Parts List

Bill Grenoble Denny Maize Joel FonerPublished on October 30, 1998

Thanks to Dan Griscom for taking the time to put this list together - finally we have a parts list!

This is an attempt to provide a complete parts list for the Terminator. It assumes a number of things about the plane to be built:

  • Default fuselage shape
  • Default boom length, tail size
  • Balsa sheeted wings, using 3M77 adhesive and no vacuum bagging system
  • No extraordinary efforts to reduce weight

Like the rest of these plans, this list is NOT designed to limit your creativity, just to provide a starting point for it. Also note that a number of the wood parts’ dimensions can be traded off; often (but not always) two 24" pieces will work where one 48" piece is specified. I specified what I ended up buying; your suppliers may carry somewhat different sizes.

The list is divided into four sections: wood, glues, other materials, radio.

Wood

  • Balsa, 1/32" x 4" x 48", 8 sheets

    • Used when sheeting the wing. Using contest balsa (4 to 6 pound) will obviously make things lighter.

  • Balsa, 3/32" x 3" x 36", contest weight (4 to 6 pounds), 1 sheet

    • Used for fuselage sides. You can use 1/8" thick if you like.

  • Balsa, 1/8" x 3" x 36", contest weight (4 to 6 pounds), 1 sheet

    • Used for tail(actually only need 2/3 sheet). You can use 3/32" thick if you like.

  • Balsa, 1/4" x 1/4" x 36" triangle, 2 pieces

    • Used for joining fuselage components together. 3/16" would be better (lighter and easier to bend), but I’ve never seen it for sale, so you might have to cut it yourself.

  • Balsa, 1/8" x 1/8" x 36" stick, 1 piece

    • Used for wing saddle support (actually only need 1/2 stick).

  • Plywood, 1/64" x 6" x 12", 1 piece

    • Used for fuselage side doublers (will only use 2/3 of this).

  • Plywood, 1/32" x 6" x 12", 1 piece

    • Used for control horns. You only need about one square inch of this, so you might want to laminate two 1/64" pieces together to get what you need.

  • Plywood, 1/16" x 6" x 12", 1 piece

    • Used for washers under wing holddown bolts. You only need about two square inches of this, so you might want to laminate four 1/64" pieces together to get what you need.

  • Light plywood, 1/8" x 6" x 12", 1 piece

    • Used for fuselage formers (will only use a piece 1" x 4")

Glues

  • Thin CA
    • Used all over the place
  • Thick CA
    • Used wherever some time is needed for assembly
  • Accelerator
    • Used whenever needed
  • 5 minute epoxy
    • Used all over the place
  • Microballoons
    • Used to make epoxy for tail boom mounting lighter
  • 3M77 spray adhesive
    • Used to attach sheeting to wing

Other materials

  • Machine screws, 6-32 x 1", aluminum or nylon, 2 pieces
    • Used for wing holddowns
  • Carbon arrow shaft, Beman ICS 500, 32 3/4" long
    • Used for tail boom. The default boom length is about 19"; if you use a larger tail you can shorten the boom to 16" and get two booms from one arrow shaft (see Options page).
  • Ultracote Lite Transparent cover film, one roll
    • Used to cover tail (will only use about 26" x 8")
  • Fiberglass cloth, 0.75 oz, 1 yard
    • Used to cover fuselage (will only use about 10" x 18")
  • Pink insulating foam, 1 1/2" x 24" x 96"
    • Cut to make wing cores (will only use about 1/4 of this). Owens Corning InsulPink, sold in Home Depot (and elsewhere), works well.
  • Transparent tape
    • Used to hinge tail surfaces.
  • Sullivan #507 0.030 Push Cable kit, 2 pieces
    • Pushrods for tail. Includes 2 clevises and 2 threaded couplers.

Radio

  • Receiver, one
    • Use any micro-size receiver (e.g. Hitec 555). Remove the case to save some weight.
  • Sub-micro servos, two
    • Cirrus CS-20 servos are only 0.43" wide so you can fit them next to each other in the fuselage. Other servos will work; check their size and weight, and consider making a wider fuselage to fit them.
  • Receiver battery, one
    • 110mAh and 150mAh packs work (trading weight for flight time).