Update 20 february 2006, CAD design Saito 4-stroke engine At work i'm studying a 3d cad solid modeller; my Saito engines are a nice topic to figure out how to model parts, assemble and animate them. Added spinnerplate and rocker tubes. IGES model rendered in 3Delight Read more ... Both my engines were not running freely anymore, one of them is blocked at TDC, most probably because the old oil fixed the cam followers. Engines are disassembled and cleaned. Read how.. This site is currently being reworked, so not all items are available yet. Most popular; gallery. Useful for C182 builders; decomposition of the center of gravity TF Cessna building review In the summer of '97 the french magazine 'Maquettes Volantes Magazine' featured the Top Flite Gold Edition Cessna 182 Q Skylane, scale 1:5,3, span 2,06 m, radio controlled aircraft. The author reworked the basic kit into a fully detailed scale model for the french nationals, by adding dents and protrusions, lighting, doors and hatches and so on.. This article caught my attention, and resulted in the purchase of the very same kit a few months later, including the reliable Saito 90 4-stroke engine. The contents of the kit is impressive, a tremendous amout of sticks, sheet balsa and ply.. Also included are ABS wheel pants, fairings and windows. All essential parts are included, except for wheels and fueltank. Since continental-european (metric) tools, bolts and nuts do not fit on the US standard, a lot of bolts must be exchanged. After having read all 'legal stuff' assembly started with the fuselage. It is built of 3 mm sheet balsa wrapped around formers and stringers, bottom half first. Balsa must be made flexible by applying water with a damp cloth. The one-piece wing and the tailplanes are a classic fully sheeted wood construction; they must be built as light as possible, as was learnt later. Summer of 2001, after numerous hours of building, the model finally resembled an actual Skylane aircraft, and was ready to be finished. Light glass cloth was applied with several layers of 1-component polyurethane laquer; epoxy resin could have been chosen as well. It has taken a lot of sanding an filling to acquire a smooth surface. No less than 320 strips of ABS have been put on the moving surfaces to simulate the embossed rudder control surfaces. All rivets (couple of thousand..) are simply put on by adding Pattex Profix 100 D2 white glue drops directly on pencil markings on the surface. After some practice, this job is ready in 5 or 6 evenings' work. The selected pitch is 6 mm on the fuselage, and 12 - 15 mm on the wing surfaces. The model is finally finished with 2 component acryllic laquer (automotive/aerospace) by use of foam rollers. It only takes about 100 cc of laquer. The interior is not fully scale, though i did put some work in the instrumentpanel and seats, which consist of nylon cloth on a foam base.. The instruments are based on the template which comes with the kit, though it has been masked with a painted ply front. The dials are covered with epoxy resin to simulate the dial glass. The plane was balanced by means of two battery packs alongside the engine (remember the heavy tailplanes??). See Tech tips on this topic. Read more.. Please note, egrandbuy is selling an ARF cessna using pictures of my all wood construction kit by Top Flite. Quite an honour! last edited 12 januari 2006 mail the editor