Fokker
Dr.1
46.7”
1/6
Scale
Page
23
Copyright©
2007
‐
11
M.K.
Bengtson
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07/11
spray
can.
Fusion
is
meant
for
plastics,
so
I
ʹ
m
hoping
that
means
it
is
designed
to
be
more
flexible
than
ordinary
enamels.
If
you
haven
ʹ
t
tried
them
before
for
trim
painting,
give
them
a
whirl.
They
have
a
great
fan
pattern
nozzle,
and
cover
really
well.
BATTERY
COMPARTMENT
I
ʹ
ve
figured
out
an
easy
way
to
retain
the
battery.
I
built
a
shelf
with
an
ʺ
L
ʺ
cross
section
that
I
installed
cross
ways
at
the
front
of
the
fuselage
butting
up
against
the
firewall.
I
glued
some
3/16
sheet
against
the
inside
of
the
firewall
so
the
battery
doesn
ʹ
t
rub
up
against
the
motor
mount
blind
nuts.
The
battery
slides
in
through
the
forward
most
hatch,
and
the
top
of
the
pack
is
retained
by
the
ʺ
L
ʺ
.
(the
shelf
will
also
serve
as
a
place
to
mount
the
ESC
and
RX).
The
bottom
of
the
battery
rest
on
the
forward
landing
gear
mount.
I
then
glued
a
piece
of
1/8
ʺ
basswood
to
the
inside
of
the
hatch.
Once
the
hatch
is
in
place,
the
basswood
piece
stops
the
battery
from
sliding
backwards.
It
ʹ
s
simple
and
seems
really
effective.
I
ʹ
ve
shaken
the
plane
up
and
down,
and
the
battery
shows
no
signs
of
shifting.
Pictures
were
hard
to
take
due
to
the
confined
space.
Another
plus
of
this
design
is
that
with
the
middle/top
wing
assembly
off
and
the
bottom
hatches
off,
it
is
super
easy
to
get
at
the
innards
of
the
airplane.
Weight
as
you
see
it
in
the
pictures
is
59oz.
I
figure
flying
weight
will
be
around
72oz,
for
a
wing
loading
of
14.26oz/sq
ft.
Not
too
bad
for
an
airplane
of
this
size.
