Piper Bostonian Plan Parts

4
Piper Cub J-3 Bostonian by “1983” David Scigliano Wire step detail 1/32 balsa sheet 1/16 balsa gusset Door outline right side only 1/32 sheet balsa Black tissue for stripe 1/16X3/32 balsa All fuselage and tail structures 1/16sq. 1/16 balsa sheet Balsa tailwheel with straight pin Thin acetate for windshield .003 Bottom only Top only Horizontal tail plan Fuselage top view 1/16th dia. motor peg 1/16th sheet bottom filler Dihedral is 3/4 inch under each wing tip Use paper pattern covered with tissue for top of wing mid section 1/16X1/8 balsa trailing edge and leading edge use hard balsa on leading edge Wing Plan Wing spar is 1/16sq balsa Landing gear wire pattern-bend from .032 music wire Rib patterns- cut from 1/32 balsa Windshield Pattern 1/16 balsa sheet Wing Tip Rib Gussets Shaded cross members are tacked glued in and removed after cowl is built and firm. Soak longerons in water to aid in curve. Fuselage sides 1/32 balsa Shorty’s Basement Balsa Wheels A B 6 inch Peck Plastic Propeller Cowl balsa block hollowed out 1/4 balsa sheet sand to shape Vertical tail plan All flying surface tips are laminated from two pieces of 1/16X1/32 strips soaked in ammonia and curved around straight pins.

Transcript of Piper Bostonian Plan Parts

Pip

er

Cu

b J

-3B

osto

nia

n b

y “1

98

3”

Dav

id S

cigl

iano

Wire

ste

p d

eta

il1

/32

ba

lsa

sh

ee

t

1/1

6 b

als

a

gu

sse

t

Do

or

ou

tlin

erig

ht sid

e o

nly

1/3

2 s

he

et b

als

a

Bla

ck tis

su

e

for

strip

e

1/1

6X

3/3

2 b

als

a

All

fuse

lag

e a

nd

ta

il st

ruct

ure

s 1

/16

sq

.

1/1

6 b

als

a s

he

et

Ba

lsa

ta

ilwh

ee

lw

ith s

tra

igh

t p

in

Th

in a

ceta

te fo

r w

ind

shie

ld.0

03

Bo

tto

m o

nly

Top

on

ly

Ho

rizo

nta

l ta

ilp

lan

Fu

se

lag

e

top

vie

w

1/1

6th

dia

. m

oto

r p

eg

1/1

6th

sh

ee

t b

otto

m fill

er

Dih

ed

ral i

s 3

/4 in

ch

un

de

r e

ach

win

g tip

Use

pa

pe

r p

atte

rn c

ove

red

with

tis

su

e fo

r to

p o

f w

ing

mid

se

ctio

n

1/1

6X

1/8

b

als

a tra

ilin

g e

dg

ea

nd

lea

din

g e

dg

eu

se h

ard

ba

lsa

on

le

ad

ing

ed

ge

Win

g P

lan

Win

g s

pa

r is

1/1

6sq

ba

lsa

La

nd

ing

ge

ar

wire

pa

tte

rn-b

en

d fro

m

.03

2 m

usic

wire

Rib

pa

tte

rns-

cu

t fr

om

1/3

2 b

als

a

Win

dsh

ield

Pa

tte

rn

1/1

6 b

als

a s

he

et

Win

g T

ip R

ib

Gu

sse

ts

Sh

ad

ed

cro

ss m

em

be

rs a

re ta

cke

dg

lue

d in

an

d r

em

ove

d a

fte

r co

wl i

s

bu

ilt a

nd

firm

. S

oa

k lo

ng

ero

ns

in w

ate

rto

aid

in c

urv

e.

Fu

sela

ge

sid

es

1/3

2 b

als

a

Sh

ort

y’s B

ase

me

nt

Ba

lsa

Wh

ee

ls

A

B

6 in

ch P

eck

P

last

ic P

rop

elle

r

Co

wl b

als

ab

lock

ho

llow

ed

ou

t

1/4

ba

lsa

sh

ee

tsa

nd

to

sh

ap

e

Ve

rtic

al t

ail

pla

n

All

flyin

g su

rfac

e tip

sar

e la

min

ated

from

tw

o pi

eces

of 1

/16X

1/32

strip

s so

aked

in a

mm

onia

and

curv

ed a

roun

d st

raig

ht p

ins.

1/3

2 b

als

a s

he

et

Bond paper wing detail-cover with tissue and glueto ribs as shown on plans.

Print parts onto Avery removablelabel full sheets #365572-stick to balsa sheets and cut out parts.

STAB

FUSELAGE GUSSETS

FR

ON

T

BA

CK

RUDDER

WING GUSSETS

1/1

6 b

als

a s

he

et

1/4” Balsa

3/8 BalsaNose Block

Nose Plug

Optional Wing Detail

½” Balsa Top Cowl-Hollow with Dremel

Bottom Nose

Win

g T

ip R

ib

Win

g T

ip R

ib

ABL

an

din

g G

ea

rS

an

dw

ich

Win

g

Tail

Wh

ee

l

Make 2

Windshield Pattern.003 Acetate

Draw Braces withBlack Marker

De

cals