A VIRUS IS VERY SMALL THING sometimes quite potent Virus exactly price tag materials will keep Mother wanting new fur coat keep things may think its cute Dont let small size fool grooves best adequate power no 05 32 Webra 28 will full pattern including knife-edge maneuvers small models seem bounce around dart Virus very smooth because thick symmetrical wing slightly higher-percentage tip generous stabilizer elevator area forward center gravity Above model must kept light keep speed down can fly Virus neighborhood schoolyard corner lot engine quiet enough model shown third Virus have built have flown equally well first two worn out done midair collisions succumbed carelessness inverted CONSTRUCTION model built mostly sheet balsa keep simple light Remember smaller model lighter has Dont let anyone tell model has heavy penetrate light model certainly affected wind gusts wants fly gusty days like make up kit parts seems speed up things get construction can fit things together make sure havent worked myself proverbial corner balsa should firm stringy light weight A-grain long-grain wing turtledeck sheeting B-grain medium grain fuselage sides etc C-grain wing ribs tail components Dont use heavy sheet balsa Wing When cutting ribs stack eight pieces 1As C-grain balsa between root tip rib templates Bolt stack together keeping spar notches lined up twice once wing panel Block-sand final smooth shape Cut notches fit spars Begin assembly wing pinning down ard lower spar onto plan either right left panel add sq trailing edge 1/g sheet sub-leading edge op spar Remove plan check see no twists Repeat process other wing panel straight join wings center inch dihedral tip using /s plywood dihedral brace Add 32 Model Aviation ertical webbing Install blocks front center wing l blocks trailing edge support -20 nylon wing bolts Sand trailing edge conform rib shape glue trailing edge sheets Leading edge sheeting next applied top bottom wing panels after sanding sub-leading edge conform rib shape certain leading edge sheet comes halfway back spar A6 x trips added top bottom rib trailing edge sheets leading edge sheets Sand everything smooth wingtips added next t leading edge glued place A6 center section sheeting added after 5/32 grooved main landing gear blocks fitted notches bottom ribs 2 3 4 1 x 1 vertical-grain trunnion blocks Drill 5/32 hole trunnion blocks receive torsion gear Take breather now have several sips liquid refreshment may admire handiwork make airplane noises fly wing around workshop Make sure no hears theyll think really crazy Sand whole mess nice smooth accept whatever covering want use finish plan impress everyone Fiberglass tape around center joint excellent insurance x 3/ hardwood blocks glued aileron servo well accept whatever type radio using used Ace Bantam Midgets Silver Seven 250 mAh Ni-Cd pack Fuselage fuselage sides cut firm /32 B-grain balsa top side sheet reference line everything sure straight 3A2 balsa sheet doublers A2 plywood glued back trailing edge wing cyanoacrylate CyA glue sure make left side right side same length since no side thrust downthrust Glue sq trips /8 x nds /s above fuselage side provide lip accept /16 A-grain turtle deck sheeting Bevel sq balsa tail post joined total 3A6 thick match sheet rudder Cut formers 3 4 Y8 Lite Ply glue place right angle sides Glue other side two formers being certain straight fuselage tops parallel Cement sides together post ensuring have equal curve front back no twists Drill ood firewall former 2 blind nuts hold engine mount choose Glue firewall place being sure no downthrust side thrust add 3A hardwood triangular stock behind reinforce joint tank floor now installed helps stiffen nose absorb vibration Contour strips top fuselage conform shape turtledeck formers after adding #5 #7 tank plumbing now installed sq balsa top stringer nose tail provides firm base A6 sheeting now carefully trimmed CyAed place Former 1 circle 1/6 plywood conforms spinner used glued front sides triangular stock added behind fuselage sides bottom top blocks etc can shaped fair spinner Nyrods throttle cable nose gear steering best glued place now being sure no bowing Use pieces sheet balsa stations 5 6 prevent ood wing hold-down blocks trailing edge now installed Holes drilled later wing place Cross-sheeting glued fuselage bottom #4 almost rudder post Plywood pieces added back serve base loop-shaped tail skid like type skid since makes easier hang model wall convenient carrying handle keeps rudder being torn off rough landing Before adding front bottom sheet hold wing fuselage together drill former 3 wing l peg Add 3/ sheet bottom piece spinner wing Drill wing rear plywood blocks tap blocks -20 nylon bolts everything sanded shape cut slot rear stabilizer 5/32 preformed coil nose gear used wheel collars nose gear tiller arm outside bottom lined up steering pushrod rudder main gear bent 5/32 music wire 2/2-inch wheels seemed look right work quite well grass field April 1997 33 Tail Ailerons Cut stab fin rudder elevators firm light /i balsa Sand shape block paper similar tool elevator halves joined 3A2 wire piece made coat hanger wire like use can twist easily line up cure unwanted roll ailerons level ailerons 1/4 x 1 aileron stock cut length sanded well sure same weight strength Finish type finish up remember finish good surface started heat-shrink film light didnt stand up hard use refinished Virus Sig Koverall butyrate dope Dont get wrongI like heat-shrink films some applications also like mask paint models use rub-on lettering case use finish choice keep model lightit will fly better Install nine-inch Sig similar canopy pilot helps illusion realism batteries should fit space under tank receiver above wing leading edge servos just behind two transverse hardwood rails reinforced fuselage inside 1/i6 plywood pieces used Ace Silver Seven radio Bantam Midget servos powerful fast response case use lightest radio possible Flying model nose heavy flew rock steadyso steady fact would little way aerobatics After steep approach dead-stick landing fuselage broke half behind wing reinforced Sig Celastic tail bottom moved CU back made Virus entirely different airplane rock-steady flight will fly attitude shows neutrally stable just touch elevator rudder watch wildest snap rolls have ever seen case balance type flying comfortable Takeoffs easy just advance throttle steer rudder gently add up elevator ailerons quite responsive just keep level climbout until least two mistakes high first flight carefully try controls maneuver like little airplane will Landings gentle model light thick wing section just set throttle near idle set trims gentle approach using throttle increase decrease approach angle Keeping little throttle allows flare out touchdown Virus performed well old OS 30 use whatever power can handle Happy Hying Alex D MeLeod 352 Park St North Peterborough Ontario Canada K9H 4P5 April 1997 35 Chris Grant Peterborough inspects Virus new generation RC pilots says author version used old OS 30 power Virus originally finished heat-shrink film changed Sig Koverall butyrate dope Light weight paramount regardless finish Can tell author Canada Skis substitute 2-inch wheels
Edition: Model Aviation - 1997/04
Page Numbers: 32, 33, 35
Edition: Model Aviation - 1997/04
Page Numbers: 32, 33, 35
A VIRUS IS VERY SMALL THING sometimes quite potent Virus exactly price tag materials will keep Mother wanting new fur coat keep things may think its cute Dont let small size fool grooves best adequate power no 05 32 Webra 28 will full pattern including knife-edge maneuvers small models seem bounce around dart Virus very smooth because thick symmetrical wing slightly higher-percentage tip generous stabilizer elevator area forward center gravity Above model must kept light keep speed down can fly Virus neighborhood schoolyard corner lot engine quiet enough model shown third Virus have built have flown equally well first two worn out done midair collisions succumbed carelessness inverted CONSTRUCTION model built mostly sheet balsa keep simple light Remember smaller model lighter has Dont let anyone tell model has heavy penetrate light model certainly affected wind gusts wants fly gusty days like make up kit parts seems speed up things get construction can fit things together make sure havent worked myself proverbial corner balsa should firm stringy light weight A-grain long-grain wing turtledeck sheeting B-grain medium grain fuselage sides etc C-grain wing ribs tail components Dont use heavy sheet balsa Wing When cutting ribs stack eight pieces 1As C-grain balsa between root tip rib templates Bolt stack together keeping spar notches lined up twice once wing panel Block-sand final smooth shape Cut notches fit spars Begin assembly wing pinning down ard lower spar onto plan either right left panel add sq trailing edge 1/g sheet sub-leading edge op spar Remove plan check see no twists Repeat process other wing panel straight join wings center inch dihedral tip using /s plywood dihedral brace Add 32 Model Aviation ertical webbing Install blocks front center wing l blocks trailing edge support -20 nylon wing bolts Sand trailing edge conform rib shape glue trailing edge sheets Leading edge sheeting next applied top bottom wing panels after sanding sub-leading edge conform rib shape certain leading edge sheet comes halfway back spar A6 x trips added top bottom rib trailing edge sheets leading edge sheets Sand everything smooth wingtips added next t leading edge glued place A6 center section sheeting added after 5/32 grooved main landing gear blocks fitted notches bottom ribs 2 3 4 1 x 1 vertical-grain trunnion blocks Drill 5/32 hole trunnion blocks receive torsion gear Take breather now have several sips liquid refreshment may admire handiwork make airplane noises fly wing around workshop Make sure no hears theyll think really crazy Sand whole mess nice smooth accept whatever covering want use finish plan impress everyone Fiberglass tape around center joint excellent insurance x 3/ hardwood blocks glued aileron servo well accept whatever type radio using used Ace Bantam Midgets Silver Seven 250 mAh Ni-Cd pack Fuselage fuselage sides cut firm /32 B-grain balsa top side sheet reference line everything sure straight 3A2 balsa sheet doublers A2 plywood glued back trailing edge wing cyanoacrylate CyA glue sure make left side right side same length since no side thrust downthrust Glue sq trips /8 x nds /s above fuselage side provide lip accept /16 A-grain turtle deck sheeting Bevel sq balsa tail post joined total 3A6 thick match sheet rudder Cut formers 3 4 Y8 Lite Ply glue place right angle sides Glue other side two formers being certain straight fuselage tops parallel Cement sides together post ensuring have equal curve front back no twists Drill ood firewall former 2 blind nuts hold engine mount choose Glue firewall place being sure no downthrust side thrust add 3A hardwood triangular stock behind reinforce joint tank floor now installed helps stiffen nose absorb vibration Contour strips top fuselage conform shape turtledeck formers after adding #5 #7 tank plumbing now installed sq balsa top stringer nose tail provides firm base A6 sheeting now carefully trimmed CyAed place Former 1 circle 1/6 plywood conforms spinner used glued front sides triangular stock added behind fuselage sides bottom top blocks etc can shaped fair spinner Nyrods throttle cable nose gear steering best glued place now being sure no bowing Use pieces sheet balsa stations 5 6 prevent ood wing hold-down blocks trailing edge now installed Holes drilled later wing place Cross-sheeting glued fuselage bottom #4 almost rudder post Plywood pieces added back serve base loop-shaped tail skid like type skid since makes easier hang model wall convenient carrying handle keeps rudder being torn off rough landing Before adding front bottom sheet hold wing fuselage together drill former 3 wing l peg Add 3/ sheet bottom piece spinner wing Drill wing rear plywood blocks tap blocks -20 nylon bolts everything sanded shape cut slot rear stabilizer 5/32 preformed coil nose gear used wheel collars nose gear tiller arm outside bottom lined up steering pushrod rudder main gear bent 5/32 music wire 2/2-inch wheels seemed look right work quite well grass field April 1997 33 Tail Ailerons Cut stab fin rudder elevators firm light /i balsa Sand shape block paper similar tool elevator halves joined 3A2 wire piece made coat hanger wire like use can twist easily line up cure unwanted roll ailerons level ailerons 1/4 x 1 aileron stock cut length sanded well sure same weight strength Finish type finish up remember finish good surface started heat-shrink film light didnt stand up hard use refinished Virus Sig Koverall butyrate dope Dont get wrongI like heat-shrink films some applications also like mask paint models use rub-on lettering case use finish choice keep model lightit will fly better Install nine-inch Sig similar canopy pilot helps illusion realism batteries should fit space under tank receiver above wing leading edge servos just behind two transverse hardwood rails reinforced fuselage inside 1/i6 plywood pieces used Ace Silver Seven radio Bantam Midget servos powerful fast response case use lightest radio possible Flying model nose heavy flew rock steadyso steady fact would little way aerobatics After steep approach dead-stick landing fuselage broke half behind wing reinforced Sig Celastic tail bottom moved CU back made Virus entirely different airplane rock-steady flight will fly attitude shows neutrally stable just touch elevator rudder watch wildest snap rolls have ever seen case balance type flying comfortable Takeoffs easy just advance throttle steer rudder gently add up elevator ailerons quite responsive just keep level climbout until least two mistakes high first flight carefully try controls maneuver like little airplane will Landings gentle model light thick wing section just set throttle near idle set trims gentle approach using throttle increase decrease approach angle Keeping little throttle allows flare out touchdown Virus performed well old OS 30 use whatever power can handle Happy Hying Alex D MeLeod 352 Park St North Peterborough Ontario Canada K9H 4P5 April 1997 35 Chris Grant Peterborough inspects Virus new generation RC pilots says author version used old OS 30 power Virus originally finished heat-shrink film changed Sig Koverall butyrate dope Light weight paramount regardless finish Can tell author Canada Skis substitute 2-inch wheels
Edition: Model Aviation - 1997/04
Page Numbers: 32, 33, 35
A VIRUS IS VERY SMALL THING sometimes quite potent Virus exactly price tag materials will keep Mother wanting new fur coat keep things may think its cute Dont let small size fool grooves best adequate power no 05 32 Webra 28 will full pattern including knife-edge maneuvers small models seem bounce around dart Virus very smooth because thick symmetrical wing slightly higher-percentage tip generous stabilizer elevator area forward center gravity Above model must kept light keep speed down can fly Virus neighborhood schoolyard corner lot engine quiet enough model shown third Virus have built have flown equally well first two worn out done midair collisions succumbed carelessness inverted CONSTRUCTION model built mostly sheet balsa keep simple light Remember smaller model lighter has Dont let anyone tell model has heavy penetrate light model certainly affected wind gusts wants fly gusty days like make up kit parts seems speed up things get construction can fit things together make sure havent worked myself proverbial corner balsa should firm stringy light weight A-grain long-grain wing turtledeck sheeting B-grain medium grain fuselage sides etc C-grain wing ribs tail components Dont use heavy sheet balsa Wing When cutting ribs stack eight pieces 1As C-grain balsa between root tip rib templates Bolt stack together keeping spar notches lined up twice once wing panel Block-sand final smooth shape Cut notches fit spars Begin assembly wing pinning down ard lower spar onto plan either right left panel add sq trailing edge 1/g sheet sub-leading edge op spar Remove plan check see no twists Repeat process other wing panel straight join wings center inch dihedral tip using /s plywood dihedral brace Add 32 Model Aviation ertical webbing Install blocks front center wing l blocks trailing edge support -20 nylon wing bolts Sand trailing edge conform rib shape glue trailing edge sheets Leading edge sheeting next applied top bottom wing panels after sanding sub-leading edge conform rib shape certain leading edge sheet comes halfway back spar A6 x trips added top bottom rib trailing edge sheets leading edge sheets Sand everything smooth wingtips added next t leading edge glued place A6 center section sheeting added after 5/32 grooved main landing gear blocks fitted notches bottom ribs 2 3 4 1 x 1 vertical-grain trunnion blocks Drill 5/32 hole trunnion blocks receive torsion gear Take breather now have several sips liquid refreshment may admire handiwork make airplane noises fly wing around workshop Make sure no hears theyll think really crazy Sand whole mess nice smooth accept whatever covering want use finish plan impress everyone Fiberglass tape around center joint excellent insurance x 3/ hardwood blocks glued aileron servo well accept whatever type radio using used Ace Bantam Midgets Silver Seven 250 mAh Ni-Cd pack Fuselage fuselage sides cut firm /32 B-grain balsa top side sheet reference line everything sure straight 3A2 balsa sheet doublers A2 plywood glued back trailing edge wing cyanoacrylate CyA glue sure make left side right side same length since no side thrust downthrust Glue sq trips /8 x nds /s above fuselage side provide lip accept /16 A-grain turtle deck sheeting Bevel sq balsa tail post joined total 3A6 thick match sheet rudder Cut formers 3 4 Y8 Lite Ply glue place right angle sides Glue other side two formers being certain straight fuselage tops parallel Cement sides together post ensuring have equal curve front back no twists Drill ood firewall former 2 blind nuts hold engine mount choose Glue firewall place being sure no downthrust side thrust add 3A hardwood triangular stock behind reinforce joint tank floor now installed helps stiffen nose absorb vibration Contour strips top fuselage conform shape turtledeck formers after adding #5 #7 tank plumbing now installed sq balsa top stringer nose tail provides firm base A6 sheeting now carefully trimmed CyAed place Former 1 circle 1/6 plywood conforms spinner used glued front sides triangular stock added behind fuselage sides bottom top blocks etc can shaped fair spinner Nyrods throttle cable nose gear steering best glued place now being sure no bowing Use pieces sheet balsa stations 5 6 prevent ood wing hold-down blocks trailing edge now installed Holes drilled later wing place Cross-sheeting glued fuselage bottom #4 almost rudder post Plywood pieces added back serve base loop-shaped tail skid like type skid since makes easier hang model wall convenient carrying handle keeps rudder being torn off rough landing Before adding front bottom sheet hold wing fuselage together drill former 3 wing l peg Add 3/ sheet bottom piece spinner wing Drill wing rear plywood blocks tap blocks -20 nylon bolts everything sanded shape cut slot rear stabilizer 5/32 preformed coil nose gear used wheel collars nose gear tiller arm outside bottom lined up steering pushrod rudder main gear bent 5/32 music wire 2/2-inch wheels seemed look right work quite well grass field April 1997 33 Tail Ailerons Cut stab fin rudder elevators firm light /i balsa Sand shape block paper similar tool elevator halves joined 3A2 wire piece made coat hanger wire like use can twist easily line up cure unwanted roll ailerons level ailerons 1/4 x 1 aileron stock cut length sanded well sure same weight strength Finish type finish up remember finish good surface started heat-shrink film light didnt stand up hard use refinished Virus Sig Koverall butyrate dope Dont get wrongI like heat-shrink films some applications also like mask paint models use rub-on lettering case use finish choice keep model lightit will fly better Install nine-inch Sig similar canopy pilot helps illusion realism batteries should fit space under tank receiver above wing leading edge servos just behind two transverse hardwood rails reinforced fuselage inside 1/i6 plywood pieces used Ace Silver Seven radio Bantam Midget servos powerful fast response case use lightest radio possible Flying model nose heavy flew rock steadyso steady fact would little way aerobatics After steep approach dead-stick landing fuselage broke half behind wing reinforced Sig Celastic tail bottom moved CU back made Virus entirely different airplane rock-steady flight will fly attitude shows neutrally stable just touch elevator rudder watch wildest snap rolls have ever seen case balance type flying comfortable Takeoffs easy just advance throttle steer rudder gently add up elevator ailerons quite responsive just keep level climbout until least two mistakes high first flight carefully try controls maneuver like little airplane will Landings gentle model light thick wing section just set throttle near idle set trims gentle approach using throttle increase decrease approach angle Keeping little throttle allows flare out touchdown Virus performed well old OS 30 use whatever power can handle Happy Hying Alex D MeLeod 352 Park St North Peterborough Ontario Canada K9H 4P5 April 1997 35 Chris Grant Peterborough inspects Virus new generation RC pilots says author version used old OS 30 power Virus originally finished heat-shrink film changed Sig Koverall butyrate dope Light weight paramount regardless finish Can tell author Canada Skis substitute 2-inch wheels
