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Building the Change Vought F4U Corsair

Here you can follow the build of a new F4U Corsair.

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Building the Corsair fuselage.

Use PU glue or epoxy for building the fuselage together.
Don't throw any parts in the garbage until the plane is completed.
Building the plane this way, is how i do it. You are free to solve things in your own way.

Building the Corsair wings.

The wing needs to be covered with 1,5mm balsa.

Step 1.

Each part of the fuselage exists of two seperate parts melted together during production.
Carefully split the nose parts.

Step 3.

Carefully split the the tail section of the fuselage.

Step 2.

Carefully split the the mid section of the fuselage.
Watch out for the parts needed to create the belly!!!

Step 4.

Glue the two parts of the fuselage tail together.
Make sure this is done in a straight line.
Let this dry over night

Step 5.

Glue the two parts of the fuselage mid section together.
Make sure this is done in a straight line.
Let this dry over night.

Step 6.

Glue the two pieces of the belly together.
Let this dry over night.

Step 7.

Glue the two parts of the fuselage nose section together.
Make sure this is done in a straight line.
Let this dry over night.

Step 8.

From 10mm balsa make the rear wing mounting.

Step 8.

Remove the foam to make room for the servo cable.

Step 7.

Remove the foam to make room for the servo cable.

Step 6.

Line up the wingcores and draw a line for the servo cable.

Step 5.

Decide where to put the aileron servo and make room for it.
This can also be done after covering.

Step 4.

Glue 1,5mm balsa together to form the wing covering.
Make 4 pieces of these.

Step 3.

The cores of the mid section of the wing.

Step 1.

The tip wing cores

Step 2.

Glue 1,5mm balsa together to form the wing covering.
Make 4 pieces of these.

Holes for enginemount and fuel/gas cable

Step 9.

Glue the wing mounting inside the mid section in place.
This is done at the back of the mid section.
This is used for mounting the wing later so make sure it's in the right place.

Step 10.

Glue the nose section on to the mid section of the fuselage.

Make sure this is done in a straight line.

Step 11.

Glue the tail section on to the mid section
Make sure this is done in a straight line.

Step 12.

From the front of the fuselage draw a line arount the nose at 9cm from the front.

Step 13.

Cut of the nose section along the line.

Step 14.

Now we will start mounting the engine.
These parts will be necessary.
The engine mount i use is a Robbe 2,5cc engine mount.

Step 15.

I will rotate the engine 90 degrees to the left.
Mount the enginemount on to the firewall.

Step 16.

Glue the firewall to the fuselage.

Step 17.

Mount the engine mount and engine to the firewall.
Make room for the exhaust.

Step 18.

Test fit the muffler on to the engine.

Step 19.

Split the removed nose section again.

Step 20.

For easy install of the engine through the nose it is neccesary to remove foam on the inside of the cowl.
The black lines show what should be removed.

Step 21.

Here are the cowl parts where the excessive foam is removed.

Step 22.

Glue the left side of the cowl on to the firewall.

Step 23.

Make a hole for the engine head in the right side cowl.
Test fit the cowl and glue it in place.

Step 24.

Make a test hole for the muffler entrance.

Step 25.

Remove the foam to fit the muffler.
The muffler should not touch the fuselage anywhere.

Mark foam for removal for front wing mount

Step 29.

Carefully remove the foam.
Use the removed foam as template for a 4mm front wing mounting former.

Step 28.

Draw a line at the front of the wing saddle (4mm wide)

Step 27.

Fit the muffler on to the engine.
Also make holes for the fuel lines to come out.

Step 26.

Use a hot wire to make the holes for the muffler screws.

enlarged hole behind the engine for fuel lines

Step 30.

Test the front wing mounting former and glue it in place.

Step 31.

Now sand the fuselage into shape.

So far the fuselage is ready. If you haven't done already you can start with the wings.