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wood, reducing the waste, and lowering the cost to you.

Plastics

The cowl and dummy motor are accurately reproduced high quality Polystyrene

General Building Information

The Spitfire MKI can be built by a person with average building skills. It is designed for someone who
has built a trainer or low wing sport plane. No unusual building techniques are required, although
more difficult areas are explained in detail where necessary. Certain steps in the building process must
be followed as depicted, or you might find yourself digging back into the structure to redo something.
These areas are outlined when necessary. Occasionally hints will be included at certain building steps.
These are not required for completion, rather they are tips intended to ease a particular process. The
cnc router does cut through the wood, As a result of this, occasionally there will be fraying on the
surface of the wood. This is normal, and is only a surface problem and does not affect the wood in any
other way. Similarly, the cnc settings are optimized for wood thickness averages, so occasionally, due
to variations even in individual sheets, some areas might not cut through completely. Simply use care
in cutting the parts from the sheets; most of the time, the parts will break out of the sheets!

Hardware and a motor mount are not included in the kit. There are so many choices for quality
hardware that these choices are left to the individual preferences of the builder, rather than include
something in the kit that you’ll probably throw away anyway.

This aircraft is not a toy. It must be flown in a responsible manner according to the rules set forth by
Law. The builder assumes the responsibility for the proper assembly and operation of this product.
Rbckits shall have no liability whatsoever, implied or expressed, arising out of the intentional or
unintentional neglect, misuse, abuse, or abnormal usage of this product. Rbckits shall have no liability
whatsoever arising from the improper or wrongful assembly of the product nor shall it have any
liability due to the improper or wrongful use of the assembled product. Rbckits shall have no liability
for any and all additions, alterations, and modifications of this product.

Having said that, turn the page and start building the best airplane kits on the market!

Material you might need:
Balsa knife, Stanley knife, straightedge, building board 1500mm
ca glue medium, thin, thick you need approx. 6 bottles, building nails, tape
Or use white glue, and canopy glue, epoxy for the canopy and cowls
Some drilling and bending tools, wire cutter, safety goggles etc. etc.

For finishing you need:
glass 25 gram 3mtr and filler dope 1 litre, brushes sanding paper, paint of your choice
Wheels as on the drawing, controls, motor, battery etc.
All vacuumformings should be roughened up before gluing

Содержание Spitfire MKI

Страница 1: ...rfect fit CAD Drawn Plans The plans in this kit are not copied from a master set They are originals drawn directly from the CAD program where the airplane was designed We do this because it allows us to use colour which helps you better visualize the various components of the airplane and we can use better quality paper which greatly reduces the possibility of shrinkage Since you re going to build...

Страница 2: ...t are not included in the kit There are so many choices for quality hardware that these choices are left to the individual preferences of the builder rather than include something in the kit that you ll probably throw away anyway This aircraft is not a toy It must be flown in a responsible manner according to the rules set forth by Law The builder assumes the responsibility for the proper assembly...

Страница 3: ...hick ca place on the work plate and sand down the glued edge turn the sheet over and take of the cello tape and sand the edges now there will be one smooth side and a lesser smooth side this is because of the thickness of the balsa is not even the non smooth side will be the inside of the sheeting take out all ribs and formers out of their sheets you can mark the formers with a soft pencil if you ...

Страница 4: ...ote roll the ribs over the sheeting and apply ca Place trailing edge to the end of the ribs to the bottom sheeting Place sub leading edge to the bottom sheeting and to the ribs Do this the same for the other side of the wing sand the sub leading edge to the ribs Make the mid sheeting from the supplied balsa important is that the mid piece is straight so support ...

Страница 5: ...sub ribs Place the trailing edge from 2x12 balsa sheet place also some scrap balsa before the trailing edge to support the wing fasteners Place aileron formers from 10mm balsa in the ribs by taking out a small piece of the rib place scrap balsa fill in the horn and hinge positions ...

Страница 6: ...porting it with a help former so the bottom is level to the building board and sheet the top carefully measuring to the ribs from the outer wings Now pin down the outer wing panel on the X marked spots Place the small help formers as displayed on the drawing make them from leftover 8mm important is that they all have the same height this will give the correct washout place then under the trailing ...

Страница 7: ...elliptical so place the nose sheeting and after that place the mid sheeting between trailing edge and nose sheeting do this the same for the other wing half Clean up the edges of the wing and place leading edge sand leading edge to shape as per plan place wing tips and take out ailerons and sand edges as per ...

Страница 8: ...plan use the supplied hinges for the ailerons they are easy and do perform very well Choose your retracts and open up the bottom sheeting for taking the retracts and wheels Place wing dowel ...

Страница 9: ...e building board to take nose formers place formers as per drawing make sure for straightness place bottom sheet over formers and sand to shape make the side sheeting as per plan a bit oversize and glue to side of fuselage to the stringer and formers place wing seat plywood use wing for test fitting ...

Страница 10: ...eting drill holes for wing retainers place fairing sheeting place top formers and sheet side with balsa Finish fuselage by placing all sheeting and fairing formers and sand to shape Place cowl and glue to formers and sand fuselage to match the cowl ...

Страница 11: ...sand to shape Place the fill parts to the fuselage and place stabilizer assembly to the fuselage make sure for straightness fill and sand the edges of fuselage and rudders Place hinges make sure for smooth movement in conjunction with the steering cables and horns ...

Страница 12: ...ed to be there the spinner edge rest on the backplate this is very precise drill holes to take the 2 2x9mm screws and screw the spinner to the backplate it should run straight now Yes else do it again Make the tail wheel assembly as per drawing make the controls steering with z bends this is a dead sure connection Place the canopy with ca but first clean the canopy with window cleaner and use glov...

Страница 13: ...e used cheap spray cans take care for the vacuumformings as some paints will not hold as good Canopy Cut oversize And test fit to fuselage glue with canopy glue or ca and make it lively with pilot radios etc The canopy framing can be painted on Have you found an error in the drawing or parts or instructions just mail us at info rbckits com I am sure we can find a solution for your build Have Fun w...

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