler build than the Robbe Disco Glider.
As for colour scheme, I may not go with the WWI German markings (TBD).

GuyOReilly

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Fuselage started and tail section started.
Servos will be located near the tail. 
This location is preferable as the motor and battery combination results in a very nose heavy plane.
Other construction change was the slot for the stab: it is incorrect on the instructions and on the plans.

GuyOReilly

Too hot to stay put in the sun gardening...
Much progress, the wings will be epoxied together soon.
It is simpler, I found, to do the sheeting after joining the wings. 
That is another difference from the plans and instructions.
It is starting to look like a plane  ;D