Archive for January, 2019
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This Belgian Foka flew for the first time during the 1963 world championship at Buonos-Aires, pilot Marcel Cartingy discovering the handling of this factory fresh glider on the spot. It wore race nr16 and finished 16th overall before returning to Belgium -
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Fuselage and wing furrows were made around the actual aluminum wing key for exact size -
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Due to the extreme aft rake of the rudder hinge, smooth operating pushrods or cables proved near impossible and the rudder servo is actually built in the moving rudder itself, its arm being rigid to the vertical stabilizer -
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Fuselage halves still in their moulds being permanently joined -
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With my fuselage held in the rig in the background wing shapes were cut from Styrofoam not only for my Foka, but also for another model -
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Rigging the tail for perfect squareness being performed in an adjustable rig -
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Same procedure for rigging the wings to the fuselage -
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Basic wing assembly with the foam parts around the wooden ribs tnat support the wing key, and the 440mm airbrakes being positioned before cutting
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