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Bavarian RC Messerschmitt Me-410 

 

 

 

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Bavarian RC Messerschmitt Me-410 – Build Instructions 

 
Note: Some pictures were taken from different prototypes. There might be evolutions in the plans 
that are not matching the pictures. 
 
Fuselage 
 

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Glue together the 3 layers of the Spine (LH, center, RH) 

 

 

 

 

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Glue together the two Formers H2. 

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Slide the Formers H2 onto the spine and glue them in place. Make sure they are at a 90 
degree angle towards the spine. 

 

 

 

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Glue Former H1 in front of Formers H2 and make sure to remove any glue from the 
rectangular cut-out. Punch through the hole for the push rod sleeve. 

 

 

 

 

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Glue together the two Frames L for the LH side and the two Frames L for the RH side 

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Glue the Push rod support and Frames L (LH and RH) to the Spine. 

 

 

Summary of Contents for Messerschmitt Me-410

Page 1: ...not matching the pictures Fuselage Glue together the 3 layers of the Spine LH center RH Glue together the two Formers H2 Slide the Formers H2 onto the spine and glue them in place Make sure they are...

Page 2: ...support and through the cavity in Frame L The sleeve should be flush with Former H1 and overlapping the spine at the rear end by about 15mm Apply hot glue to secure the push rod sleeve on the Former...

Page 3: ...of the skin To test fit the Fuselage tail skin insert the push rod with the part that is protruding on the forward edge of the skin into the push rod sleeve Slide the skin onto the spine The push rod...

Page 4: ...e together the two Formers F2 Test fit the Formers F2 on the forward edge of the spine flush with the fwd edge Apply hot glue to the mating surface of formers F2 and attach them to the spine Make sure...

Page 5: ...all the way back flush with the rear edge of the lower deck Also make sure to have the right orientation see FWD marking Glue the Lower deck reinforcement in place Take three knock in nuts M6 and cut...

Page 6: ...ve some foam from the lower deck side walls to ensure the fit of the knock in nuts Glue the Front wall and Rear wall in place Glue the Lower deck wing support aft in place Make sure the center line co...

Page 7: ...t the BBQ skewer Press the horizontal stabilizer flat on the table and hold it until the glue has fully cooled down Remove the foam at the leading edge Run a BBQ skewer along the leading edge Take 2 B...

Page 8: ...use 8 Version Beta 1 0 Take a 1 5mm steel wire and make a U shape wire see marking on plan Test fit the U wire Glue the U wire into the cavity while pressing the horizontal stabilizer and the elevato...

Page 9: ...l stabilizer on the fuselage For the alignment of the horizontal stabilizer I recommend the usage of small supports made from scrap pieces of foam Align the fuselage on the table until the lower deck...

Page 10: ...outer edge of the elevator hinge and the center line of the fuselage on the fwd edge of the tail skin on both sides and adjust the horizontal stabilizer to make these distances even Cut another 2 piec...

Page 11: ...rn to the elevator with the control rod connected to the control horn Again fix the elevator with popsicle sticks and clamps in a neutral position Test fit the servo between frame F2 and H1 and make a...

Page 12: ...as it should I had to correct this during my prototype build Glue together the three formers D the two formers B and the two formers A2 upper Glue formers D B and A2 to the lower deck at the marked po...

Page 13: ...long BBQ skewers Also the Doubler for the hatch lower lock is not shown here Attach the Doubler for the hatch lower lock to the underside of the access frame check the plan for the correct position M...

Page 14: ...d edge of the rear Former D The other two Formers D have to stay free Apply glue to Former F1 along the edge of the access frame and on the rear Former D Attach the skin and secure it with tape toward...

Page 15: ...n the rear Former B Slide Fuselage skin 2 onto the fuselage align it and secure it with tape at the rear edge Press the rest firmly towards the fuselage and let the glue cool down Use a box cutter to...

Page 16: ...ap the access frame on the upper edge and Frames A2 on the fwd edge We ll trim that after glueing Apply glue to the underside of the Former B and Formers A2 lower and attach the Fuselage skin 1 Secure...

Page 17: ...ound Former A1 Remove the paper from the back of Nose skin 1 and carefully mold it to fit around the Nose formers Test fit the Nose skin 1 Make sure that the bottom edge with the triangle parts is ove...

Page 18: ...lower part of Nose skin 1 still secured with tape Now test fit the nose on the fuselage Align the upper edge of Nose skin 1 with the access frame and hold the nose in this position Check the bottom e...

Page 19: ...ng Adjust the Nose skin 2 RH until you get a perfect fit Make yourself small reference marks at the rear edge and at the nose tip to be sure that you always position the skin in the same way when adju...

Page 20: ...epeat the same process for Nose skin 2 LH Apply glue to the paper tab that is located on the upper edge of Nose skin 1 and fold it around the upper edge of the skin onto the access frame Note In the R...

Page 21: ...y fuselage skin to be flush with the underside of the Canopy base Note Canopy long former Canopy former E and the 2 nd Canopy former D are not shown in these pictures Also the Doublers for the hatch l...

Page 22: ...H picture doesn t show Canopy long former and Canopy former E Both are visible in the RH picture Take Canopy 4 and remove the paper from one side Mold Canopy 4 to fit to Canopy formers D and E Make a...

Page 23: ...ific design of the canopy in the area of Canopy 4 and Canopy 5 to give the back seater a better view to the rear If you have a 3D printer print out the upper and lower part of the hatch lock Alternati...

Page 24: ...an easily move the Hatch upper lock forth and back inside the slot Mask the hatch lower lock with tape Remove the foam from the cavity for the Hatch upper lock on the underside of the Canopy base Inse...

Page 25: ...the magnet Put a strip of tape over the magnet and make sure that it is flush with the former Leave the tape on Make a cavity in the Canopy former F for anther magnet Connect the magnets with the tape...

Page 26: ...Vertical stabilizer and remove the foam at the leading edge Take a BBQ skewer and trim it to a length of 145mm Run the blunt end of the BBQ skewer along the leading edge of the Vertical stabilizer to...

Page 27: ...the BBQ skewer which you just marked before Glue the BBQ skewer to the leading edge Apply glue to the paper and wrap it around the leading edge Take a BBQ skewer and punch a hole at the mark in the fu...

Page 28: ...r edge of the Vertical stabilizer and also put a drop into the hole on the fuselage top where the BBQ skewer will be inserted Attach the Vertical stabilizer to the fuselage top Again use the VSTAB gau...

Page 29: ...g Take the Wing LH and RH and trace all the score cuts with a BBQ skewer Remove the foam from the cavities for the Spars and the Inserts Remove the foam on the outer leading edge Cut the double bevel...

Page 30: ...the area of the cavities Note The picture shows a prototype wing Some modifications were done afterwards in the plan Test fit the two spars on each side don t mix front and rear spar Apply glue to th...

Page 31: ...le from the Inserts to the lower wing outer paper skin Take the plywood plywood Spar front and glue it in front of the foam board Spar front on one side of the wing Bend the other side of the plywood...

Page 32: ...ing mount plate aft and test fit it on the wing Make sure the holes for the wing mount are lining up with the holes in the plywood inserts Glue the Wing mount plate aft in place Repeat the same proces...

Page 33: ...ng Hold everything in place until the glue has fully cooled down Then bend the wing open at the trailing edge and put hot glue on the trailing edge doublers Press the wing flat on the table trailing e...

Page 34: ...ow flip the wing around and apply hot glue to the cavities in the outer wing section see arrows Wipe off the excess glue Pay special attention to have a proper curvature of the wing profile in the are...

Page 35: ...clean look Center your flap servos I use 9g servos and connect them to the servo wire extensions 100 200mm length Route the servo wires from the servo cut outs through the little cut outs in the aft...

Page 36: ...ntrol horn into the slot of the aileron Nacelles We ll start with the LH nacelle Glue together Nacelle former 1 and 2 Make sure that the cut outs and the slots are aligned In the same way glue togethe...

Page 37: ...l former Make sure that the Nacelle formers are at a 90 degree angle towards the power pod and have an even spacing between them all around the circumference Also test fit Nacelle formers 7 8 Glue the...

Page 38: ...side of the Nacelle formers 4 and 5 and roll the nacelle onto the Nacelle skin Hold it and let the glue cool down Apply glue to the remaining part of Nacelle formers 4 and 5 and on the Nacelle longitu...

Page 39: ...ntil the glue has cooled down Use a BBQ skewer to punch through the holes on Nacelle skin 3 for the BBQ skewers holding the power pod Make sure that the BBQ skewer is at a 90 degree angle towards the...

Page 40: ...ke sure that the fwd edge of Nacelle skin 2 is flush with Nacelle former 2 Nacelle former 1 has to stay free Apply glue on the top of Nacelle formers 3 and 2 and position the Nacelle skin 2 on the for...

Page 41: ...f the Nacelle skin 4 bottom is aligned with the center line of Nacelle skin 3 and the center mark on Nacelle former 7 Secure the skin with tape and press the Nacelle onto the table until the glue has...

Page 42: ...e wing Make sure that the upper edge of the Nacelle longitudinal former is perfectly in contact with the wing surface Repeat the whole process to build the RH nacelle Test fit the RH nacelle on the wi...

Page 43: ...and on the upper edge of the nacelle longitudinal former Attach the nacelle to the wing and again make sure to have the same distance from the nacelle center line to the wing center line Press the na...

Page 44: ...ind the nacelle Glue the left and right piece of the Nacelle former 7 8 to the Nacelle top former position see markings on Nacelle top former Remove the part of the Nacelle top former above the openin...

Page 45: ...to the hole at the position of the nacelles Also route the wire extensions 200mm for the connection of the ESC s to the receiver from the position of the nacelles to the center hole Mount the motors...

Page 46: ...ttach it with 2 BBQ skewers Do the same for the other side Remove the paper from the inside of Nacelle skin 4 LH upper Mold the skin to fit to the Nacelle formers 6 and 7 Test fit the Nacelle skin 4 L...

Page 47: ...e and to be able to close the gap at the cut out Apply glue to the edges of the cut out hold the edges together while pressing the seam onto the table in order to get a clean surface Hold it until the...

Page 48: ...es of the firewall The ring should now be parallel to the Nacelle former 1 Remove the paper from one side of the Nacelle skin 1 and mold it to fit around Nacelle former 1 and the Nacelle skin 1 jig Th...

Page 49: ...quarter of Nacelle former 1 on the other side and attach the skin Always make sure that the skin follows the round form of the jig Trim Nacelle skin 1 it at the bottom to match to the other side of t...

Page 50: ...curvature of the side walls Apply glue to the cavity between the middle section and the first side wall and make a B fold Repeat this step for the other side wall Apply glue to the cavity of the front...

Page 51: ...part and the rear wall Apply glue to the cavity on one side a make a B fold Repeat this step for the other side Apply glue to the fwd cavity and make an A fold Bevel the lower edges to fit to the bott...

Page 52: ...Hook up the wire extensions of the servos the flaps and the ESC s to your receiver Connect another servo wire extension 200mm to the channel of the elevator Secure the receiver in the cavity at the ce...

Page 53: ...lowed for personal use only Not for commercial use 53 Version Beta 1 0 Wing cutout on the fuselage Print the Template for the wing cut out LH Cut out the template along the upper green edge the bottom...

Page 54: ...Fuselage skins 1 and 2 Secure the template with tape Wrap the template around the fuselage The bottom center line of the template should now align with the center mark of the fuselage The fwd crop mar...

Page 55: ...ew from the bottom Put the two Foam board pile for the wing mount aft on top of each other Insert the pile into the aft cavity of the wing and insert the two aft nylon screws from the bottom Test fit...

Page 56: ...er deck and the Fuselage skin and connect the elevator servo to the extension wire Attach the wing with the 3 nylon screws Throws and Expo Setup differential thrust recommended on your transmitter Mak...

Page 57: ...2 square nuts M3 per spinner Insert the square nuts into the cavities on the backside of the Spinner base plate Note These pictures show the spinner of my Heinkel 219 but the design principle of the M...

Page 58: ...ompleted your build of the Bavarian RC Messerschmitt Me 410 I hope you enjoyed the build If you have any comments questions or recommendations just post a message to my build thread on the FT forum ht...

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