Composite-ARF Spitfire
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Finishing Up
On the left side of the fuse, right
under the canopy is an outline of the
door used to enter the plane. We
decided to hinge and use it as a
place to hide the switches and other
miscellaneous service components.
A small piece of music wire is run
through the fuse and out the bottom
to hold the door closed.
As with most scale airplane, and
depending on your engine and
equipment choice. Your spitfire will
most likely require some nose
weight. Since we decided to use a
light weight Da-50 and the heaver
steerable tail wheel in our prototype,
we had to add about 4 lbs. The
photo to the right shows a mount we
made up to get the weight as far
forward as possible Even with this
weight we came out at only 30lbs.
We made two equipment trays out of
scrap 1\8” (3mm) light plywood.
Make sure the fuel tank is centered
or ahead of the CG line. We
centered ours and it seems to work
fine. Your equipment install may
differ depending on the engine and
exhaust you choose.
