Tommodels Dewoitine D-520 Construction Manual Download Page 3

10. Sand the false leading edge and the aileron reinforcement flush with the 

wing ribs. Take care not to damage the wing ribs when sanding. 

11. Make the bottom wing sheeting for the second half wing and, and as 

with the first half, mark all ribs and reinforcements with a pencil. 

12. Glue the second wing spar W9 on the sheeting. Make sure it is aligned 

with the one on the other half wing. 

13. Repeat step 5 to 9 for the second half wing. 

14. Glue the second wing half to the first. Support the first wing half under 

rib W8 to get the right dihedral. The wing sheeting at W8 must be 

105mm above the building board. Use a slow glue to attach the wing 

panels together. Put clamps on the W10 wing spar reinforcements where 

they join and overlap the second wing spar.

15. Glue pieces W1a in place.

16. Install a servo wire in each wing side. Make it long enough. You can cut 

of excess wire afterwards. 

17. Make the top sheeting of the wing from 1.5mm balsa sheet. Sand the 

underside of the trailing edge of the top sheeting to zero. This way it will 

fit better to the wing.

18. Cut a rectangular triangle from scratch 2 mm balsa or ply. The 

rectangular sides are 72mm and 6mm. This triangle will be used to get 

the right amount of washout in the wing.

19. Pin down the wing at the wing root. Support the wing under one wingtip 

with 105mm and put the triangle under the other wing tip. The point 

of the triangle should be at the rear side of the wind spar. Glue the top 

sheeting of the wing half which is on the building board. Use slow glue 

like UHU Hart. This way you have plenty of time to get it right.

20. Repeat step 18 for the second wing half. 

21. Cut the leading edge from 5 mm balsa and glue it in place.

22. Glue the wing tips together and glue them to the wing.

23. Sand the wing tips and leading edge in form.

24. Mark and cut out the ailerons. Sand the aileron leading edge to a point, 

as shown on the plan.

25. Drill a hole in the centre of the wing in the leading edge, for the wing 

dowel. Round off one side of the wing dowel, and glue it in place. Make 

sure the rounded side sticks out.

26. Drill the wing bolt hole.

27. Make cutouts for the servos. 

28. Install the servos, and cover the gap with wood.

Fuselage:

  Before you start with the fuselage, change the plan. Put sheet 1 on the 

building table.

1.  Mark the position of the fuselage formers on W15 and W16.

2.  Start with building the internal box construction. Put F16 on the building 

board and glue the 2 sides, F15. Make sure they are vertical to F16. 

3.  Glue the 2 parts of F19 together. When they are glued together, glue the 

wing bolt nut to it.

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Summary of Contents for Dewoitine D-520

Page 1: ...ction manual Construction manual for a 1 9 scale flying model of the Dewoitine D 520 Design by Tom van Haaren http users telenet be tommodels Short kit by Manzano Laser Works http www manzanolaser com...

Page 2: ...en all ribs are partially glued bend up the sheeting to the forward part of the ribs and glue it with thin cyano Make sure the ribs are vertical to the wing sheeting 6 Glue the rib W1 in place Note th...

Page 3: ...o get the right amount of washout in the wing 19 Pin down the wing at the wing root Support the wing under one wingtip with 105mm and put the triangle under the other wing tip The point of the triangl...

Page 4: ...anently take this form 16 Add F12 17 Add F8 and F9 Take care that you position them right so the holes for the control snakes are alligned 18 Add F13 19 Glue F10 vertical on F11 When this has dried gl...

Page 5: ...d the elevator rudders for S4 10 Drill 1 5mm hole in the 2 S4 parts 11 Cut 2 pieces from 1 5mm piano wire They must be approximately 2 cm long 12 Make 2 other slots for the 1 5mm axles in the elevator...

Page 6: ...canopy on the model Add a cardboard interior in the back windows I made the back windows from thin plastic paper map Drill 2 holes 10mm from the top of the wing through the centre of wing in the centr...

Page 7: ...7 F15 F15 1 5 mm Ply W10 W10 F1a F1b F2 F8 F9 F10 F12 F14 F14 F16 F17 F17 F19 F19 F18 F18 F4b F6b F13 F12 S4 S4 0 8 mm Ply Wing fairing underside Wing fairing underside 1 5 mm Ply 1 5 mm Ply Part list...

Page 8: ...W9 W9 W1a W1a W1a W1a W1 W1 W2 W2 W3 W3 W4 W4 W5 W5 W6 W6 W7 W7 W8 W8 Cockpit floor Tip block Tip block Tip block Tip block R1 R2 R3 R4 5 mm Balsa T1 T2 T3 S1 S2 S3 R1 S3 S2 R2 5 mm Balsa 2 mm Balsa 3...

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