Meister F4-U Corsair Operating Instructions
100” WING SPAN
F4-U CORSAIR
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INVENTORY SHEET
FUSELAGE WOOD
Balsa
20 – 1/8” x 3” x 36” Assorted Med-Soft
4 – 1/8” x 4” x 36” Med F.S.-1 & 2
1 – 1/4” x 1/4” x 36” Med
10 – 1/4” x 3/8” x 36” Med
5 – 3/8” x 3/8” x 36” Med Crutch
1 – 1/2” x 3” x 36” Soft Block “A” R-6A
1 – 3/4” x 3” x 36” Soft Nose Radius Blocks
1 – 1” x 3” x 36” Soft F-11A
Hardwood
1/8” Door Skin or Luan Mahogany wall paneling or Lite Ply. Door Skins (when
available) are 36” x 80” and of course the wall panel is 48” x 96”. Even though you only
need ten square feet for fuselage and wing, the excess is handy for future needs. Lite Ply
is not nearly as strong as the above, but is available though Hobby Sources in exact
quantity needed.
1 – 3/4” x 1” x 12” Pine Wing Hold Block
1 – 1/2” x 1/2” x 24” Pine Servo Rails
STAB WOOD
Balsa
2 – 1/8” x 4” x 36” Med-Soft E-1’s
1 – 1/4” x 1/2” x 36” Med-Soft Elevator Ribs
1 – 1/4” x 3/4” x 12” Med-Soft Rudder Ribs
1 – 1/2” x 1” x 18” Soft R-4
2 – 3/4” x 1” x 36” Soft E-2’s, E-3’s, E-4’s
S-3’s, S-4’s, S-6
3 – 3/4” x 1” x 36” Soft R-1, R-2, R-5, R-6
F-1, F-,S-2, S-5, S-7
1 – 3/4” x 1” x 36” Rigid S-1
Summary
1 – 1/8” x 4” x 36” Med
2 – 1/4” x 5/8” x 24” Med
3 – 1/4” x 3/4” x 36” Med
1 – 1/2” x 1/2” x 12” Med
1 – 1/2” x 1” x 10” Med
1 – 5/8” x 3/4” x 26” Med
4 – 3/4” x 1” x 36” Med
WING WOOD
Balsa
4 – 1/16” 3” x 36” Gull Section Sheathing
4 – 1/8” x 3” x 36” Wing Sheet, Ribs &Cap Strips
4 – 1/8” x 4” x 36” Wing Sheet, Ribs & Shear Webb
4 – 1/8” x 1/2” x 36” Spars Outboard Wings
4 – 3/8” x 1” x 36” Ail.-1 & Ail.-2
2 – 1/2” x 2” x 36” L.E.-1A
1 – 1/2” x 3” x 36” L.E.-1
Hardwood
2 – 1/4” x 6” x 7” Aircraft Ply (Optional Retract Platform)
1 – 3/4” x 3/4” x 48” Pine Wing Bolt Blocks & Fixed Gear Blocks
1 – 1/4” x 12” x 40” Aircraft Plywood
BUILDING NOTE:
Please keep in mind if you are using a Robart or Sierra retracts, you will need to modify
the wing and fuse location to accommodate the retracts.
FUSELAGE INSTRUCTIONS
1. Cut out all fuselage parts from indicated material. Be sure you have the 3/4” x 1”
x 12” pine parts on hand. Note: The holes for routing the plastic control rods are
shown on the bulkhead templates. Decide if you want to use this system.
2. Build the “Crutch.”
3. Join the F.S.-1’s and F.S.-2’s and the F.S.-3’s and F.S.-4’s aligning the edges as
shown on side view. Suggest you lay the parts to show a “left” and a “right” side.
This will give you a smooth outside surface to the fuselage.
4. Install pins to side of “crutch” at each bulkhead station. This pin location should
be on center of the 3/8” square crutch side.
5. Clamp the fuselage sides to the “crutch” against the pins. The front end of the
sides should be flush with the front end of the “crutch.” Glue.
6. Install the F-1 and F-7 to the “crutch” using temporary 90° supports to insure 90°
alignments to the “crutch.”
7. In order to build the fuselage free of a twist, try this.
A. Cut two pieces of D.S. to 5-1/2” x 10-1/2”.
B. Spot glue to F-1 and F-7 up against the “crutch.” (Either side of the
bulkheads.)
C. Find a convenient area on your work bench for easy access to the fuselage.
(If you have an Island Work Bench, you are lucky.)
D. Mark around the 5-1/2” x 10-1/2” supports with a pen or pencil onto the
work surface. (This will allow exact placement of the assembly after
removal for other steps.)
E. Pick out two 36” sticks that are straight. Lay them across the “crutch” at
F-1 and F-7.
F. Stand at one end of the fuselage and determine if the sticks are parallel.
Shim the work bench leg required to bring the sticks parallel.
8. Before installing the rest of the bulkhead, do this: using a piece of scrap 1/4” x
3/8” balsa, check the width and depth of the many notches in the bulkheads. The
1/4” x 1/4” notches ditto.
9. Loosely install F-8 holding in place with a rubber band. Install the F-2 through F-
6 bulkheads being sure they are 90° to “crutch (F-1A and F-3C are installed later).
Be sure to install the 3/4” x 1” x12” pine wing hold down part now.
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