There hasn’t been any activity on this board for a couple of weeks, so I figured I’d just throw up the build log from my last build. As I documented in the Open section, I built three Skyray 35s. But, I guess I started feeling a little guilty about spending so much time building the .35 sized planes, and neglecting my Cox engines. Kinda like cheating on your girlfriend with the girls the next town over. But, then I thought about the SIG Skyray kit I had in the closet. I don’t want to build anymore slab wing planes. And I sorta told myself I wasn’t going to build any more 1/2A planes until I crash some of the ones I have (too many of). But, I guess I just couldn’t leave well enough alone. So I pulled the Skyray kit out of the closet and pulled off the plastic.
Taking out the printed wing sheet from the Skyray and measuring it, the wing chord is 4.75” and the span is 23.75”. This gives about 110sq.in. of wing area. But, I really didn’t want to build another slab wing. Hmmm…. Well, since I was printing out wing templates for the Skyray 35 which have a 9” chord, I figured I’d just print a reduced template to get a 4.75” wing chord. Voila!
Then I cut out the rib templates and pasted them on to my official template stock.
I popped the Skyray fuselage out of the die cut wood and drew the outline of the fuselage on some paper. Marking a reference line fore to aft on the fuse, I drew the outline of the rib template on the reference line. Then I marked the firewall and figured out where the prop drive plate would be on a Babe Bee engine. From that I worked back from the drive plate of a Medallion and drew in the maple engine bearers, the doublers, and the gear leg. Then I erased and drew, drew and erased, erased and drew until it looked right. Once I was satisfied, I drew the tail surfaces on the sheet.
Next I just drew up the wing on three more sheets, and it’s ready to go.
Presenting the Skyray 110! I just needed to get it on paper while I was thinking about it.