I'll be the first to tell you that I had ZERO clue about this kit. I picked it up on a whim a couple if years back when HL had them discounted to $1.99. It's been hanging on the wall and I never even gave it a second look until this past weekend. The build desk was clear and I just wanted to build something simple and quick so I grabbed the Quinstar and figured I'd throw it together in an hour. That was a mistake.
I can honestly say that this was one of the most interesting and fun builds I have done in this hobby in a very long time. I literally could not stop working on it once started. I started around 8pm and didn't realize wht time it was until I got up to got to bed at 2am. I just couldn't walk away.
Below are pictures from the build. Now that I have built one, I can honestly say I loved the build but I'd like to try a few things differently next time.
Here are all the piece laid out. At this point I had just popped the balsa out of the sheets and removed all of the smaller inner pieces. Overall there are a lot of parts to this kit. Before you begin, be sure you have an emery board or a small file to sand around the insides of all of those openings. Note that the main pieces are numbered 1 to 5. This is important later.
First step of the instructions is to assemble the motor mount. Initially I thought I was going to build this with the stock 18mm mount but around 1am decided to go 24mm. Maybe I was exhausted but after reading some reviews on here it seems like a good idea. The instructions tell you to mark the motor tube at the 1" and the 2.5" mark then mark a slit for the motor hook a the 2.5" mark.
Next step is installing the motor spring. I used a little CA under the top inch of the motor spring to keep it from coming loose. The clear retainer ring was then pushed into place at the 1" mark and more thin CA was used to keep it in place.
Next step is the motor block. This was glued in place on top of the motor clip.
Next comes the the outer centering rings. The ring with the slit goes on the bottom while the solid rings goes on the top. Both sit flush with the end of the motor tube.
Finally the motor mount is slid into the larger BT50 outer tube and allowed to dry.
That's it for the motor mount.
I can honestly say that this was one of the most interesting and fun builds I have done in this hobby in a very long time. I literally could not stop working on it once started. I started around 8pm and didn't realize wht time it was until I got up to got to bed at 2am. I just couldn't walk away.
Below are pictures from the build. Now that I have built one, I can honestly say I loved the build but I'd like to try a few things differently next time.
Here are all the piece laid out. At this point I had just popped the balsa out of the sheets and removed all of the smaller inner pieces. Overall there are a lot of parts to this kit. Before you begin, be sure you have an emery board or a small file to sand around the insides of all of those openings. Note that the main pieces are numbered 1 to 5. This is important later.
First step of the instructions is to assemble the motor mount. Initially I thought I was going to build this with the stock 18mm mount but around 1am decided to go 24mm. Maybe I was exhausted but after reading some reviews on here it seems like a good idea. The instructions tell you to mark the motor tube at the 1" and the 2.5" mark then mark a slit for the motor hook a the 2.5" mark.
Next step is installing the motor spring. I used a little CA under the top inch of the motor spring to keep it from coming loose. The clear retainer ring was then pushed into place at the 1" mark and more thin CA was used to keep it in place.
Next step is the motor block. This was glued in place on top of the motor clip.
Next comes the the outer centering rings. The ring with the slit goes on the bottom while the solid rings goes on the top. Both sit flush with the end of the motor tube.
Finally the motor mount is slid into the larger BT50 outer tube and allowed to dry.
That's it for the motor mount.