CARF-Models Extra 330SC (3.1m)
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Tools and Adhesives
Tools etc:
This is a very quick and easy plane to build, not requiring difficult techniques or special
equipment, but even the building of CARF aircraft requires some suitable tools! You will
probably have all these tools in your workshop anyway, but if not, they should be
available in all good hobby shops, or hardware stores.
Sharp knife (X-Acto or similar)
Allen key set
(metric)
2.5mm, 3mm, 4mm & 5mm
Sharp scissors
Pliers (various types)
Wrenches
(metric)
Slotted and Phillips screwdrivers (various sizes)
M3 tapping tool
(metric)
Drills of various sizes
(metric)
Small spirit level, or incidence meter.
Dremel tool (or Proxxon, or similar) with cutting discs, sanding tools and mills.
Sandpaper (various grits), or Permagrit sanding tools (high quality).
Carpet, bubble wrap or soft cloth to cover your work bench (most important !)
Car wax polish (clear)
Paper masking tape
Denaturised alcohol, or similar (for cleaning joints before gluing)
Adhesives:
Not all types of glues are suited to working with composite parts. Here is a selection of
what we normally use, and what we can truly recommend. Please don’t use inferior
quality glues - you will end up with an inferior quality plane, that is not so strong or safe.
CA-Glue ‘Thin’ and ‘Thick’ types. We recommend ZAP, as this is a very high
quality.
ZAP-O or PlastiZAP, odourless (for gluing in the clear canopy)
5 minute-epoxy (highest quality seems to be Z-Poxy)
30 minute epoxy (stressed joints must be glued with 30 min and NOT 5 min
epoxy).
Epoxy laminating resin (12 - 24 hr cure) with hardener.
Milled glass fibre, for adding to slow epoxy for strong joints.
Microballoons, for adding to slow epoxy for lightweight filling
At CARF we try our best to offer you a high quality kit, combined with outstanding value-
for-money, and as complete as possible. However, if you feel that some additional or
different hardware should be included, please feel free to let us know.
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We know that even good things can be made better !
