Bill Hinnant

MY ORIGINAL MODEL was of balsa wood construction, as the plans show. From the completed balsa wood fuselage, Monty Newman, president of Hartford Engineering of Havre de Grace, Md., manufactured a fiberglass mold for me. From this mold, I have built four airplanes and they all fly basically very much alike. The weight ranges have been from 7 lbs. 3 oz. to 9 lbs. complete, ready to fly without fuel. Attention is drawn to the small, insignificant looking diagram (Fig. 1) which will be of great value to the people who decide to build the F-5. It will also be of great use to anyone building an RC kit or an original design of any size. The object here is to bolt the wing in place to the fuselage and then locate the fuselage and wing in a stand until the leveling dial indicator reads zero, as shown. This indicator should be sitting on top of a 1/2 in. wide template made from balsa wood. The top of the template should be parallel to the center line of the wing rib. The same is true for the stab. However, if the stab is flat, a template will not be required.