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Nieuport 17 40”  

 

Copyright©

 

2005

13

  

M.K.

 

Bengtson

  

All

 

Rights

 

Reserved

      

Rev

 

04/13

 

 

 

Nieuport

 

17

 

40”

 

 

R/C

 

Scale

 

Model

 

Instructions

 

 

 

 

 
 
 

CONTACT

 

INFORMATION

 

 

The

 

Nieuport

 

17

 

was

 

designed

 

by

 

M.K.

 

Bengtson

 

Prototype

 

by

 

Steven

 

Perry

 

 

Manufactured

 

and

 

Distributed

 

by:

 

Bengtson

 

Company

  

e

mail:

 

[email protected]

 

Web

 

Site:

  

www.aerodromerc.com

 

Summary of Contents for Nieuport 17

Page 1: ...served Rev 04 13 Nieuport 17 40 R C Scale Model Instructions CONTACT INFORMATION The Nieuport 17 was designed by M K Bengtson Prototype by Steven Perry Manufactured and Distributed by Bengtson Company...

Page 2: ...rst ring together using medium CA on the edges Cowl Construction Detail I used Tightbond aliphatic to glue the rest since I was mating flat sides and edges I staggered the pieces on each ring so that...

Page 3: ...minium and weight bags to line up the box and ensure it stayed square and true With the box secure I carefully tack glued F1 and the motor plate to the sides being careful to pinch each joint tight wh...

Page 4: ...over the plans these will be used as bending patterns Hold the wire up to the wooden leg Match the top of the wire with the bottom of the notch in the leg Mark and make the bend at the bottom of the...

Page 5: ...ry Hatches I made two hatches one in between the U C and the other behind the U C The rear one allows access to the rudder and elevator pull pull servos I made them out of 1 64 ply laminated to 1 16 b...

Page 6: ...Detail Now glue the lower longeron end into the notch on the front box Finally glue the long upper longeron to each notch in formers F1 F5 forming a curve Do the other side the same way I found it be...

Page 7: ...e pen Glue the rolled paper around the cylinder cores Cut 2 pieces of string about 18 long glue one end of the string to the top or bottom of the paper cylinders Wind both pieces of string around the...

Page 8: ...l Building the Upper Wing There are a lot of parts to the upper wing many are pairs or sets of four identical parts Laying them out in numerical order will save you time later The prototype kit featur...

Page 9: ...the aileron horn lined up with the linkage from the in wing servo All linkage and horns for the in wing servo are on the bottom surface COVERING I chose to cover the Nieuport 17 with aluminium colored...

Page 10: ...ing the cabanes into the tubes Double check alignment and adjust if necessary while you still can Remove the top wing and secure the tacked in place mounting tubes Keep glue out of the tubes The upper...

Page 11: ...odel I made significant changes in the design as a result of this excellent information In this manual I have added notes to Steven s text that present alternative approaches or details Initially we f...

Page 12: ...oid a major crash The most important details for proper flight operations are CG location Tail heavy models never fly well or at all Down and right thrust Straight and non warped wings Finished Model...

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