Back to the Darkside….. Where’re the cookies?!?

Well, on to the next thing in the queue.  Wanting something a little larger, I decided to go ahead and build the SIG Akromaster kit that I bought 35 years ago.  I was originally planning on building it with a Cox Medallion .15 in it, but decided I needed something a little quieter.  So, I sunk to committing Elektrickery.  I had an electric motor that would do, so electric it is.  I’m not going to put a whole lot of time into this one either, as I expect to be awfully hard on this one, too.  

The first thing I did was cut out a new fuselage.  I extended the tail by two inches, as the motor and battery would move the c.g. forward.  I clamped the kit fuselage to the 3/8x 3” balsa sheet and traced the outline in pencil.  Then moved things and traced again.  Then changed my mind and traced again.  I ended up raising the top of the fuse by ½” to make a little more room for the battery box.  You can see the pencil marks as I changed my mind.  You can also see the cutout for the battery box.







And the ply doublers for the front of the plane.




I built a battery box from 1/16” ply top and bottom, and a 1/8” lite ply side wall.







Here’re the doublers rough cut and the battery box sitting in place.




Jump forward ahead and the doublers and battery box are glued in place.  






I glued balsa blocks on and shaped them into a not too hideous shape behind the firewall, and in from of the firewall to provide support for the firewall fore and aft.



Jump ahead again and the wing has been built with the exception of center sheeting, and the tail surfaces are finished.  Here everything’s fit together while I take a break.








To be continued later,
The Not Too Hideous Mark