BEAVER DH C2 no 2 30 IN RUBBER DUMAS KIT 306 Nov 25 2025 to PRESENT

[Lastwoodsman]

BEAVER DH C2   30 INCH RUBBER POWERED  FREE FLIGHT PARK FLYER   DUMAS KIT 306

Reply #90

Sun Feb 8 2026

Rubber Motors

     All in all,  the four strand  1/8"   0.500"  x section, motor,   was weaker than the stronger two strand 3/16 two strand 3/32   0.563"  x section motor .   I could really tell by the blowing tissue strips which was stronger.

     So,  I did not  bother to make a  four strand  1/8" motor,  in ten and twelve inch lengths to test at all,  since I have two already made in  0.563"  cross section  -   a 10"  and a  12" are ready,  just in case all goes really well with the small motors ....

Pic #1     1390     Barely translucent spinning prop is really blowing the tissue strips.

The Motor Board

Pic #2     1399     Status and Results of all the motors,  and things to do first thing in the morning.

Pic #3     1403     Rubber Board with fuse and cowl and prop.
     
Pic #4     1404     And new black foam side pads for the Table Stooge,   attached with double sided tape.

     And that is all for the rubber motors,  and the new table stooge turned out nice and solid.    I just have to print a pic of the Rubber motor results,  for the file folder,  and we are ready to go.

Lastwoodsman
Richard

[Lastwoodsman]

BEAVER DH C2   30 INCH RUBBER POWERED  FREE FLIGHT PARK FLYER   DUMAS KIT 306

Reply #91

Tue Feb 10 2026

Pic #1     1409     Pic of bare table stooge.

Fuselage Damage 

     I accidentally sat on my fuse.   Good thing not fully hard,   but I heard the dreaded  "crack".    Although I was somewhat relieved at the small damage,   I am still sort of in shock,  from what could have been a hobby breaking accident.   That can 'sober up'  a person real quick.   That Lite Silkspan from Brodak is pretty strong ....

Pic #2     1412     There is the damage.

Pic #3     1413     Tissue is removed.

Pic #4     1417     Here I am sanding in beveled edges where I can for gluing.   I still have to  'butt'  glue a couple of stringer ends.

Lastwoodsman
Richard

[Lastwoodsman]

BEAVER DH C2   30 INCH RUBBER POWERED  FREE FLIGHT PARK FLYER   DUMAS KIT 306

Reply #92

Tue Feb 10 2026

Fuse Repair

     For the start of test gliding,  I will balance the Beaver without  the spinner.   I made a clay ballast ball of 5.29  grams,  to use instead.   

Pic #1     1420     Here is some  1/16" sq balsa strip for the repairs.

Pic #2     1422     Two stringer strips are sanded and fitted and glued in place.

Pic #3     1426     The plastic spinner weighs  5.30  grams,  so I made up a blob of gray clay  5.29  grams.

Pic #4     1429     The clay will stick in the bottom front of  the cowl.

Lastwoodsman
Richard

[Lastwoodsman]

BEAVER DH C2   30 INCH RUBBER POWERED  FREE FLIGHT PARK FLYER   DUMAS KIT 306

Reply #93

Wed Feb 11 2026

Fuse Repair

Pic #1     1431     I cut out the three shapes from printer paper,  and cut out the tissue shape from the paper cutouts.

Pic #2     1433     And the repair is done.   That was a close one ....

Lastwoodsman
Richard

[Lastwoodsman]

BEAVER DH C2   30 INCH RUBBER POWERED  FREE FLIGHT PARK FLYER   DUMAS KIT 306

Reply #94

Wed Feb 11 2026

Fuse Repair

     Since  the fuse was all blocked up,  I replaced one more small tissue panel on top of the nose in front of the right pilot  -  too much pressure from finger tips.

Pic #1     1436     A small panel needs replacing.

Pic #2     1438     Glued in.

Pic #3     1440     Next up is gluing on the logos and decals.

Lastwoodsman
Richard

[Lastwoodsman]

BEAVER DH C2   30 INCH RUBBER POWERED  FREE FLIGHT PARK FLYER   DUMAS KIT 306

Reply #95

Wed Feb 11 2026

Gluing on the Logos and the Decals

     This went really well.   I used Studio Glue Stick.

Pic #1     1446     Left side Fin/Rudder.   Lining up the horizontal white sand beach in the background,  with the template lines.

Pic #2     1449     The Beaver and the red Maple leaf are glued on.

Pic #3     1450     Right side Fin/Rudder.    Gotta get that red maple leaf just right ....

Pic #4     1453     Stab top gets two maple leafs.

     There are four more roundels for the wing,  then glue the Fin/Rudder to the Stab.

Lastwoodsman
Richard

[Lastwoodsman]

BEAVER DH C2   30 INCH RUBBER POWERED  FREE FLIGHT PARK FLYER   DUMAS KIT 306

Reply #96

Thur Feb 12 2026

Gluing on the Logos and the Decals and Roundels

     They went on OK  with Studio glue stick.

Pic #1     1456     Stab bottom maple leafs.
Pic #2     1459     Wing top roundels.
Pic #3     1462     Wing bottom roundel Maple leafs
Pic #4     Red Maple  2

   And that is all for the decals and roundels and logos.

Lastwoodsman
Richard

[Lastwoodsman]

BEAVER DH C2   30 INCH RUBBER POWERED  FREE FLIGHT PARK FLYER   DUMAS KIT 306

Reply #97

Fri Feb 13 2026

     I'm very close to finishing the Beaver.    The decals use modified logos,  so I should say something about the Maple Leaf Logo.   The maple leaf is on our Flag of Canada,  and a lot of  different artistic variations of the maple leaf are used for different  venues.

     Here are a few pics of the Maple Leaf.   Also,   here is the flag link on Wikipedia   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Canada

Pic #1     Canadian Flag  1
Pic #2     RED MAPLE ONE
Pic #3     NORWAY MAPLE  SUGAR MAPLE  AND   ARTIST VERSIONS
Pic #4     PRETTY MAPLES TO ADD TO YOUR YARD

Lastwoodsman
Richard

[Lastwoodsman]

BEAVER DH C2   30 INCH RUBBER POWERED  FREE FLIGHT PARK FLYER   DUMAS KIT 306

Reply #98

Fri Feb 13 2026

And here are the last 4 pics of Maple leafs.

Pic #1     RED MAPLE   SUGAR MAPLE  FRUIT KEYS
Pic #2     RED MAPLE  3
Pic #3     FREEMANS MAPLES  CROSS CULTIVARS
Pic #4     CANADIAN FLAG  2

Lastwoodsman
Richard

[Lastwoodsman]

BEAVER DH C2   30 INCH RUBBER POWERED  FREE FLIGHT PARK FLYER   DUMAS KIT 306

Reply #99

Fri Feb 13 2026

Final Assembly

     First,  we will try to glue the  Fin/Rudder  to the Stab,  at the right angle,  so that it can all be glued to the fuse,  with no gaps.

Pic #1     1469     Cleared the building board,  and added fresh waxed paper,  for the final assembly.

Pic #2     1465     All the parts.

Stabilizer

Pic #3      1470     Checking the stab fit.

Pic #4     1474     The stab is glued in place.   Left side view.

Lastwoodsman
Richard

[Lastwoodsman]

BEAVER DH C2   30 INCH RUBBER POWERED  FREE FLIGHT PARK FLYER   DUMAS KIT 306

Reply #100

Fri Feb 13 2026

Final Assembly

Pic #1     1477     Right side view of stab.

Wing

      The wing glued up fine.

Pic #2     1481     Right Wing side view.

Pic #3     1482     Left wing side view.

Pic #4     1487     Good tight fit into the right wing saddle.

Lastwoodsman
Richard

[Lastwoodsman]

BEAVER DH C2   30 INCH RUBBER POWERED  FREE FLIGHT PARK FLYER   DUMAS KIT 306

Reply #101

Sat Feb 14 2026

Final Assembly

     I also glued on the Fin/Rudder.

Pic #1     1490     One last test fit to confirm it is ready to glue.

Pic #2     1492     Now it is glued on.   The front tip of the fin/rudder is held down,  by the weight of a whet stone.

Pic #3     1495     The fin/rudder is dry,  and it turned out straight.

Pic #4     1496     Top view of the fin/rudder dried straight.   It is all good so far.    The fin/rudder was starting to  'drift'  over to one side,  as I watched it all dry.   So I got a long thin strip of green masking tape,   stuck one end on the fin rudder top tip,  and attached the other end to the table,  just enough to gently hold the top of the fin/rudder straight,  against the drift,  while it dried.

     Next is the fitting and gluing of the wing struts.

Lastwoodsman
Richard

[Lastwoodsman]

BEAVER DH C2   30 INCH RUBBER POWERED  FREE FLIGHT PARK FLYER   DUMAS KIT 306

Reply #102

Sun Feb 15 2026

Final Assembly

Pic #1     1498     Right side view of wing and tail plane are glued on.

     I took the unfinished Beaver outside for some first time sunlit pics.

Pic #2     1502     Outside pic.
Pic #3     1503     Outside pic.
Pic #4     1504     Outside pic.

Lastwoodsman
Richard

[Lastwoodsman]

BEAVER DH C2   30 INCH RUBBER POWERED  FREE FLIGHT PARK FLYER   DUMAS KIT 306

Reply #103

Sun Feb 15 2026

Final Assembly

Pic #1     1505     Outside pic.

Wing Struts

Pic #2     1506     Underside of the Beaver,  ready for the wing struts and the beefed up Landing Gear Fairings.

Pic #3     1509     Bloodroot and Mandrake work on the sturdy blocking setup.

Pic #4     1511     M and B work on final sanding and fitting of the wing struts.   The struts were  already sanded and fitted into the fuse from before,  so it made the rest of the work easier.

Lastwoodsman
Richard

[Lastwoodsman]

BEAVER DH C2  30 INCH RUBBER POWERED  FREE FLIGHT PARK FLYER  DUMAS KIT 306

Reply #104

Sun Feb 15 2026

Final Assembly

Beefed Up Landing Gear Fairings

    I had a "Heck" of a time,  trying to press in those closing  1/16" sq balsa strips,  that are boxing in the landing gear wire,  into that long square slot in the Landing gear fairings.  Those long sq. balsa strips hold in the landing gear wire.  So,  I put in a whole lot of white glue into that trough,  and poked out the air bubbles with a pin.

    On the top middle of the Landing gear fairings,  I sanded in a small rectangular trough,  the same width as  the strut,  where the fuse strut attach point sits.  Hopefully this will  direct all of the energy from a hard landing,  directly into this rectangular trough 'cut',  in the upper middle of the LG fairing,  and then direct the energy right into the strut.

Pic #1    1513    Final check of the previously sanded and fitted LG fairings.  The Landing Gear wire gets  "boxed in" by a slot,  and sealed off with a length of  1/16" sq balsa.

Pic #2    1517    The landing gear wire is only glued into the  "trough" in the Landing gear fairings.

Pic #3    1518    There is a small notch in the landing gear fairing,  where the strut attaches.    Hopefully this keeps it all in place on landings.

Pic #4    1520    There was a small  crack where the right wing strut attached to the wing strut pocket.  I glued in a sliver of balsa to fill it up.

Lastwoodsman
Richard