Notes, Notices, and Tips
GIANT NOCAL BEAUFIGHTER - Tip
Some daring modelers have used stronger rubber when flying it outdoors. The increased tension can cause the wire thrush button holders to twist to the outside creating side thrust. The solution to this is to glue a piece of the motor stick material under the motor stick and alongside the thrust button holder. (See sketch} This gives the thrust button holder enough resistance to the tension of the stronger rubber to prevent side thrust. I think that it would be a good idea even if you don’t want to pack the winds into stronger rubber. Neither of the Beaufighter models, the 16” or the 24”, should have side thrust. Use drag tabs or rudder tabs to get them to turn.
GIANT NOCAL BEAUFIGHTER - Errata
The motor sticks are 1/4" X 1/8" stock not 1/8" square as shown on the plan. The trailing edge of models that have been shipped will have to be corrected to fit the motor sticks for the nacelles. The parts sheets in stock have been corrected. The plans will be corrected at the next printing.
WADE WILEY BASIN FLYER STRIP STOCK - Note
This answers a question I have been asked several times. The leading and trailing edges of the wings are each supplied as two 12 inch pieces. The center section of the wing is 11 inches long and the wing tips are 5-1/2 inches long. One piece is for the center section and cut the other one in half for the wing tips.
SATELLITE ELEVATOR TISSUE - Tip-
If you want to shrink the tissue on the Satellite elevator after applying the tissue wet one side and pin it down then, after it dries, wet the other side and pin it down.
AMA NUMBERS - Tip-
If you would like your AMA number printed on the upper wing of any of the NON-SCALE or SIMPLIFIED models ordered with pre-printed skins please, place your number in the Comments line when you place your order.
BOSTILLATION - Errata -
If you are not building with C/A or a quick-drying, super tacky white glue use the third alignment tool at the bottom of the fuselage to hold the center of the fuselage in alignment while your glue dries.
SKINNY BOMBER STRIP STOCK - Note
Included in the Skinny Bomber kit are an 18 inch piece of 3/32" square and two 12 inch pieces. The 18 inch piece is the leading edge of the wing. The two 12 inch pieces give you enough stock to make the spar. Since the spar has overlaps at the outer dihedral joints an 18 inch piece wouldn't be quite enough wood.
There are an 18" piece of 1/16" square and a 12 inch piece of 1/16" square in the kit. Again, this is because an 18 inch isn't quite enough wood to build the kit.
ALL MODELS WITH DETACHABLE WINGS - Tip - Trimming
If the upper wing is detachable, you can make fine adjustments to the balance between power and glide, if needed, by shimming the leading edge of the upper wing to raise the incidence or the trailing edge to lower the incidence. Try 1/32" increments and you can go as much as 3/32". ON BIPLANES - DO NOT lower the incidence of the upper wing by shimming the trailing edge to less than the incidence of the lower wing or change the incidence of the lower wing. Nasty stalls will result. The Beanberg D1 has negative stagger and is the exception to this. Its upper wing always has less incidence than the lower wing.
DOUBLE TROUBLE PRE-PRINTED WING SKINS - Note -
There seems to have been some confusion about where the pre-printed wing skins go. The un-printed white tissue supplied in the kit is meant for the bottom of the upper wing and the top of the lower wing. The lower wing sunburst pattern is for the bottom of the lower wing.
P-36/Hawk 75 - Errata -
Some kits were shipped with the wrong plans included. The latest revision of the P-36/Hawk 75 kit has a lifting stabilizer. The old plan does not show the revised stabilizer rear fuselage part F8, The part was also left off the Parts Sheet and Parts Sheet Guide. All kits in stock have been corrected. If you have a kit with stabilizer ribs on the parts sheet but no F8 on the plan or parts sheet, please email me and I will send a plan note and correction parts sheet.
Bristol Beaufighter - Errata -
At the last revision of the Parts Sheet the parts N1 were left off the Parts Sheet and Parts Sheet guide. If you have a kit with the N1 parts missing, please, email me and I will send a correction parts sheet. All kits in stock have been corrected. The Giant NoCal Beaufighter does not have this problem.
Some daring modelers have used stronger rubber when flying it outdoors. The increased tension can cause the wire thrush button holders to twist to the outside creating side thrust. The solution to this is to glue a piece of the motor stick material under the motor stick and alongside the thrust button holder. (See sketch} This gives the thrust button holder enough resistance to the tension of the stronger rubber to prevent side thrust. I think that it would be a good idea even if you don’t want to pack the winds into stronger rubber. Neither of the Beaufighter models, the 16” or the 24”, should have side thrust. Use drag tabs or rudder tabs to get them to turn.
GIANT NOCAL BEAUFIGHTER - Errata
The motor sticks are 1/4" X 1/8" stock not 1/8" square as shown on the plan. The trailing edge of models that have been shipped will have to be corrected to fit the motor sticks for the nacelles. The parts sheets in stock have been corrected. The plans will be corrected at the next printing.
WADE WILEY BASIN FLYER STRIP STOCK - Note
This answers a question I have been asked several times. The leading and trailing edges of the wings are each supplied as two 12 inch pieces. The center section of the wing is 11 inches long and the wing tips are 5-1/2 inches long. One piece is for the center section and cut the other one in half for the wing tips.
SATELLITE ELEVATOR TISSUE - Tip-
If you want to shrink the tissue on the Satellite elevator after applying the tissue wet one side and pin it down then, after it dries, wet the other side and pin it down.
AMA NUMBERS - Tip-
If you would like your AMA number printed on the upper wing of any of the NON-SCALE or SIMPLIFIED models ordered with pre-printed skins please, place your number in the Comments line when you place your order.
BOSTILLATION - Errata -
If you are not building with C/A or a quick-drying, super tacky white glue use the third alignment tool at the bottom of the fuselage to hold the center of the fuselage in alignment while your glue dries.
SKINNY BOMBER STRIP STOCK - Note
Included in the Skinny Bomber kit are an 18 inch piece of 3/32" square and two 12 inch pieces. The 18 inch piece is the leading edge of the wing. The two 12 inch pieces give you enough stock to make the spar. Since the spar has overlaps at the outer dihedral joints an 18 inch piece wouldn't be quite enough wood.
There are an 18" piece of 1/16" square and a 12 inch piece of 1/16" square in the kit. Again, this is because an 18 inch isn't quite enough wood to build the kit.
ALL MODELS WITH DETACHABLE WINGS - Tip - Trimming
If the upper wing is detachable, you can make fine adjustments to the balance between power and glide, if needed, by shimming the leading edge of the upper wing to raise the incidence or the trailing edge to lower the incidence. Try 1/32" increments and you can go as much as 3/32". ON BIPLANES - DO NOT lower the incidence of the upper wing by shimming the trailing edge to less than the incidence of the lower wing or change the incidence of the lower wing. Nasty stalls will result. The Beanberg D1 has negative stagger and is the exception to this. Its upper wing always has less incidence than the lower wing.
DOUBLE TROUBLE PRE-PRINTED WING SKINS - Note -
There seems to have been some confusion about where the pre-printed wing skins go. The un-printed white tissue supplied in the kit is meant for the bottom of the upper wing and the top of the lower wing. The lower wing sunburst pattern is for the bottom of the lower wing.
P-36/Hawk 75 - Errata -
Some kits were shipped with the wrong plans included. The latest revision of the P-36/Hawk 75 kit has a lifting stabilizer. The old plan does not show the revised stabilizer rear fuselage part F8, The part was also left off the Parts Sheet and Parts Sheet Guide. All kits in stock have been corrected. If you have a kit with stabilizer ribs on the parts sheet but no F8 on the plan or parts sheet, please email me and I will send a plan note and correction parts sheet.
Bristol Beaufighter - Errata -
At the last revision of the Parts Sheet the parts N1 were left off the Parts Sheet and Parts Sheet guide. If you have a kit with the N1 parts missing, please, email me and I will send a correction parts sheet. All kits in stock have been corrected. The Giant NoCal Beaufighter does not have this problem.
