Manzano Laser Works Junkers Ju 88 User manual

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Junkers Ju 88
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Junkers Ju 88
Manual Version 1.2 – 13 March 2008
Specifications
Wingspan: 49.75 inches
Area: 339 square inches
Length: 36.12 inches
Power: 2x BP21 Brushless
2x Speed-400

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Materials
This kit contains the following materials:
This construction manual
Plan sheet
Decal sheet
Laser-cut wood pack
Vacuum-formed plastic canopy
Vacuum-formed plastic nose glazing
Vacuum-formed plastic spinners (2)
To complete this kit, you will need the following additional
materials:
1/4” x 3/8” x 48” Balsa for wing leading edge
3/32” x 3” x 36” Balsa for fuselage sheeting
1/16” x 4” x 24” Balsa sheet for wing skin, 6 each
1/16” x 1/4” Balsa planks for nacelles
3/8” x 36” Balsa triangle stock for fuselage, 2 each
1/4” square Hardwood motor mounts (for Speed-400)
3/16” x 12” Hardwood dowel for elevator joiner
Wing mounting bolt
Hinges (ailerons, elevator)
Miscellaneous servo mounting materials and pushrods
Covering materials and paint
Glue
NOTE: We recommend that you read this entire
manual before beginning construction.
Construction
Wings
Assemble the wing skins. The easy way to do this is
tape them together on the “good” side. Use low-tack painter’s
tape so that it releases easily later on. Then bend the joints
open, apply a thread of aliphatic resin in the groove, then close
the joints. Lay a sheet of wax paper on a flat surface, lay the
glued skin on it, cover with another sheet of wax paper, and
weight with heavy books. As you glue each skin, add it to the
stack, making sure you put a sheet of wax paper between
each skin. Let the glue dry overnight.
Using the same procedure as in step 1, assemble two
wing top skins, using the bottom skins as templates. Make the
top skin about 1/4” wider (chord-wise) than the bottom skin.
Block sand the good side of the wing skins. Make them
nice and smooth, as this will be the outer surface of the wing,
and it’s hard to sand later on.
Begin with the left wing. Cover your building board with
a sheet of wax paper. Remove the balsa from the aileron
hatch location, and pin the bottom left skin to the building
board. Keep your plan separate for reference.
Cut, fit and glue the 1/4" x 3/8” leading edge to the
wing skin.
Remove one set of ribs W1 thru W11 from the laser-cut
sheets. Leave the aileron ribs (the rear sections of ribs W7

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thru W11) attached to the sheet for now. Also remove spars
W12 thru W14 from the sheets.
Trial-fit the wing ribs to the spars. Place the assembled
ribs and spars on the skin and align with the etched lines. Glue
the ribs to the bottom skin. Make sure that W1 fully engages
the notches in the spars so that the correct dihedral angle is
established. Then glue the three main spars to the skin and
ribs. Glue braces G1 and G2 in place where rib W7 meets the
leading edge.
Glue spar W15 in place. Now find the rear section of rib
W7 and glue it in place.
Find a scrap piece of 1/8” balsa sheet to use as a
spacer between W15 and W16. Carefully glue the aileron spar
W16 to the bottom skin, and remove the spacer.
Now glue the aileron ribs (from W7 thru W11) in place,
butting to the aileron spar.
Fit and glue leading edge brace W17 in place.
Glue the 1/16” plywood aileron hatch base in place.
Sand a taper into the trailing edge of the wing skin, so
that the skin is 1/32” thick at the trailing edge.
Repeat steps 3 thru 13 for the right wing.
NOTE: You may wish to apply the top skins to the wing before
joining the panels. If you do, remember to pull the motor and
servo wiring through!
Trial-fit the wing halves together. Pin down one side
and block up the other side so that there is 3-1/2” total dihedral
at the wingtip. Make sure that the two W1 ribs butt closely
together.
When satisfied with the fit, glue the wing halves
together with 15-minute epoxy between the W1 ribs. Let the
epoxy fully cure before moving the wing.
Install the servo leads and motor wiring in the two wing
halves.
Cut a hole in the top left wing skin for the motor wiring
to exit the wing. The hole should be about halfway between
ribs W1 and W2, ahead of the forward spar W13.
Cut a similar hole in the top right wing skin for the
aileron servo cables.

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Fit and install the top wing skins. The easy way to do
this is a) apply aliphatic resin to the tops of the ribs and spars;
b) CA the skin to the leading edge; c) smooth the skin down
onto the ribs; and d) use thick CA to join the skins at the
trailing edge.
Reinforce the wing panel joint with a 1-1/2” fiberglass
bandage and 15-minute epoxy.
Assemble the wing tip blocks, and glue them to the
wing. Shape the wing tips.
Shape the leading edge per the plan.
Cut out the ailerons. Glue a 1/8 x 3/8 balsa strip to the
leading edge of each aileron, then shape the leading edge.
Cover the wing as desired.
Install the ailerons using your choice of hinges.
Nacelles
Tape the nacelle plans to your building board and
cover with wax paper. NOTE that the nacelle plans show the
nacelles from the bottom looking up! Also NOTE that the
nacelle parts are lettered with an “R” or an “L” to designate
their use on either the right or left nacelle.
Decide now whether you will use a Speed-400 motor or
an outrunner motor to power your Ju 88 model. If you decide
to use a Speed-400 (or brushless inrunner) motor, you will use
the 1/16” balsa firewalls N1 and two 1/4” square hardwood
motor mounts.
If using an outrunner brushless motor, laminate the 1/16” ply
firewalls N1 to the front of the balsa firewalls using a
carpenter’s wood glue (NOT CA).
If you are using a Speed-400 motor, you can use either
screws or magnets to hold the cowl to the nacelle. If you are
using an outrunner motor, use magnets to mount the cowl. If
using magnets, glue scrap 1/16” balsa in place to cover the
rear of the magnet mounting holes on firewalls N1. Then use
epoxy to mount two small super-magnets in each firewall. (The
magnet mounting holes are the two horizontally-opposed
holes.)
Pin nacelle stringers N7 and N8 over the plan. Note
that these stringers are cut to fit the inside line shown on the
plan.
Use the 1/8” balsa N-JIG to set firewall N1 at the
correct angle and glue the firewall in place.
Fit and glue nacelle formers N2 thru N6 to the stringers
N7 and N8. Glue stringer N9 in place.

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Glue 1/8” square balsa stringers in place between N1
and N6.
Plank the nacelle with 1/4" x 1/16” balsa strips. Begin
with the strip nearest the building board. Note that the strip
must tip inward to meet the formers – see the plan for a detail
sketch. This helps the plank correctly fit the shape of the
nacelle.
Laminate three N10 pieces together and glue them to
the rear of the nacelle.
Glue 1/4” long 1/8” diameter dowels in the vertically-
opposed holes in the firewalls N1.
If using Speed-400 motors, glue the two 1/4” square
hardwood motor mounts in place. Note – you can also use
these motor mounts to strengthen the firewalls for brushless
motors.
Glue the upper portions of N1, N2 and N3 to the
nacelle bottom. Add a 1/8 square balsa stringer between N1
and N3.
Sheet the upper portion of the nacelle from N1 to N3
with 1/16 balsa.
Cover the nacelle as desired. We suggest using 1/2-
ounce fiberglass cloth and epoxy finishing resin for extra
strength, as this is the part of the model that contacts the
ground upon landing.
Pull the motor wires through the wing and nacelle, and
out through the firewall. Glue the right-side nacelle to the wing.
Cut the nacelle fairing from 1/16 balsa and glue it in
place.
Repeat for the left nacelle.

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Cowlings
IMPORTANT:
* DO NOT CUT THE CENTERS OUT OF THE COWL RINGS
UNTIL YOU HAVE FINISHED SHAPING THE COWL.
* DO NOT GLUE THE CENTERS TOGETHER.
If using magnets to hold the cowl to the nacelle, install
two super-magnets in 1/16” plywood cowl mount C3 as
follows:
a. Glue scrap 1/16” balsa over the front side of C3
to cover the magnet holes.
b. Place a piece of wax paper over the nacelle
firewall.
c. Place a magnet over each of the two magnets
in the firewall.
d. Put one or two drops of epoxy in the magnet
holes on the cowl mount.
e. Place the cowl mount over the magnets so that
the magnets are in the magnet holes.
f. Pin, tape or weight the cowl mount in place until
the epoxy sets.
g. Remove the cowl mount from the firewall.
Glue the rear 1/16 ply mount C3, the five 1/4 balsa
rings C2, and the 1/8 balsa ring C1 together in the order
shown above. Use 1/16 wood dowels (cocktail skewer or
toothpick) to hold parts in alignment. The dowels should not
extend through the 1/8 balsa ring.
Sand the assembled cowl to shape. You can use a
long bolt and nut as a spindle to mount the assembled cowl in
a drill press.
Cut the centers out of the balsa and ply rings. This will
be easier to do if you temporarily remove the 1/16 ply mount
C3.
Glue the radiator shutter (forward 1/16 ply part) inside
the front 1/8 balsa ring.
If you are using outrunner motors, the cowl assembly is
complete. Skip forward to step 10.
Cut the two 1/4” square hardwood motor mount beams
to length, and slip them into their mounting holes on N1 and
N2.

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Fuselage
Begin with the right side. Carefully align FRS1 and
FRS2, and pin them to your building board – don’t forget the
wax paper! Glue the two parts together.
NOTE: You may want to plan your rudder and elevator control
runs and cut holes for them at this time.
Bevel two pieces of 3/8” triangle stock to match the
plan at the aft end of the fuselage.
Pin the upper triangle stock to the fuselage side. Cut
and fit the short angled section just above F4. Glue the triangle
stock to the fuselage.
Cut and fit a short angled section of triangle stock
ahead of F2 on the lower edge of the fuselage.
Fit and glue the longer, beveled triangle stock to the
lower edge of the fuselage. In order to bend the triangle stock
to match the fuselage outline, make shallow razor-saw kerfs in
the stock between F2 and F3 and between F7 and F9. The
kerfs should be spaced about 1/2" apart and about half the
depth of the triangle stock.
NOTE: Formers F3, F3A, F4, F5, F5A, F6 and F6a must be
perpendicular to the fuselage!
Trial fit former F3. Bevel the upper edge of F3 to match
the wing leading edge. Glue former F3 to the fuselage.
Glue doublers F11 to the fuselage sides.
Glue former F6 to the fuselage.
Use a short piece of 1/8” square balsa or spruce to
reinforce the top of former F5. Then glue former F5 to the
fuselage.
Glue formers F3A and F6a to the fuselage. Do not glue
them to formers F3 and F6!
Glue formers F4 and F5A to the fuselage.
Repeat steps 1 thru 5 to assemble the left side of the
fuselage.
Pull the fuselage together at the rear. Glue in formers
F7, F8 and F9.

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Using 3/32 balsa, plank the fuselage top and bottom
from F3 to the tail. The grain of the planking should be
perpendicular to the fuselage center line.
Glue the two F10 pieces together.
Using F10 to maintain the shape of the fuselage, glue
formers F1 and F2 in place. Glue F10 in place. Using 3/32
balsa cross-grain, plank the bottom of the fuselage from F3
forward to F1.
Cut and fit a balsa block to carry the upper shape of
the fuselage forward from F2.
If you choose to make the nose window removable, fit
the plastic nose window molding to F1A. You can use dowels
and magnets to hold the nose window assembly in place.
Cut out the lower fuselage at wing saddle. Cut between
F3 and F3A, and between F6 and F6A.
20. Fit the wing in place, and drill for the mounting bolt.
Glue the lower fuselage cutout to the wing. Cut out a
hole for access to the mounting bolt.
Install the wing mounting bolt.
Assemble the battery tray.
Glue a ¼” wide strip of 1/16” balsa to each side of the
cockpit opening between F2 and F3. This provides additional
gluing area for the vacuum-formed plastic canopy.
Tail Surfaces
Glue the fin parts together. Glue the rudder to the fin,
or hinge it to the fin if you desire rudder control.
Glue a 3/16 hardwood dowel between the elevator
halves.
Hinge the elevator halves to the horizontal stabilizer.
Cover the fin, rudder, horizontal stabilizer and elevators
as desired.

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Glue the horizontal stabilizer into the slot in the
fuselage.
Glue a piece of scrap 3/16 balsa filler into the fuselage
slot behind the horizontal stabilizer.
Glue the fin and rudder to the fuselage.
Finishing Your Model
Cover the fuselage with 1/2-ounce glass cloth and
finishing resin for maximum strength. Other iron-on
coverings may also work.
Cover the wing and tail surfaces with your choice of
iron-on coverings.
Paint and decorate the model as desired – see the
Paint and Markings Guide on our Website for more
information.
Seal the entire model with a light coat of Krylon clear
spray.
Glue the canopy and nose glazing in place.
Decals
CAUTION: You must seal the decals before immersing
them in water!
The decals included in this kit are printed with Epson
DuraBrite™ inks on premium inkjet water-slide decal paper
available. Follow the steps below to achieve a great looking
set of markings on your model.
Seal the decals with several thin coats of Krylon
Crystal Clear™ spray varnish. Make sure you
thoroughly cover the ink; this will prevent smears and
stains during everyday handling.
Make sure the surface where the decal is to be applied
is smooth and glossy. Matte surfaces will permit tiny air
bubbles to be trapped between the surface and the
decal, thus spoiling the decal.
Cut out and trim all the markings that you plan to apply
in this session.
Dip the decal in a bowl of water for about 30 to 40
seconds. Using your fingers, gently try to slide the
decal off the backing paper. As soon as the decal
slides, slide it off the backing paper and onto the model
in the desired position. Use a soft absorbent cloth to
gently blot excess water from the decal. Allow the
decal to dry.
TIP – You can practice with bits of decal cut from the
copyright notice.
Spray a coat of Krylon Crystal Clear varnish over the
decal.
Flying Setup
Keep the model as light as possible for best
performance.
Your Ju 88 model should balance at 2.5” to 2.75”
behind the leading edge at the center chord.
Set the control throws to:
Elevator: 1/2” up – 1/2” down
Ailerons: 3/8” up – 1/4” down

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Parts Layout
1/16” Balsa

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3/32” Balsa

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1/8” Balsa

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3/16” Balsa
Battery Tray

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1/4” Balsa
Gondola Parts

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1/16” Plywood
Servo Hatches
Optional
Firewalls
Spinner Backplates