Trailing edges rounded, not tapered. That makes them stronger & more ding-resistant.

Cabane and LG wire all 1/20" music wire

F4 1/16 balsa F1a

BR1
BR2 BR2 BR2 BR2 BR2
Dihed. break
1/8" dowel

BR2
BR2 BR2
1/4 sq. LE

Cabane mount plates (in wing)

1/8" light ply

F5 1/16 balsa
F3 F4 1/16 balsa F5
Turtledeck bulkheads 1/16" balsa Turtledeck (5) stringers 1/16" sq. balsa

Dihed. break

BR1

BR1

BR1
1/16" ply over
1/8" light ply

BR2

BR2

BR2

1/16" ply over (2)

F2

2-56 bolt tape aileron extension

to one cabane 3

4
Foam and/or balsa machine guns

Rudder post & rudder LE 1/8 X 3/16" All rest of rudder & vertical stab wood is 1/8"

F3

F1
Foam block
1/16" dowel hatch holddown Dummy engine

F2a & b
Hatch Latch (Velcro )

Foam Pilot
Exhaust

Foam block to here F4

1/16 balsa, make 2

All covering Litespan. Original done in all white Swiss trainer colors, with red Litespan Swiss markings laid over white. WARNING: Blue foam WILL show through white Litespan!!! Other color notes: Draw brown leather cockpit coaming on with marker.

Turtledeck stringers butt to cross brace in front of H.S. LE

BT1 1/8" sq. SPRUCE FORWARD spars 1/16" scrap (top only)

BT1
Sub-wing blue foam, carved & sanded to shape, then covered.

Hollow foam block

1/32 ply dihed. braces

1/32 ply dihed. braces

1/8 sq.
F2 - 1/16" ply

End of shear web

3/16 sq. spruce

Cabane glued into
wooden block after fuse is covered

balsa triangles

Cardboard cockpit "floor"

and air-exhaust duct
1/64" ply INSIDE of fuse formers, with servoes servo-taped to inside of this

1/32 balsa sheet (top & bottom)

LE
1/4" X 1/8" TE with 1/16" indented scalloping

1/8 sq. balsa "V" legs butt to F2 here

1/8" sq. HARD balsa spar

1/16" motor mount brace

1/16" X 1/8"
1/16" ply control horns 1/8" balsa (grain horizontal)

Scrap Fill (for wing bolt)

Two 1/8 Sq. spruce in "V" with point against F2

Bottom front

Bottom rear

Top front

Top rear

Outer wing panel

90 deg.

Elevate lower wing tip rib .54" PER PANEL, top wing tip rib .67" PER PANEL. Dihederal is 3 degrees PER PANEL, with centersection "flat", i.e., no dihed.

F2a 1/16 plywood Drill AFTER assembly!

F2b 1/8 balsa Drill AFTER assembly!

3 degrees dihed. per panel

Dihed. break Dihed. break

Speed controller goes along side motor. Batteries go vertically (I used 4 sets of two end-to-end pairs) right behind motor/motor mount. Receiver wrapped with foam, hangs from cabane strut 3 cross-brace (cable -tied).

and washers

1/8 ply tail skid

1/8" light ply wing bolt plate

1/8 Ply motor mount Extends THROUGH sides

5
Old window screen used to make radiator MUST be OPEN for cooling air intake!!!.

End of front 1/32" shear web

Wheels are under

dihederal break!

Foam sub-wing F1a S3

TT1 TR8 TR7 TR5

drill holes for snake BEFORE gluing ribs in place!!! TR4

1/32" ply dih. braces

1/8" sq. SPRUCE FORWARD spars

6-32 blind nuts

1/16" ply overlap

1/8" ply

Servo bay

TT1
TR4 1/32" ply dih. braces TR3

TR6

TR6

TR3

TR1

Notch back for "V" legs

End of rear 1/32" shear web

TR2

TR2

1/8" sq. HARD balsa REAR spars A1

A1 1/16 X 1/4 TE cap A2 TR9 Only 1 TR1 Ply aileron horn

1/8 X 1/4 TE (scallops 1/16")

R5a

R4a

required

sandwiched between R5 and R5a

1/8" + scrap

R4a

R5a

TR9 A2

S5

1/32" sheet on top only

S4

TR5

TR7

TR8

1/8" X 1/4"

2. l 5 " w he e s Make wheels by sandwiching 1/8" light play between two layers of 1/8" balsa, then turn assembly to shape. I used bolt though wheel blank, chucked into drill, with hand-held X-acto knife CAREFULLY used as lathe blade

Elevator horn is on this side!

1/8" sq.

1/8" sq.

Fokker D-VII Speed 400 with Olympus gearbox 252 sq. inches 20-24 oz weight Drawn November, 1998 in DesignCAD 2D Rescued and converted to TurboCAD 2D June, 1999

1/8" X 1/4"

Drill holes in motor mount for Cabane 1, then CA in place during final assembly.

LG wire and

1/16" balsa LG wire retained

cabane 2 sewn to F2 with wire

by small screws

4-40 nylon bolt and blind nut

Wing

Wing

Wing

Top
Wing

0.250

Cabane 3 True length 3.66

Wing

Cabane 2 True length 12.36

0.250
Wing

0.250
1.960

2.300
0.250
Front
Cabane 1 True length 5.03"

0.250

Wing

Landing Gear (Rear)

F2

Landing Gear (Rear)

1.999

True length 10.86

4.100
0.251 2.300
Side

0.263

Cabane 4 True length 12.34

1.601

2.303

Wing

0.251

2.300

3.440

2.900

4.170

1.999

0.250

2.300

Rotated 90 degrees

4.170
2.400 2.300 2.400

2.90
0.375

0.920
2.300 2.300 2.301
Wing 2.401 2.303 2.400

Axle
0.500
Axle

3.406

Bend to match front strut, then solder

0.250
0.263 2.303

Axle
2.3 2.3 2.3

3.350
2.300
Wing

0.273

1.060
0.506 2.403

1.059

0.375
Axle

1.960
0.864
Wing

Wing .25"
2.3 2.3 2.3

Wing

2.300

2.400

2.301

2.403

0.921

Fuse