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F-106 DELTA DART
C o n s t r u c t i o n G u i d e
Savage Light Industries
19041 Singingwood Circle • Trabuco Canyon • CA • 92679
949-589-7120 • Info@SavageLight.com • www.SavageLight.com
Copyright © 2008 • All Rights Reserved

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  • Page 1 F-106 DELTA DART C o n s t r u c t i o n G u i d e Savage Light Industries 19041 Singingwood Circle • Trabuco Canyon • CA • 92679 949-589-7120 • Info@SavageLight.com • www.SavageLight.com Copyright © 2008 • All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 3 Savage Light Industries F-106 DELTA DART You should read this construction guide completely and study the plans to become familiar with all of the assembly steps before you begin construction of the model. There may be some differences between what can be seen in the photos and what is seen on the plans and in the kit pieces.

  • Page 4: Wing Construction

    3. Fit, but do not glue W1B, W2 and W3 together with WS1, WS1 and MG1. Align these over the plans and tack glue them down to the pane. Do not glue these pieces together yet. (Photo 3) Photo 3 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 5 (Photo 5) Photo 5 6. Measure and draw a line 1/16” from the edge face of the leading edge stock that will be facing the wing ribs. (Photo 6) Photo 6 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 6 MG1. (Photo 8) Photo 8 9. Align and glue W1F over the plans, then tack glue it to the pane. Glue W1F to WS1 and the leading edge stock. (Photo 9) Photo 9 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 7 11. Cut some scrap to fill in the area between the main landing gear mount (MG1) and the bottom of the wing ribs. (Photo 11) Photo 11 12. Glue the front wing skins to the bottom of the wings. (Photo 12) Photo 12 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 8 ‘threads’ in the wood. This will make it easier to mount the servos later. Glue these together to form the servo mounts. Make sure to make a right and left set. (Photo Photo 15 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 9 18. Place the wings into the jigs and align them over the plans then tack glue them to the wing jigs. Glue the 1/8” spar into the notches in the tops of the wing ribs (Photo 18) Photo 18 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 10 21. Glue the rear wing skin to the 1/8” spar and wing ribs. Use masking tape to keep the trailing edges of the wing skins straight while the glue dries. (Photo 21) Photo 21 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 11 Don’t make the same mistake. Photo 23 24. Tape W7 to the tip rib and trace the shape of the leading edge onto the end of the leading edge stock. (Photo 24) Photo 24 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 12 27. Remove the Root Rib Template and W7 from the wings and set them aside. Draw a line between the two marks to denote the centerline of the leading edge. (Photo 27) Photo 27 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 13 (Photo 30) Photo 30 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 14 31. Sand the leading edge stock and wing sheeting to their final shape. Use the Root Rib Template and W7 as sanding guides so you don’t sand off too much wood. (Photo 32 & 33) Photo 32 Photo 33 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 15 (Photo 36) Note: The sandwich wrap will act as a parting layer keep the tip rib from sticking to W7 when you are ready to cut the elevons free from the wings. Photo 36 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 16 ‘curl’ will be the wrong shape. Photo 38 37. Use a rotary tool to rough shape the underside of the wing tip working from the leading edge to the trailing edge. (Photo 39) Photo 39 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 17 38. Once you’ve obtained the correct rough shape, use progressively finer grades of sandpaper to refine the wing tips. You should end up with something like this. (Photo 40, 41 & 42) Photo 40 Photo 41 Photo 42 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 18 40. Do the same for the bottom of the wings. (Photo 44) Photo 44 41. Using a hobby knife, metal ruler and razor saw, cut the elevons free from the wings. (Photo 45) Photo 45 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 19 Photo 47 44. Cut the elevon servo pockets out of the bottom of the wings. If you’re using retracts, cut the retract pockets out of the bottom of the wings, too. (Photo 48) Photo 48 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 20 Shape these so they’re flush with the outlines of SM3 (Photo 50) Photo 50 47. Mount the elevon servos. Make sure to open a path for the servo wire through W1B and W2. (Photo 51) Photo 51 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 21 (Photo 53) Photo 53 50. Use a hobby knige to cut the hinge slots. Fit, but do not glue the hinges to the wings and elevons. (Photo 54) Photo 54 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 22 Photo 56 53. Use a hobby knife to cut the control horn slots and fit the control horns to the elevons. When you’re satisfied, glue the control horns to the elevons. (Photo 57) Photo 57 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 23 Make up the elevon linkage. (Photo 58) Photo 58 55. This completes the wing construction. Set the wings aside until you’re ready to start joining them to the fuselage. (Photo 59) Photo 59 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...

  • Page 24: Fuselage Construction

    (Photo 60) Photo 60 57. Use a straight edge to make sure the main keel K1 is straight. Tack glue K1 to the main fuselage jig. (Photo 61 & 62) Photo 61 Photo 62 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 25 B6B, B8, B9B to K. Glue B10B to K1 and K2. Glue B11B and B12B to K2. (Photo 64) Photo 64 60. Glue 1/2” balsa triangle stock to the back of B10B and the bottom of K2. (Photo 65) Photo 65 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 26 (Photo 68) NOTE: The nose gear hatch and battery compartment hatches are constructed in the same manner, so photos of these hatches being built will not be shown. Photo 68 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 27 (Photo 70) Photo 70 66. . Align and glue the hatch formers to the hatch base plates. (Photo 71) Photo 71 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 28 67. Glue 1/8” stringers in all the notches in the bottom bulkheads and hatches. (Photo 72, 73, 74, 75 & 76) Photo 72 Photo 73 Photo 74 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 29 Photo 75 Photo 76 68. Use a high-speed rotary tool to sand the edges of the hatch rails and hatch base plates so they’re flush with each other.. (Photo 77) Photo 77 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 30 Photo 78 70. Gently remove the hatches. (Photo 79) Photo 79 71. Using 3/32” contest balsa sheet or strip plank the bottom of the fuselage. (Photo 80, 81, 82, 83, 84 & 85) Photo 80 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 31 Photo 81 Photo 82 Photo 83 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 32 Photo 84 Photo 85 72. Trim the fuselage sheeting so it’s flush with the hatch rails and bulkhead faces. (Photo 86) Photo 86 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 33 Gently pull the plastic wrap taut. (Photo 87) Photo 87 74. Using 3/32” contest balsa sheet or strip plank the hatches. (Photo 88) Photo 88 75. Remove the hatches from the fuselage. (Photo Photo 89 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 34 NG1 and the two fan mounting rails FM1. Carefully glue them to secure them in place. (Photo 91) Align NG1 and glue NG1 to K1. Photo 91 78. Align the fuselage over the plans. (Photo 92) Photo 92 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 35 K1 to the scrap ply. Do the same with B12B. (Photo 94) Photo 94 81. Use a square to align and glue bulkheads B1T, B2T, B3T, B4T, B5T and B6T to K1. (Photo 95) Photo 95 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 36 Photo 97 84. Glue the instrument panel C2 to the two cockpit rails. Glue a 1/8” balsa stringer into the notches in bulkheads B1T - C2 and B4T - B6T. (Photo 98) Photo 98 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 37 87. Finish sheeting or strip planking the the fuselage turtle deck between bulkheads B4T - B6T. Be sure to leave a lip on B6T for the rest of the upper fuselage sheeting and the inlet duct walls. (Photo 101) Photo 101 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 38 3/32” balsa windscreen pieces so they form a tight joint. (Photo 103) Photo 103 90 Glue the windscreens C5 to the windscreen frame and forward fuselage. (Photo 104 & 105) Photo 104 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 39 Photo 105 91.Glue a 1/8” stringer between the top of C4 and B4T. (Photo 106) Photo 106 92. Fit and glue the canopy pieces C6. (Photo 107) Photo 107 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 40 95. Decide how you want to retain the flight battery. We prefer to use a combination of self-stick Velcro and One-wrap. The fuzzy side of self- stick Velco is stuck to the top of the battery tray BT1. (Photo 110) Photo 110 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 41 Slip BT1 into the slots in B6T and B9T. Align and glue B9T to K1. Glue BT1 to B6T and B9T. (Photo 112) Photo 112 98. Glue bulkheads B10T, B11T and B12T to K2. (Photo 113) Photo 113 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 42 101. Glue front spar doubler spacer SD1 to the front spar doubler SD2 and the rear spar doubler SD3 to rear spar doubler SD4. Make sure to make one right pair and one left pair. (Photo 116) Photo 116 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 43 Photo 118 104. Carefully slip the wings into the spar pockets to make sure the spars slide easily in and out.. Remove the wings and set them aside. Photo 119) Photo 119 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 44 Glue the inner duct walls I1 to B6T and the aft inlet duct. Glue a 11/32” wide strip of 3/32” contest balsa sheet to the top of K1 between B6T and B9T. (Photo 122) Photo 122 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 45 I2 for the rest of the upper fuselage sheeting. (Photo 124) Photo 124 110. The inlet top and bottom should have enough clearance to allow the 100# Bristol paper inlet duct to slip betweeen the two pieces. (Photo 125) Photo 125 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 46 Fold the front on the dotted lines shown on the plans. Curl the back of the inlet duct by dragging it across the sharp edge on the corner of a desk or workbench. (Photo 127) Photo 127 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 47 Work on the bottom corner first, then glue the top. (Photo 129) Photo 129 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 48 117. If you’re planning to fly with a power system developing more than 800w, then you should cut out and apply the inlet tripler and cut out a doubler for the aft inlet duct from 100# Bristol paper. (Photo 132) Photo 132 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 49 (Photo 135) NOTE: The photo shows two pieces of balsa sheeting. This was done on the kit prototype only for power system testing. This area can be sheeted with one piece of wood. Photo 135 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 50 Photo 137 123. Glue two 1/8” balsa stringers into the notches in the tops of B11T and B12T. Bend the stringers down and glue them to the back of B10T. (Photo 138) Photo 138 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 51 (Photo 140) Photo 140 126. Fit the vertical fin into the fin pocket and make sure the fin is plumb. Make any necessary adjustments to the fin pocket. (Photo 141) Photo 141 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 52 I5 and I6. (Photo 144) NOTE: In this photo the top inlet lip piece I5 is incorrectly angled downward. This piece should follow the lines of the top inlet I2. Photo 144 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 53 Align the slot in this block with the fin pocket in the top of the fuselage and glue the fairing block to the top of the fuselage. (Photo 147) Photo 147 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 54 W5 and glue them to the pane. (Photo 149) Photo 149 135. Slip the wings into the spar pockets in the fuselage. Place the fuselage/wing assembly into the wing jigs and align them over the plans. (Photo 150) Photo 150 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 55 (Photo 152) Photo 152 138. Also measure the wing tips at the elevon spars to make sure these are equal, too. (Photo 153) Photo 153 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 56 141. Weight the fuselage down to the building table and the wings into the assembly jigs. Glue the filler blocks to the wing root only. Do not glue them to the fuselage yet. (Photo 156) Photo 156 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 57 The next step in the assembly process is permanently joining the wings to the fuselage. Before proceeding, locate and cut any access holes in the wings and fuselage sides for servo wires and air lines. Photo 159 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 58 B9B. You will probably also need to cut the sides of K1 to allow the wheels to fully retract. (Photo 161) Photo 161 147. Glue the nose blocks to the front of B1. (Photo 162) Photo 162 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 59 This concludes the basic construction of the model. It is now ready for final installation of all radio and landing gear support equipment. Once this is complete, move on to the finishing stage. Photo 164 Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...

  • Page 60: Control Throws

    The model has no bad habits in high-alpha flight. You raise the nose and it slows down. The higher the nose, the higher the drag. At the same time, it's a very clean design, so lowering the nose will Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 61 Take your time to get to know the model’s handling characteristics. It is a very forgiving and stable model that’s fun to fly and should present you with no sur- prises. Plus, it’s a real attention-getter. Congratulations! You’re now a Six-Shooter pilot! Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...
  • Page 62 4 to 6 channel radio system capable of mixing ailerons and elevators (elevon/taileron/ailervator) or an external elevon mixing unit. Contact Information: Savage Light Industries 19041 Singingwood Circle • Trabuco Canyon • CA • 92679 949-589-7120 • Info@SavageLight.com • www.SavageLight.com Savage Light Industries F-106 Delta Dart...