Balsa USA Stingray with DLE-20, RC Plane Build N0 2: Starting Wing 

Great! Good luck with your scratch build. I have been gathering what I need to do a scratch build for my next project. Thanks

Thank you!

Thanks. Ya Im not sure why the want to place them under the spar because the spars actually extend beyond the ribs and have to be sanded down. Usually they have you do that if the spar sits up past the rib.. so you may be right that they should be at the trailing edge or not used . I certainly don’t like the way this wing is instructed to build. Im not happy with it. Thanks for the comment.

Thanks, I have been considering the magnetic set up. I may be tricking that in the future. I know there is also people who use plywood “squares” attached to the magnets for alignment and such. It looks great

Thanks, I appreciate your comments regarding the Smoothie build. Ya I got a reply from them today. I post a screenshot in the community post. They said they intentionally oversized the ribs to accommodate different types of spar woods??? That doesn’t make any sense to me. I didn’t realize how bad they were until after I started glueing, I probably should’ve stopped. But I was able to get it built. So Im just gonna move on. I like BUSA, but got a little disappointed with this.

Thanks again, I have never tried sheetrock, interesting. And the blocks are great, you are right, the more the merrier. They make make great weights also.

Thanks! And good luck finishing your build. It looks it will be a nice flying plane.

Ya, no real response from them thus far. I don’t expect anything at this point. Oh well.

Hi, yes i think the spar was the wrong size or they over cut the notches in the ribs.

Ya, good eye, I should have addressed that, Ill try to remember on the next vid. They didn’t shape the other half of that leading edge piece. They only angled on side of it. I think they just didn’t run it through whatever tool they use to cut parts on the one side, so it’s wider than the tip of the rib. I’ll have to trim it when the time comes. i triple checked to make sure I had the right piece, and was thinking maybe they were the ailerons, but I located the ailerons pieces, so these were the only pieces that matched. I have found a few issues with this kit so far and it’s early in the build. Shockingly I noticed that they completely omitted the instruction steps for the aileron wing mount construction or anything on the ailerons at all! I have an email into BUSA to see if they have an explanation or if they have a supplemental instruction sheet. Hopefully they get back to me. Also there are some pretty significant gaps between the ribs and spar joints, I have had to apply thick CA several times to fill them. The Smoothie had issues also, but I was able to work through them. This kit has me worried. This is clearly an older plane kit because the plans are hand drawn, but the manual looks newly updated, so maybe they just made a mistake in the printing…

Looks like they just threw in some 1/4 stock they had for the leading edge strips. Seeing as it will have to be shaped, it doesn’t make sense to angle the edges. Also, being that this is a laser cut kit, there shouldn’t be that much gap between the main spars and the rib saddles. Makes me wonder about my Smoothie XL kit I have to build…🤔 Good luck with the build!

Ya, Im not have the best feeling about this kit like I had with the Smoothie. The Smoothie had a few quirks but not that bad. This one seems like they have less quality control on it. I think I’ll post a few pictures on the community tab. The spars are also a little tweaked and since the rib joints are too big, the spar isn’t completely straight because its not held snuggly. I tried pushing it all back to the trailing edge, but its hard to bend/shape basswood. I completed the right wing off camera, and they came out fine in the end , but not as nice as the Smoothie or other builds.

I posted picks on community tab