Guillow’s Giant Scale Balsa JU 87-B Stuka • RC Conversion Build.

A highly customized build of Guillow's giant scale Stuka balsa model kit converted to radio control. I bought this kit from my local hobby shop. This was a fun but challenging project, mainly because of the wing design, and the flap and aileron configurations. I thought it would be cool to have a functional bomb drop as well. Due to the lack of sheet balsa wood available right now, I bought a block and sawed it into sheets on my table saw. The wing is removable, held in place with two wood dowels and two screws. The covering is MonoKote with a bit of spray paint, clear matt finish was sprayed over the decals and paint. Had trouble getting the decals to stick, but what I found worked well was a 50/50 mix of Elmer's Clear School Glue and water applied with a paint brush between the decal and the surface of the model. The paint scheme is somewhat generic, just thought the yellow nose, tail, and underside of the wing tips would look cool and be easier to see once it’s up in the sky. Left off a few scale details as this is meant to be a flying model and they would likely be the first things to break off on “landing”.

Six 9g Micro Servos.

Flysky FS-T6 transmitter.

Flysky FS-R6B 6 channel receiver.

EP-9050 9” Prop (centre hole drilled to fit prop adaptor).

Prop adaptor for 4mm shaft.

3S 11.1V 1300 mAh Li-Po battery.

A2217/8T 1100KV brushless motor.

40A ESC.



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