Value Planes Seagull with 4 motors

[Michael]

I already built one of these, and I have been flying it for 4 seasons. I've flown it off the runway, grass, water and snow. It handles wind easily.

See the link for my original construction thread, including a few modifications.

https://temac.ca/smf/index.php?topic=7850.0

In this thread I will not post all construction, nor any of the previously posted modifications, but I will post any new modifications, and the 4 motor setup I plan. The motors will be mounted in scratch-built nacelles on the wings.

These photos are of the model that I am currently flying.

[Michael]

The first photo isn't a modification, but simply to show that I've started construction.

The other photos show that I've enlarged the battery hatch to make it easier to place and take-out batteries from the fuselage.

I used a couple scrap pieces of plywood to hold the enlarged hatch together.

[Michael]

Fuselage construction is finished.

Modifications:

- The battery hatch is larger to accommodate larger batteries.
- The windshield is removable to facilitate adjusting a 3-way gyro-stabilizer when the model is fully assembled.
- The fuselage side sheeting is constructed separately from the fuselage supporting structure. Since I likely didn't build either of these perfectly strait, they didn't line up, so I cut the side sheeting in half, trimmed it to fit, glued the pieces on, and glued in scrap balsa, so everything would line up.
- Instead of using one long laser cut part to cover the front-bottom hull, which was difficult due a needed curve against the grain, I used some scrap balsa to sheet this area with the grain parallel to the curve.


The wing is next.

[GuyOReilly]

Nice looking fuselage. 
It will be interesting to see the nacelles for the motor and all that wiring.
Sure is fun when you have a project on the go.