MATERIALS AND COSTING

Polystyrene foam (or 2 polystyrene ₱260

trays, from egg carton packaging)
Pins ₱100
Paperclips ₱6
Small beads ₱40
Glue ₱50
Tape ₱15
Toothpick ₱______
Scissors ₱70
Pen ₱40
Craft knife ₱100
Ruler ₱15
Pliers ₱240
Spool and some kind of line to fly the ₱15
kite with
Total: ₱951
 Methodology

Step 1: Tracing and cutting

Using a pen, trace the outline of the paper shapes onto the flat polystyrene. If a part is needed
twice (because the fuselage is symmetrical) then trace it once; then trace the polystyrene part
(once it is cut out) onto another part of the polystyrene and cut that out.

Step 2: Putting the fuselage together

Start by sliding the larger part labelled (5) into the bigger slot cut out of part (1) and make sure
it is in the middle. the straight edge of this wing is the front.

Step 3: Making the Tail Rotors and Adding the Horizontal Stabilizer

Put glue on at the base of the smaller part labelled (5) and slide it into the slot in the vertical
tail fin.

The tail rotors are not necessary but make the kite look more complete.

Start making the tail rotor set. Cut out all the parts associated with the tail rotor.

Step 4: The Main Rotors

Cut out the four rotor blades but DON'T cut along the diagonal lines on the rotors.

Step 5: Adding the Tail Rotor

Onto a second pin, slide in the following order: 2 beads, the tail rotor hub, then three beads.
Make sure that the pin goes through the centre of the pentagonal hub.

Step 6: Landing gear and Tethering

To make the landing gear legs, straighten a paperclip, then bend it in half (see picture 1)

Then push this into the fuselage where shown in picture 2. Slide it between parts (1) and (2).
When the bottom of the paperclip is touching the bottom of the fuselage, add glue to the
bottom and bend the visible parts of the paperclip out .

Then bend these parts down on either side and bend the tips up so that they are horizontal.

Step 7: Kerkythea renders

 This model can be made in a scale of your choice, we made ours with the fuselage
measuring 24 cm so that we could cut it out of one piece of foam. Expect this model to
take you a long time to make if the glue you use dries slowly. ONLY use cold glue that
you know will be safe to use on polystyrene foam and test on a piece of foam first to be
sure. MOST types of glue will dissolve this polystyrene so be aware of the kind you use.
we used cold wood glue (PVA based).