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Guillows Series 400 - Zero by scigs30. Viewed 837 times.
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| scigs30 | 20-May-11 21:25 | | I received my first 400 series kit and I must say I am impressed. The Zero came with balsa that weighed 8-11 lb/ft and that is were it should be for a kit this size. I have never asked for contest balsa from Guillows but 15-27lb/ft balsa? Some of the wood is a little discolored, but that is ok. Hopefully this is a good sign of these to come from Guillows. I don't expect them to redesign their kits, just add laser cut parts and quality wood. So far this is a fast build, the parts fit together perfect and I did not have to mess with the notches. You can see how smooth of a build this is by looking at the fuselage, I have not even sanded it yet. I am building it per the plans and will attempt to fly it as a rubber powered plane at first and if that does not work I will convert it over to electric. The kit comes with Silkspan but I will be using regular tissue, have not decided if I am going to paint it or not. The fuselage is pretty light as is but you could scalp the formers to make it lighter. Normally a fuselage this size is built from 3/32 balsa. The wing is were the weight comes from and I did not feel like redesigning it, so I am just going to build it per the plans. I was going to omit every other rib and 4 spars but that only saves 3.5 grams. I built this kit when I was younger and could not get it to fly with rubber power so I put a Cox engine on the front and she flew great. Well in about a day and a half I finished the major construction, and this is using white glue. This was an easy build and the wood quality and part fit is excellent. I am making a removable cowl so if needed I can convert her to electric. Right now as shown, she weighs 48 grams. |
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