THIS 12OZ FLOATPLANE is having the floats aligned ready for epoxy to hold float struts in place.
CECIL'S GUIDE TO BUILDING "RECYCLE FLYERS"
HOW LONG it takes to build a Recycle Flyer? Keeping a logbook for flying was important but definitely not important when it came to building Recycle Flyers. I thought a build list might be a more appropriate measure as to exactly what it takes to transform the cans in the refrigerator into the finished product.
The board jig is
where fuselages are attached to wings. The wing is being
measured to locate the wing center on this 12oz. airplane.
This 12oz. airplane is having a formed wire installed in fuselage for landing gear struts.
Finished 12oz. "tail dragger" (tail wheel airplane) and jig for aligning rear fuselage cone with main fuselage can after the cabin block is installed. A finished fuselage is shown in the jig.
Aligning and attaching an airplane cockpit block to main fuselage can.
Helicopter landing gear alignment jig and finished helicopter.
PURCHASING selected drinks
HAVE your friends emptying cans and washing
them out
SORT cans to insure unblemished cans
for props and fuselages
CUT tops out of cans and allow them to
dry for 2 days
CUT and flatten cans, sort for cosmetically
best cans
MARK the cans with templates, and cut
to size for all components
CUT 320lb double wall cardboard for wing
insert.
CUT aluminum (.020 3003-H-14)
to length for wing tip insert
CUT and bend proppeller shafts from 3/32” RG-45 welding
rod
CUT & bend aluminum welding rod landing
gear & strut wires
BEND, fold and roll the wing, tail and
rear fuselage can material
TRIM, match and laminate bottom wing cans
and tail section cans
TRIM and laminate wing tip reinforcment
to top wing panels
TRIM wing boards and taper ends
FIT the top wing panels to wing and roll
the leading edge
GLUE the inside of the wing tips and
roll; clamp for 48 hours
TRIM tails & wing tips; install
grommets; sand all edges
SAW wood for cockpit, floats and a circular
disk for fuselage
MARK & drill fuselage can for struts
and landing gear postions
ASSEMBLE cockpit block to fuselage can;
glue in circular disk
ASSEMBLE rear fuselage disk & can
to main fuselage can
CUT cans for windshield and cockpit cover
and install
INSTALL windshield strips and “Recycle
Flyers” stickers
GLUE fuselage to wing and let cure 24
hrs; seal with clear silicone
BEND tail wheel wires
ATTACH tail with foam insert and propeller
shaft
SOLDER #4 brass washer on prop shaft
at front of fuselage
INSTALL wing struts
INSTALL landing gear struts
INSTALL floats or wheels and epoxy all
struts inside can
MARK cans, cut and bend props and set
bearings
INSTALL rubber spacer on prop shaft and
#3 brass washer
INSTALL can propeller & balance, silicone metal
srink spots
PUT a #4 brass washer spacer on
prop shaft
CUT shaft; install rubber shim; epoxy
acorn nut to shaft
BALANCE plane; install screw eye and
swivel for hanging
FILL all pop rivets and tail cavity with
epoxy and let set 24 hrs
PAINT all filled rivets and tail cavity
to match cans
SPIN prop; oil propeller shaft and align
TEST fly
For Blimps, Helicopters, and Submarines turn
a male mold on a lathe for noses Vacuum form and trim noses for
Blimps and subs from .040 and .080 styrene
then trim, prime and paint to match can after they are mounted
on the front section can. Vacuum form and trim noses for Helicopters
from .030 PET-G plastic, trim and mount on Helicopter.
The building of the Blimp, Submarine and Helicopter requires
another series of steps similar to Airplanes with some jigs and
templates used that are specifically related to the build.
