Radio Control Jet International - April-May 2018

Another area where we had to add a personal touch was with the

tip tanks: again, we found nothing in the kit or in the wings for the

mounting of the tip tanks to the wings, but we did have a number

of ideas to make them removeable, as the wings are much easier

to pack in the shipping crate if the tip tanks have been removed.

It also makes life much simpler when we transport the model in the car.

Each tip tank has two carbon tubes extending from their inner

face, these slide into a pair of matching carbon tubes glued into

the wing, which are supported by blocks of wood. To keep the tip

tanks firmly attached to the wings, we just added two long screws

that pass through both sets of the carbon tubes.

As you can see, there’s nothing overwhelming to do or develop,

it’s a turbine powered scale model so it’s expected that anyone

assembling this type of model has ample aeromodelling experi-

ence and is very capable of completing the assembly to a good

standard.

In the next article, we’ll cover the electronics and turbine installa-

tion and....the first flights!

Marco Benincasa

FEI-BAO L-39 1:4.8

WEBSITE

http://www.cmodels.it/modelli_jet.htm

http://www.electron-retracts.com/

http://www.osvymodel.it/

http://www.evojets.de

We installed SkyCandy landing lights in the fronts of the tip tanks

Positioning of the rear of the thrust tube

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