EP15: Let's take a side... maybe two, Starting the Fuselage, Scratchbuilding Giant Scale RC Airplane

Scratch building a Ryan’s Rebel stick style R/C airplane:


Episode 15, It’s time to build the final component of the Rebel, the fuselage. If you are goig to build this plane from the plans link below, there is a glitch, that you need to know about. The sides are actually 50 inches long, so if you cut the sides out of 48 inch ⅛ balsa… you are going to come up 2 inches short. I fixed this by adding a few inches to the tip of the rear/stabilizer end of the side… a quick butt joint to make up the small length. You will see this in the video. Today I am gluing on the doubler so that we can get ready to start filling out the formers and other interior parts. Make sure you concentrate on making a left side and a right side former. Two lefts don’t make it right…. Hahaha…

If you have questions please add them in a comment below.
Tools and glues used in this series: Amazon affiliate links
https://amzn.to/2Sc6KNr Razor saw and mitre box to make precision, straight, small kerf cuts
https://amzn.to/37yk4Bm sandable finish resin. This is the stuff for fiberglassing.
https://amzn.to/2vmW0Db 15 minute epoxy. Use for sticking stuff together, firewalls, landing gear plates, hardwood parts. Can be used with fiberglass, but you’re not going to like it. Not sandable.
https://amzn.to/2T0uhSB Scroll saw, the best tool of a scratch builder
https://amzn.to/36gTtI2 Master Airscrew Razor Plane
https://amzn.to/2uaV8Rt Black & Decker hand sander.
https://amzn.to/2Y93QL7 Magnets like the ones I used in this video
100 count, seems like a lot, but more is better when the project is big.
https://amzn.to/374eXsJ Master Airscrew Balsa Stripper, make your own high quality sticks from common balsa sheets. One of the most valuable tools I use.
If you wanna build this airplane, You can find the plans here. https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showt... Scroll down to post #517
The last pdf is the article from RCM magazine and includes that bonus materials list.

Let’s get building!!!

If you have questions about scratch building from plans, post them in the comment section below and I will do my very best to answer them.

Production equipment: Amazon affiliate links
Main camera for shooting this video: https://amzn.to/36fCm9v
Lens used: https://amzn.to/2NApyTS
Table top camera: https://amzn.to/33Q0ZYk
Audio recorder used: https://amzn.to/34MfEoS
Lav Mic: to sort out all the shop noise. https://amzn.to/33IWuPu
Rode Wireless Go mic: https://amzn.to/2QUTYBe Love this new mic, takes a step out of production editing. Great sound quality.