Bobs Plane -- Kersplat
Updated Feb 7
Added some pictures for possible color schemes

Updated Dec 29


Updated Oct 17
Added some parts last 2 items

Updated Sept 25
Added some more construction pics!
Updated Sept 13
Added some more construction pics!

Updated Sept 6
Added some more construction pics!


Updated Sept 3
Added some more construction pics!


Updated Sept 1
Added some more construction pics!

Updated Aug 25
Balsa arrived today, rainy so I cut out the rest of the half ribs!


Updated Aug 21
4 wing spars have been laminated , spruce and balsa app. 6 mm x 6mm 50 inch long
with winglets overall wingspan will be 52"
Balsa hasn't arrived yet!

Updated 8 AM Aug 14
I started a List
Also need a couple rolls of Monokote two different Colors would be nice, your Choice!
Also Balsa wood,(have the wood)    I have spruce here for spars and wings as well as Miscellaneous Hardware...Screws nuts bolts
Balsa Wood ordered from Balsa USA app, $115.00 worth of wood

These are all prices I fished up from Great Hobbies in PEI
As I think of things I'll update this list,.
Fuel Probably best to pick this up from Hobby Shop I would suggest something with 10 % nitromethane or less also
mostly castor rather then synthetic as the lubricant"


RADIO
Update for Radio, will only need
 FUTABA Flight Pack - 8 channel R168DF FM receiver
 & crystal, (3) s3004 single ball bearing servos, switch harness,
aileron extension and  600mah receiver battery.  anything higher other then  Channel 42,
but not channel 42  also a
matching, Dual Conversion FM  Futaba crystal for T6YG Radio....

Option 2  Radio
I have a  channel 58 Crystal,  as well as a battery pack..
Would still need a Switch , receiver
3 Servos, S3004
aileron extension
and a Channel 58 Crystal for the Radio


                                         

2 only   OSM25FX   —  OS 25 FX w/Muffler/Rem Needle
1 only   KNS501    36" Music Wire - 1/32"
2 only     KNS508   —  36" Music Wire - 5/32"
1 only    KNS506   —  36" Music Wire - 3/32"
2 only     DUB557   —  Horn Bracket - 3/32 (4-40)
1 only     DUB596   —  Dura-Collars - 3/32" (12)
1 only     DUB598   —  Dura-Collars - 5/32" (12)
1 only  
  DUB239   —  Nylon Gear Straps - 5/32" (4)
2 only     DUB237   —  Control Horns - T-Style (2)
1 only     DUB107   —  Control Horns -  (2)
2 only    
DUB100TW   —  Tailwheel - 1"
2 only    
DUB200T   —  Treaded Wheels - 2" (2)
1 only     DUB272   —  Spinner 2" - White  or colour to suite
3 feet       DUB197   —  Silicon Fuel Tubing - Med (1')
1 only     DUB606   —  4-40 Blind Nuts (24)
1 only     GPMQ3950   —  CA Hinges 3/4" x 1" (24)
1 only        
SUL437   —  Slant Fuel Tank - SS-4 4oz
1 only     SUL527   —  2-56 Gold-N-Clevis (12)
1 only      
SUL503   —  Pushrods - Flex 36" Red (2)
2 only       
SUL187   —  Crap Trap Filter - Engine
1 only       
SIGSH175   —  Nylon Bolts - 1/4-20 X 1.5 (4)
2 only        
SIGEM001   —  Glass-Filled Mount Large 19-61
1 only        
MER300M2   —  CA Medium 2oz
2 rolls         monokote  2 different colors!
Expendable Items
2 only     APC100040   —  Prop - 10 x 4
Fuel  
OS Max glow plugs, I use 1 a year!




Some Color Schemes



Ribs and Half ribs after cutting, still need to be sanded and have spar grooves and turbulator grooves added



1/64 plywood fuseladge doublers and the 3/32 balsa fuse sides...


6 x 6 mm wing spars ..



Tail feathers , elevator and rudder



How things go together, fuselage side reinforced with 1/64 ply



Wing trailing edge bulkhead, slot is for linkages to elevator and rudder

Plywood pieces , Double engine mt, firewall bulkhead at right, tray and wing trailing edge bulkhead, left ... this bits get sandwiched inside fuselage sides

Left end of wing

Wing layup, all full ribs glued to lower spar

Rear half of fuse, servo rails for rudder and elevator servos and rest of bay for receiver and batteries.

Forward half of fuseladge, showing servo rails for throttle servo and gussets to reinforce firewall

Underside of fuselage , front, Plywood added for main landing gear...

Rear underside of fuseladge, pulled together and 1/8 ply mounting stiffener added for tailwheel bracket

Center wing detail, showing shear webs between spars and upper turbulator spar, as well as leading edge

Trailing edge of wing where it meets the fuseladge..
Plywood reinforcement being held down and glued for wing mounting bolts...

Rear wing mounting blocks , just above servo rails, still need to be drilled and tapped for wing mounting bolts..

Rear fuse detail, cross bracing

Wing tip detail, leading edge, some sanding still required..

Center wing detail, showing  mounting dowels forward edge. Rear gets attached with 2 x 1/4 in nylon screws

Center wing detail, underside, showing aeliron servo bay

Complete wing underside, the majority of the work being done... Lots of sanding left though

Major components put together, lots of sanding still needed also a hatch cover

Another view

Wing detail, built up ailerons held in with some tape..

Tail feathers, rudder and elevator. Hinge slots are cut as well . Two dowels used to locate these to fuselage. Will be epoxied together later
Kersplat  Build  August  2008