1 x 14” Coroplast sheet

1 x Fuselage

2 x Adjustment Wires

2 x Universal Tip

1 x Front Tip

1 x Rear Tip

2 x Canard Adjuster

2 x M3 Bolts

2 x M3 Nuts

1 x Wing Support Clip

1 x Launch Cord

Items needed by builder

2.5 mm Hex Key

SuperGlue

Scissors or Hobby Knife

Square or Ruler

Pencil

Electric Fence Post

Additional Terms used in this manual.

  • Fuselage - This means the body of the airplane. In this case it’s the wood.
  • Substrate - This is the term in manufacturing used for the material you make things from. We will be using it to make the wing, canard, and vertical stab.
  • Canard - In aeronautics, a canard is a wing configuration in which a small forewing or foreplane.
    Vertical Stabilizer - Sometimes called a tail fin, Provides stability to the flight.
  • From the left hand side of the Coroplast sheet measure 7” to mark the center of the sheet. Lightly draw a line down the center of the sheet.
  • Using a square, draw lines .125” on both sides of the original line.
  • Using a straight edge, draw an angled line between point a and point b.
  • Using a straight edge, draw a line 1” from the bottom of the substrate.
  • repeat on the other side.
  • With a pair of scissors cut along the diagonal lines. Remove and save the smaller pieces for the vertical stab and canard.
  • Insert two 18” pieces of wire in the wing flutes #2 and #8, counting from the trailing edge of the wing. Cut the wire to ensure the wire will not to extend past the wing.
  • Measure in 3” from each wing tip and draw a line from the leading edge to the trailing edge.
  • Now it is time to bend the winglets. Lay the wing on a table and extend the wing tip past the table edge about 3”. Lay a square or a ruler along the same pencil line from the above step. Pushing down on the ruler with one hand and bending the wing tip up with the other. Bend each winglet to 90 degrees. For flight, bend winglet back down to 30 degrees.
  • Now we will assemble the two adjustment clips. There are three parts to it.
  • The main clip, an m3 bolt, and the nut that goes with it.
  • Place the bolt in the hole at the front of the Cruzer.

        Attach the nut to the bolt and bring it down to
        where it’s almost touching the adjustment clip.
        This makes a “collar” that will allow you to
        adjust the height.

      • Attach the universal tips to the fuselage. Make sure the holes are going the same direction.
      • Place the Front Tip on the Universal tip. Make sure the hole in the front tip lines up with the hold in the Universal tip
      • Place the Tail Holder on the Universal tip. Make sure the hole in the front tip lines up with the hold in the Universal tip
      • Attach the Canard/ Wing Clip lug to bottom of the front tip. You will screw the M3 screw into the hole in the universal tip through the front tip.
      • Attach the Canard/ Wing Clip to bottom of the back tip. You will screw the M3 screw into the hole in the universal tip through the back tip.

      From the Template cut out the canard. Position both control surfaces so the flutes run left to right just like the wings.

      Now we need to make the hinge in the canard.
      If you look at the canard, find where the angle meets the vertical side. (a)What we are going to do is cut the material on one side of the canard at this point, leaving the other side as a hinge as in b.

      Cut only one side of Canard to make hinge

      Insert the Canard into the slot on the front tip with the hinge cut facing down, lining it up with the fuselage so it’s centered.

      Put the Back of the canard into the adjustment clip.

      Insert the wing into the Adjustment clip attached to the tail holder.
      Line the wing up with the fuselage using the lines you made earlier.

      Attach the middle clip at the front of the wing using the spike.

      Using the template, cut the Vertical Stabilizer from the leftover pieces of substrate.

      Insert Vertical Stabilizer (tail) into tail holder.