Foam-wing Free Flight sport model purrs along BACK IN TILE OLD DAYS younger Free Flight much simpler Build airplane fill tank start engine cross fingers let go engines much less power today models would cruise up until engine ran out fuel model would glide back down Veco Dakota Joe Wagner good example little Dakota biplane very popular because flew well because glide would come back fly again concept mind designed Cloud Kitten based around Ace RC mini foam wing Cox Pee Wee 020 Pee Wee has lots power thick foam wing takes Cloud Kitten out floater category give Cloud Kitten modem look designed look like full-scale airplanes see airports flying overhead day older small engines came built-in fuel tank allowed minute two engine run perfect sport Free Flight models engines used OK Cub Baby Spitfire K&B Infant Atwood Wasp reed valve Cox Pee Wee 020 has similar power older larger engines has built-in fuel tank designed Cloud Kitten several years ago never built Time went would occasionally look Cloud Kitten plans would always pressing issues am member Las Vegas Dust Devils fly El Dorado March 1999 47 Photos author Graphic Design Jill Ann Cavanaugh gentle toss starts another flight sure put name phone number model just case Pee Wee O2O Cloud Kitten based Ace RC mini foam wing Cox Pee Wee 020 engine Modern Cessna appearance old-time performance dry lake huge siteflat open occasional starter stooge sticking up attract low-flying model Since going out anyway built prototype Cloud Kitten just see would fly already Ace foam wing about right amount dihedral no hinged ailerons fuselage took evening build another afternoon apply three four coats clear dope spray can After some test glides local park evening Cloud Kitten ready testfly dry lake Flying weight 6 ounces model required some additional downthrust sidethrust after some adjustment little model flew very gently large circle gently glided down made very pretty landing model turning slowly right under power slightly right under glide successive flight got better Rudder trim tightened up turn little clay tall improved glide Power engine run time increased until little model would climb up about 300 feet turn 200-foot circles Flights would last 48 Model Aviation adjustable rudder tab gluing two strips thin Firewall /8 aircraft plywood F-2 VB Lite Ply Attach 1A6 copper wire cut out tab Wire sets adjustments wire landing gear thread glue Spray three four coats clear colored dope windows brushed-on black dope Wheels secured collars soldered washers Type FE Sport Wingspan 35 inches Engine Cox Pee Wee 020 Flying weight 61/2 ounces Construction Foam wing balsa fuselage/tail surfaces Finish Dope balsa foam unfinished Sand inboard ends wing panels dihedral angle Epoxy wings together over waxed paper blocking up wingtip soup can 0123456 II 1/8 UTE PLY OPTI%NAL II i iii WRAP WiTH THREA AND GLUE- 1/16 BALSA DRILL 1/16 1/16 BALSA__ DOUBLERS _____ I -fl II / / II___ 1/16 BALSA___ II II II II II II b O~CE~ WINDOW OUTUNE FOR CLARrIY THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE IS NOT SHOWN 1/16 BAJSA LANDING GEAR REINFORCEMENTS -1/16 WiRE GEAN\/( LANDINO 1/16 WHEEL COLLAR 1/16 BALSA 5 5Ii 5 5 AE RC 35 MINI FM WING TAPERED OR CONSTANT CHORD -SOKi 01 TAPERED WING Fli/4 PLYSECURE WING WITHSOKi D2 CONSTANT CHORD WING uuINE SHIM24 #16 RUBBER TO GIVE BANDS 1/B PLY RIGHT THRUST 1/8 DOWEL 1/16 BALSA Fi \1/16BALSADOUBLERF-2 WRAP WITH THREAD MOUNT ENGINEAND GLUE WITH f2 SM SCREWS OR 258 BOLTS AND 1/16 BALSA BUND NUTSJjj/le WIRE 11/4WHEELS ENGINL COX PEE WEE 020 PROP 45 X 2 60 DOWNTHRUST K NOTCH TRAJUNG EDGE FOR RUBBER BANDS TO ~MOUNT THE WING 1/16 BALSA EPOXY WING HALVES TOGETHER 3/4 E STOCK 21 CUT OUT FOR RUBBER BANDS 1/16 BALSA LANDING GEAR REINFORCEMENTS DIHEDRAU BLOCK UP ONE WING TIP 4 #872 /K/711/ GLUE 1 /32 S / TO ADJUST DERTAB-b4 Cloud Kitten SPORT FREE FLIGHT FOR COX PEE WEE 020 ENGINE WINGSPAN 35 LENGTH 25 DESIGNED BY FRED REESE RUDDER 1/16 BALSA Introducing 30 Wingspan Laser Cut Rubber Powered Flying Models 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couple trim flights year later am still flying both models enjoy flight much ever CONSTRUCTION Cut out parts called plan Glue two parts A6 balsa fuselage sides together Lay sides over plan mark location firewall two bulkheads Make second side first making sure have right side left side Glue 1/16 balsa nose doublers sides Glue little triangles ahead behind F-2 support landing gear Bend 1/16 music wire landing gear glue Lite Ply bulkhead F-2 Drill /16 holes side wire near bottom bulkhead top wire V Stitch wire landing gear plywood bulkhead carpet thread apply glue over thread knots Glue bulkheads F-2 F-3 fuselage sides using square keep perpendicular side Glue second fuselage side bulkheads Pull fuselage sides together rear glue Glue firewall F- 1 between forward fuselage sides right behind nose doublers Hold until dry both sides bent same firewall straight will angled down Glue top bottom /16 balsa sheeting cross-grained up front behind wing rest can straight-grained Cut out stabilizer rudder glue place left wing uncovered unfinished save weight effort flashing little bumps sanded off very fine sandpaper Trim off rear /6 foam tralling edge glue 3/4 trailing edge stock use white glue epoxy cyanoacrylate glues will melt foam Glue trailing edge bottom rear foam wing trailing edge flat building board over waxed paper skip step wing needs trailing edge added finished model may stable Sand dihedral angle wing center ends epoxy two wing halves together blocking up tip five inches soup can Notch center trailing edge wing will fit fuselage Sand wood fuselage tail #400 wet-or-dry sandpaper get wood really smooth Vacuum off dust wipe tack cloth brush spray coat clear butyrate dope Sig Pactra AeroGloss dry sand off fuzzies #400 sandpaper wipe tack rag spray another coat Sand again spray two coats clear Mask off windows brush spray black windows Glue wing dowels Install wheels A6 wheel collars Mount engine /M plywood shim behind left side mount holes give about 1 2o right thrust Use #2 sheet-metal screws mount engine Make top bottom cuts rudder trim tab glue two pieces thin copper wire act hinges right side rudder glue dry cut tab free left side rudder Bend tab about /16 right first flight adjust needed Adjust rudder glide turn engine thrust power turn Flying Test-glide model over grass get smooth non-stalling flat glide slight right turn Add clay nose tail until glide right Adjust glide rudder until glide circle about 200 feet diameter glide flat stalling may need add tall weight hold nose up circle tightened first powered flight put propeller backward engine still runs same direction thrust reduced recommend Cox Super Power fuel Sig Champion /2A fuel little engines Adjust engine peak power unscrew needle valve until engine just barely running Let engine run awhile flight short Launch model straight ahead wind just gentle push model will just about fly out hand Watch power glide Adjust power turn engine right thrust model balanced shown plan stalling under power decrease positive wing incidence sanding wing saddle needs corrected first along glide circleespecially stall becomes progressively worse downthrust shown plan should enough control power TD 020 used degree two may needed Tightening turn under power will also reduce stall carefulthis sensitive Gradually increase power finally engine run breeze blowing definitely shorten engine runthe Cloud Kitten can cover lot ground prefer fly Cloud Kitten prop backward engine running rich keep aircraft lower get see better dont have chase far also get see landings no wind fill tank just let fly sure put name phone number model inside cabin case have flyaway may get back large glide circle will help keep Cloud Kitten out thermals Fly mornings before real booming thermals form put Cloud Kitten will long chase Reese 2500 Teddy Dr #2 Las Vegas NV 89102 50 Model Aviation
