Hi, my name is judah, and I am 13 this is my ft mini Mustang.
- first I start by printing off the plans and sticking them together with tape
- them cums the dull task of cutting out the plans
wing templateand copying them onto the foam board.
then I got all my electronics together to see if we are missing anything
2 9g servos for the tail
2 4.1g servos for the wings
2200kv motor
the ESC in this photo is a bit overkill I am in the proses of getting a much smaller one
and a 2s 950mah lipo
then I started to buid the wing.
gluing in the wing spars
next, I added the aileron servos
aileron servos
don't forget to glue the servo extensions so that they don't cum unconnected mid-flight
gluing servo extensions
then I start folding the wing panels
finished wings
remember to tape the wing seem
I started folding up the fuselage and adding the bottom panels
in this photo, I have glued the tail feathers onto the fuselage.
then I added all the servos into the fuselage I ran out of push rod wire so I used some
leftover push-rod stuff
the yellow rod is smaller than the red pipe and they sit inside each other smoothly
after adding servos and push-rods I moved on to making the canopy
rear canopy
front canopy
so far looking good
making the power pod
finished power pod
finished plane
but it seems that I have cut the fuselage out wrong because the wing is barely glued on
so I thought I would modify the fuselage to use rubber bands to hold on the wing
so I started by cutting out the bottom panel and the radiator scoop
then I added some small dowl for the rubber bands
I always add some old credit card to stop the rod from riping through the foam
then I glued the scoop back on the wing
looks pretty good
finished model
this was a fun build
thanks for reading
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