Guys:
Enclosed are pictures of my C 45 at about a 30% stage. I thought that I would save time and not draw a complete set of plans for this project. B-i-i-i-g mistake. I am using a set of Paul Matt drawings for the geometry and I'm just drawing the parts directly on the wood for cut out. The only thing is, the wing is just about the most difficult wing that I have built. I originally was considering one of Bob Hunt's foam wings, but the geometry would not allow it. The bottom surface of the wing is an even dihedral from the body to the wing tip (after a flat portion under the body). The top of the wing is a different dihedral from the body to the engine nacelles, and then it increases in dihedral on it's way to the tip. Too many angles to be practical in foam. Add to this the fact that the landing gear need to be vertical to the ground, the real engine nacelles cant 4 degrees outward and I wanted the motors to have 2 degrees right thrust, and you have a geometry nightmare. You can probably see some of this effort in the photos in that the motors appear to be mounted to the left of center. This is because the firewalls are canted 2 degrees right thrust. I can guarantee you that the motors are at centerline at the point on the shaft where the propellers are.
In Matt's drawings, the wing and body have one reference line and the engine nacelles have another. Rather than have either one be the control line, I established a separate build line, which happened to be a body joint immediately above the rows of windows on the fuselage side. Then, to make it easier to build everything as square as possible and at the correct reference line, I drew the centerlines directly on my fire door work bench. I then glued the fuselage sides directly to my work bench over those lines. Now it stays in place while I do the measuring and level work necessary to accomplish all of the crazy geometry. As you can see from the pictures, I am building it up side down. I eventually will plank the wings with 3/32" balsa. I first have to incorporate power wires, signal wires and retract cables before planking.
Wish me luck, this one is more of a stinker than I thought it would be.
Jim Fruit