Seahunter
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I submitted this tip to Josh Bixler months ago in hopes that he would mention it in one of his builds, but it either wasn't received or not wanted as I've never heard of it again. Most of my airframes have the foam board edges sealed in the old way using a bead of hot glue and a notched scrap of foam to smooth it out and toughen up the edges. Works great, but has poor airflow and doesn't look all that good. While building my scratch Mini-SE5, I came up with a better method. All you need is a jar of Mod Podge and an applicator of some sort. I prefer a popsickle stick with one end sanded down thin. Do this step on the wings and tail feathers before you put them on so you can work on a flat surface. Do not pinch or score the edges before applying the Mod Podge. Apply a generous coat along the edges and let it rest until it soaks into the foam and starts to get tacky. Then pinch the edges evenly to the desired shape, leading edges can be rounded and trailing edges tapered in with this method. Try to keep the Mod Podge from running down the sides of your board. It is water based, so clean up is easy. I have gotten much neater with this since this build. I painted it with Krylon spray paint after thoroughly sanding as recommended by Flite Test. I used the new water resistant board. The decals were copied from some little decal sheets I saved from some old plastic scale model kits and I resized them on my printer and coated and applied them with the Mod Podge. I have used this method of decals for years, I noticed James Womley uses it also as he has a video on this. I am also flying this little SE5 on 4 channels, note the ailerons. I used a "F" pack on this build and some scale Williams wheels. Great flying design Josh!!! Thanks
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