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MU 13e BERGFALKE 1 QUARTER SCALE**
- chris williams
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MU 13e BERGFALKE 1 QUARTER SCALE**
This plan was first published in FSM back at the turn of the century. Some years later, I updated it and built a new version, using the old plan on which to build it. This is the chronicle of the later build for anyone interested in building one...
Note: the fuselage is constructed on a jig: the pics show it after it has been removed...
Note: the fuselage is constructed on a jig: the pics show it after it has been removed...
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Re: MU 13e BERGFALKE 1 QUARTER SCALE
continuing...
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Re: MU 13e BERGFALKE 1 QUARTER SCALE
The ply fuselage sheeting was reduced from the 1.5mm of the original to .8mm. In retrospect, the lightening holes were pretty much a waste of time...!
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Re: MU 13e BERGFALKE 1 QUARTER SCALE
Half-round Ramin strip seems to be gone from the shelves these days: apparently Ramin has become one of the endangered species...
Re: MU 13e BERGFALKE 1 QUARTER SCALE
Lovely, thanks Chris.
From the photos it looks like the wing joiner box sits flush to the former but the plans show it angled back .
From the photos it looks like the wing joiner box sits flush to the former but the plans show it angled back .
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Re: MU 13e BERGFALKE 1 QUARTER SCALE
No way I can remember what I did back then, Adam...! Just set the joiner box in such a way as to achieve the correct angle.
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Re: MU 13e BERGFALKE 1 QUARTER SCALE
Compared to some the older vintage gliders, the canopy on this one is relatively straightforward...
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- chris williams
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Re: MU 13e BERGFALKE 1 QUARTER SCALE
Moving on to the rear...