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The Electric Buttercup is a
simple and inexpensive
approach to a park flier electric
model that gives a wide range
of performance from gentle to
aerobatic. Flight times range
from 5 minutes of aerobatics to
20 minutes plus of just cruising
using a Speed 400 motor and
the Mini-Olympus gearbox.
The Electric Buttercup has
turned out to be a really fun little
airplane. I have been flying it
regularly for the last few months,
several times a week. I fly mostly
with Harry Stewart of Nevada
City, CA. He also has a little
electric model of his own design
with similar performance. We
often go up together and see how
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long we can stay up, just cruising
around, chasing lift. At the local
parks and schoolyards, we fly in
the evenings, low and slow, with
an occasional loop or roll. The
other people at these places
hardly notice that there are RIC
models flying.
I had gone through one of
those bad periods of having lost
several good airplanes. Two were
dumb thumbs, another was a
mid-air, and I'm still not sure of
the other. Nevertheless, I was out
of airplanes to fly at our weekly
gatherings. I had been thinking
about this project for a while and
about trying a geared Speed 400
electric motor in something.
Meanwhile, on the Internet, I had
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been having a conversation
with Larry Parkerson about my
Buttercup, an old 2-channel
design for .020 sized motors.
Larry had scaled up the
Buttercup to 60" for a 4-stroke
.40 and sent me the file. I had
been thinking of building the
larger version, when all this other
stuff happened.
I did some research on the
Speed 400 and the Mini­
Olympus 2.33:1 gearbox,
reading the recommended areas
and size for a model, thus
powered. The data and other
models available all seemed too
small and with too high a wing
loading for what I wanted to
achieve. I wanted a model that
would fly slowly in a confined
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15 Inches
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TYPE AIRCRAFT
STABILIZER CHORD (avg.)
REC. NO. OF CHANNELS

Speed 400 Electric Sport

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CONTROL FUNCTIONS

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When push comes to shove, I took the
easy way out and re-scaled the Buttercup
to 50". The wing area worked out to
406 sq. in. After that, Ijust changed the
1/4" sq. balsa frame to 1/8" sq. and all the
weight went away.
I use either a Hitec 555 or an FMA
Direct Tetra receiver and a Viper Model
Products Micro Demon speed control. I
had also purchased, a while back, some of
the Ace RC 8112 micro servos. I also had
some 600 and 1000 mA 7-cell battery
packs from my Simple 400. Some of the
new equipment is even lighter, but the
Electric Buttercup flies great with the
products listed. I also used the large
Deans Ultra Plug connectors and large
silicone wire. You could probably save a
half-ounce by just going to 18 Ga. wire
and smaller plugs. I like the Deans Ultra
Plugs for the larger motors and battery
packs. One of these days, I will re-wire
this system using the small three pin
Deans connectors.
I covered the Electric Buttercup with
Litespan and Balsaloc, which is quite a bit
lighter than the films. The Litespan does
not have any adhesive, so the wood must
first be coated with the recommended
Balsaloc. The Litespan is then ironed on
and shrunk like any of the films. You do
have to coat the overlaps with Balsaloc.
The Litespan gives the look of doped
silkspan or tissue, but is much stronger
and more puncture resistant. Litespan and
Balsaloc are available from Hobby Lobby
and New Creations RIC, as are most of
the other components.
I built the little Electric Buttercup in
about a week and was anxious to fly it.
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Too anxious. On the first attempt, with off the rudder and re-aimed it at the
witnesses, a new speed control quit propeller. A couple of days later, I tried
working, so no flight. Disappointed, I it again at the field. Well, it was better,
took the Buttercup home and put in the at least it flew straighter, but it was still
Viper Micro Demon speed control from climbing and acting awful. On the next
out of another model. Here comes the flight, I moved the battery pack forward
dumb part. I then flew the Buttercup in on the Velcro and tried it again . Magic!
front of our house. It will fly there The Electric Buttercup flew great now.
easily now, but for a first flight, it was a I repeat this stuff, because maybe it will
bad idea. It flew, badly, out of trim, be helpful to some. The rest of you
climbing like a homesick angel, and I already know that an out oftrim, tail
was dodging trees and light poles. I heavy model is no fun to fly.
managed to get it back down and only A week later, I showed the Electric
damaged the landing gear. "That was Buttercup to EutTileson. Eut took one
terrible," I thought, and reluctantly look, spun on his heels, and walked back
went to work repairing the damage. I to his car. He came back a minute later
checked the fuselage and it wasn't and said, "Try these," as he handed me
straight. The rudder \Vas glued on, three new APC slow flier props. I did,
centered on the fuselage, with a whole finally settling on the 8 x 6. Wow! What a
lot ofleft turn built in . Whoops. I cut difference that prop made. I did not know
Wood
8 - 1/8" sq. X 36" hard balsa - fuselage
4 - 1/8" x 1/4" x 36" balsa ­ wing trailing edge, fuselage,
empennage
2-1/2 - 1/16" x 3" x 36" balsa - wing ribs, cowl, sheeting
2 - 3/16" x 36" sq. balsa - wing leading edge
1 - 3/32" x 5/8" x 3.5" balsa - subfin
1 - 1/8" x 1 " x 3" balsa - stab center section
2 - 1/8" X 1/2" x 36" balsa - wing spars
2 - 1/8" x 3/4" x 36" - wing spars
1 - 1/8" lite ply 6" x 7" - F1, F2, F3, and servo rails
1 - 1/4" sq. spruce x 5" - motor mounts
1 - 1/32" plywood 1/2" sq. - control horns
1 - 1/8" dowel 2" - wing mount
Hardware
1 - 1/32" wire x 18" - pushrods
1 - 1/16" wire x 12" - landing gear
1 pro - wheels 1.625 to 2" - wheels
4 - #2 x 3/8" 8M screws - motor mount
2 - 4-40 x 1/2" nylon bolts - wing mount
3 - Litespan 36" x 20" sheets - covering
1 - Balsaloc 3.7 oz. - adhesive for Litespan
1 - Flat black spray paint - windows
Thread - hinges and landing gear
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place over the plan with the gear up. The
top and bottom 118" sq. crosspieces are
glued in place between the sides at the
wing trailing edge.
RIGHT: Fuselage sides are pulled
together at the tail and glued in place.
Add the 118" sq. cross braces and the
1116" balsa.
thatAPC made electric props, but Eut
told me that most ofthe APC electric
props went to Europe. They are very
lightweight and have the typical APC
efficiency and performance you would
expect. APC now makes a selection of
electric props for different applications.
Check their Web site at:
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CONSTRUCTION
Building the Electric Buttercup is like
building a large rubber powered model;
two fuselage sides and everything else
made from sticks. As fragile as it appears,
the only damage sustained to my model
was from the first flights. I broke out the
landing gear, making a terrible landing on
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pavement, and cracked a fuselage stringer
somewhere between the second and third
flight while handling it.
Lay a piece ofwaxed paper or Saran
Wrap over the plan. Pin the bottom 1/8" sq.
fuselage stringer to the plan with straight
pins orT-pins from the hobby shop. Do not
stick the pins through the wood. One by
one, cut, glue, and pin in place the
uprights, diagonals, and top pieces until
you have one fuselage side. Remove the
pins and lay another piece ofwaxed paper
or Saran Wrap over the completed side.
Build the second side right over the first
side. Glue in the 1/16" balsa landing gear
gussets and 1/8" sq. servo rail supports to
each side. Glue in the 1/16" balsa switch
mount on the left side.
Cut out Fl, F2, and F3 from 1/8" lite
. ply. Bend the 1116" wire landing gear and
' Catalog <~ bind it in place on F2 using heavy thread
or copper wire. Glue over the knots.
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stringers. Glue in F3, the wing hold-down
of the bench, glue F2 in place, using a
square to keep it square to the side. Glue
on the other side, over the top view ofthe
118" sq. balsa over the plan using waxed
paper or plastic wrap to protect the plan.
The 1116" balsa landing gear gussets and
118" sq. balsa servo rail supports are
added to each side.
BELOW: Cut out F2 from lite ply and bind
the 1116" landing gear in place with
thread or copper wire. Glue F2 to one of
the fuselage sides using a square to align.
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plan, with the landing gear sticking up.
While there, glue in the top and bottom
1/8" sq. cross pieces behind the wing.
Pull the sides together at the tail, aligned
with the plan, and glue. Add the
remaining rear crosspieces between the AB'.
two sides. Secure F 1 in place with a in C'
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rubber band:Adjust the rubber band Cefl'
tension until the fuselage is straight, then
Zap F1 to the frame. Before proceeding, RIG
check the fuselage for straightness. If
necessary, crack any glue joint, make the
shift, and re-glue. Glue in the 1/16" balsa
sheet between the top stringers at the rear
for the fin support.
Using the plan as a guide, glue the
1/16" balsa gussets to the 1/4" sq. spruce
motor mounts. Glue the motor mow1ts in
place on Fl . Glue on the top, forward
1116" balsa sheet. Also, glue on the 1/16"
balsa cabin bottom and 1/8" sq. gussets
between the bottom ofF2 and the bottom
plate, and the two lite ply servo mounts
using your servos as spacers.
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Build the wings next. Cut out the
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then F1 is glued in place. The motor mounts are 114" sq. spruce The wing ribs and leading and trailing edges all glued in place.
with 1116" balsa gussets glued to F1. Note that the inboard rib is the wing center section.

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ends to proper length. When fit, glue the wing panels into the
center section, blocking up the tips 2-112".

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balsa spars. Pin the 1/8" balsa spars to the
plan over waxed paper. Glue the ribs to the
spars. Note that the inboard wing rib is the
center section rib. Glue on the 3/16" sq.
leading edges and the 1/8" x 1/4" trailing
edges. Using the W4 angle guides, glue
on the 1/16" balsa wingtips.
Build the wing center section by first
pinning down the two 1/8" overlap spars
to the plan, over waxed paper. Glue the
1/16" bottom sheet in place between,
ahead of, and behind, the spars. Glue the
two WI ribs in place. Glue on the 3/16"
leading edge and the 1/8" x 1/4" trailing
edge. Glue in a 1/8" x 1/4" balsa filler
strip that has been sanded'1:o a wedge
shape, just ahead of the trailing edge. Do
not glue on the top sheet until the wing
panels are joined.
Bevel the bottoms ofthe inboard ends
ofthe wing spars so the wing leading and
trailing edges align with the center section
when the wingtips are blocked up for the
dihedral. Trim the ends ofthe leading and
trailing edges ofthe wing panels to fit the
center section. Glue the wing panels to the
center section and the two overlap spars
with the tips blocked up 2-1/2". Glue on
the top 1/16" balsa sheet to the center
section. Sand the leading edge round and
taper the trailing edge. Sand the wing in
preparation for covering.
Build the tail surfaces over the plan and
waxed paper using 1/8" sq. and 1/8" x 1/4"
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The two wing mounting dowels are glued to the bottom of the
wing after removing covering. Drill through the wing and F3 for Cover the model with a lightweight covering such as Litespan.
the two nylon wing mount bolts at the trailing edge. Tap for 4-40 The fuselage was masked for the windows with contact paper
nylon bolts. and sprayed with flat black Krylon paint.
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8112 micro servos, Hitec 555 micro receiver, Castle Creations
Pixie 14 speed control, Graupner Speed 400 motor, Mini Olympus The pushrods are 1/8" sq. balsa with 1/32" wire ends connected
2.33:1 gear box, APC 8 x 6 slow flier propeller, and 6-ceIl1200 mA to the 1/32" plywood control horns with "Z" bends. Thread
NIMH battery pack. About 11 oz. total weight. hinges link the control surfaces.
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sandpaper and prepare for covering.
Build the cowl from lite 1/16" balsa.
First cut the two sides and tack glue them
to a base and center. The base and center
are made using the plan as a guide. Bend
lite 1/16" balsa sheet over the sides and
glue. Break out the base and center and
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shrinking. It shrinks, but not a lot.
Seat the wing with the two 1/8"
covering on the wing over the dowels.
The dowels should glue to the wing, but
fit a spacer if needed. Glue the dowels to
the wing and add a piece of 1/8" sq.
between the dowels as a brace. Mark the
positions ofthe two rear 4-40 nylon bolts
on the trailing edge ofthe wing. Drill one
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Winner second hole. Remove the screws and
of TI1T/8 NBtioRal apply a drop of thin Zap into the holes.
Champ
When dry, run the tap back through to
clean out the threads.
Cover the rest ofthe model. The
windows are painted on with a light spray
coat offlat black lacquer or Krylon . Use
low stick contact paper, they call it
movable, to cut a mask for the fuselage
around the window outlines. Use other
paper and tape to mask the rest ofthe
fuselage when you spray. Apply any other
trim at this time, before assembly.
Hinge the rudder and elevator with
figme eight thread hinges. Pull the thread
hinges tight and lock the thread with a
drop ofthin Zap. Trim away the covering
on the bottom ofthe stabilizer for the
fuselage side glue joints. Glue the
stabilizer and elevator to the fuselage. Cut
a strip away on the top of the stabilizer
and fuselage for the fin. Glue the fin and
cut the prop and cooling holes in the front rudder in place, taking care to align it
ofthe cowl. Brush the entire cowl with with the center ofthe fuselage and nose.
Balsaloc and cover with Litespan. The Cover and glue in place the balsa sub-fin.
cowl is secured to the fuselage with Ifyou will be flying from pavement, glue
Scotch tape down the sides.
Give all of the wood edges a coat of
a piece of 1/32" wire to the bottom of the
sub-fin to keep it from wearing.
Make the pushrods from hard 1/8" sq.
Balsaloc to adhere the Litespan covering.
Balsaloc is like thick white glue and is balsa and 1/32" wire. Cut the 1/8" sq.
water soluble until it dries. Cover the balsa to length using the plan as a guide.
wing first, as it is easier to install the wing Bind the wire ends in place with thread
dowels if the fuselage is not covered. and thin Zap. Make a "Z" bend at the
Follow the directions that come with the servo ends and cut slots for the exits at the
Litespan and get the covering taught and rear. The elevator pushrod exits through
as free ofwrinkles as possible before the rear ofthe fuselage. Cut the two 1132"
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pushrod ends are wrapped with thread and thin CA. Switch is
inserted in the wire between the speed control and the battery
plug. Receiver and speed control are just suspended in the wiring.
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screws. The balsa cowl is secured with Scotch tape to the
fuselage sides.
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me glued. With the control horns on the
Its wires, glue the control horns in place,
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