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RC
Airplane
Grade 8 St. Elijah
Leader: Ronil Caro
Members: Alexander Rauto
George Leonard Bumagat
Tape
Cutter/Scissor
Glue gun and glue stick
Motor(Gear)
2 pcs. Servo Mechanism
Control Horn
2 pcs. 21.5x15x15
cardboard
2 pcs. 1.5x14.5 cardboard
2 pcs. 10.6x10.6 cardboard
2 pcs 1.5x1.5 cardboard
1 pc. 6x 6x1 cardboard
Procedure:
Join together the two 21.5x15x15 cardboard and secure it with
tape. Then using glue gun place the 10.6x10.6 cardboard over the
cardboard. Then glue the 1.5x1.5 cardboard to the1.5x14.5 cardboard.
Then place the motor on the cardboard near the middle part and glue it.
Take your 1.5x14.5 cardboard and tape them to the end of the
21.5x15x15 cardboards and reinforce it with tape then the cut a 45o angle
at the 1.5x1.5 cardboard. Then on the lower-middle of the 21.5x15x15
cardboards cut a slice and glue the 6x 6x1 cardboard to it. Get the
servos and stick it to the cuts using the glue gun. And do it to the control
horns. And lastly test it.
much easier to duplicate the Skylane. But covering materiel will have to be imported unless we
used silk - which is a another hassle. Any way we did not have Balsa wood either. So we had to
think of an another solution.
The next materiel we used was fiberglass. Made an another copy using fiberglass mat and
resin. With some difficulty we were able to build a trainer, but it never flew, it was heavy as a
brick. My uncle converted it to a static model. He added details and build a very beautiful Cessna
Cardinal. But that ended making RC planes with fiberglass. We continue thinking about material
that we could use for building RC panes. Finally came up with the idea of using cardboard,
easily available, cheap and easy to handle. We built four different simple models to finally
master the techniques of how to build simple inexpensive cardboard RC models. To date we
have built more than 20 planes of different kind, but most of them simple trainer type for the
friends in our club. Some club members also have successfully built and mastered the techniques
of building cardboard RC planes. We are very proud to say we have well over 30 different
cardboard RC models in the club today (July 2001). They are all fly equally if not better than
balsa models. Who said, RC flying is an expensive hobby? Well matter of fact it is an expensive
hobby, but building planes is not expensive anymore! Here I am trying to explain how to build
your own cardboard model. I must emphasize the fact that we have not gone very far from
making Balsa models. It will be easy or difficult as building your own balsa model. We have
previously tried using Rigid-foam, fiberglass models. We also incorporated these techniques
where it is applicable and needed. Thus we can not say these are 100% cardboard crafts. I would
say a highbred version. Because we used all the above material, even plywood where it was
necessary. I am not going to explain how to build a particular model. But discuss some things in
general that I will give you an idea how we build these simple models.
For building we used mainly cardboard and rigid-foam. But we used fiberglass and resin where it
is necessary to strengthen the structure. We used different types of cardboard, different areas of
the model. For smaller aircraft wings we used thin materiel known as bristle-board, for fuselage
we used a slightly thicker materiel known as box-board. We have not used corrugated cardboard
to cover large areas, I don't say these corrugated materials can not be used, but they seems to be
heavier than the materials that we used, but they are definitely stronger too. They may be good
for wing ribs and/or servo trays. Always try to use a single piece of cardboard for covering a
section such as wing halves, fuselage, fin, stabilizer, etc. Because joints always make the
structure less steady, heavy and ugly. Most of the models that we built for smaller engines such
as 0.25, 0.15 and 0.10 size. Only few models that we have built for a 0.40 size engine. In our
club we don't have many 0.60 size planes. Few proud owners of these planes, need not to be
bothered about building cardboard models. Most of them can fly to England to get what they
want!
VI. Reference
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yABnSswoFU