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My First Build - Sig Four Star 40 |
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See the final photos! |
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This is my first kit, a Sig Four Star Four, very often thought to be one of the best "second" planes for those new to the hobby. This plane has been around for a while. It is supposedly very easy to control, but still can do all the aerobatics you can throw at it. Here are some shots of the construction.... |
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Wing Construction |
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Initial Construction of the right wing - winspars and ribs |
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Applied top sheeting, leading and trailing edges |
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Right wing completed!, about 3-4 hours into the project! |
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Futher along, different angle |
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Left wing - added leading and trailing edges, and sheeting to trailing edge |
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Construction of the left wing - winspars and ribs |
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Left wing -almost complete, need to cut off ends of spars, and sand. Only about 1.5 hours for the left wing. |
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Epoxied the two wing halves together through the servo hatch, using the diherdral brace provided by SIG. |
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Wing clamped and waiting for it to dry overnight |
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Two halves now fused together via epoxy. |
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Next day, added the control arms for the ailerons, had to notch out the basswood for the threaded arms, very tough to do without breaking it. |
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Completed Wing- at least at this stage. Now we move onto the fuselage. |
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Fuselage Construction |
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First step was some prep work. I need to create the block for the landing gear to be attached to. Also I need to build the firewall, where the engine would be mounted. This came in two pieces, which I epoixed together, then I CAREFULLY measured an drilled the holes for my engine mount. I used thick CA on these blind nuts to hold them in place. There is a good article on this provided by AMA Sport Avitator. |
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I then put in each of the bulkheads, rubber banded the fuse together and used medium CA on all the joints and edges. |
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I built up the two sides of the fuse with the plywood doublers, and taped the end of the fuselage together as instructed. |
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Here is an aerial view of the fuselage with the cockpit floor installed. |
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Here is a side view of the fuselage all glued together. |
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Now I have added the fuselage stringers to the headrest and rear of the fuselage. |
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Next I wet down the fuselage top desk and taped it down. I used medium CA to glue it from undeneath.. |
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