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Howdy all! So I think we are finally going to pull the trigger and build our own CNC foamboard cutter! So I have looked around and don't really like the idea of a laser cutter as this is going to be in the basement and I don't want to be always keeping a eye on it, so I am going to go with...

This is the story of my modified TimSav. I wanted to keep the simplicity of the TimSav, but add some features to make it more useable: 1. Larger cutting space, to accommodate 24” x 48” underlayment foam sheets. 2. Vacuum bed to simplify alignment, and wrangle warped foam. 3. Fewer 3D printed...

Hi guys does anybody know how to take your normal flite test plans and convert them into laser cutter plans? Thanks, Cpl. Goertz

Vacuum bagging has been an interest of mine for some time. Its an old process though which has really made it hard to find enough information to make me comfortable to get started. I believe that because it is an old process that we have a couple things making it hard to research. You have older...

Been looking at this build for over a year and finally decided to buy the parts and start working on it. Link to website i am using with lots of good articles on everything: http://www.rckeith.co.uk/cnc-hot-wire-foam-cutter/ This is the same plans that Dave Foster (hazard wings) and Defiant...

Hello all! My name is Andrew, and I am a university student majoring in Mechanical Engineering. I've been watching FliteTest for quite a while now and have been inspired by their designs and their attitude toward the hobby. I think it's safe to assume that I am not the only one here who has...

RASCAL CNC CUT IT - BUILD IT - FLY IT The Team: Nic Lechner (nerdnic) Todd Optional (Litke) () Kevin Matusik (blackkrystal73) Dan Sponholz (SP0NZ) The Goal: Deliver free plans and instructions to build a DIY hobby-grade CNC machine focused on the model airplane community. Dedication...

First post! I want to build a FT Gremlin but want to design my own frame and get it cut but I don't have a CNC router! Does anyone know of people who do this as a hobby or professionally? I know of online services that contract out 3D prints and I'd like something similar but for cutting parts...

Hi, I built the Quad bellow but I need a new flight stack for it, the one I have is running 20A ESC but and keeps crashing (i mean the software locking up not my flying!) It was cheap and as I can now tell nasty. The quad is 90mm, weights about 150 grams, I looking to run 3s batteries and...

So I am trying to take some FT Plans and turn them into DXF files for my mpcnc and I keep running into scaling issues between Inkscape and Draftsight..... When I open PDF in Inkscape everything runs smoothly until i save it as a DXF. Once I Open it in Draftsight the scaling is insanely off. What...

Hello, i am a person who likes to fly and cnc machines, laser co2.

First of all im sorry for the mistakes i made im not a native Has anyone got fusion sketch plans for the scrath builds For the last 6 months i have gotten into the hobby of building and flying rc airplanes (Thanks to flitetest and a youtube chanel called samm shepherd) I have mostly only...

Use a CNC machine as a plotter to draw Flite Test plans directly to the foam sheets. Everything was working fine until the "New style" plans with color coded cross hatches and all the extra info was added to the basic profiles in the drawing. Cad see's all this extra info as vectors and wants...

Hey Guys, I've been wanting to build a CNC for a long while. I've tried one last year, just like the one in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgbCy2tQg9Y but had a lot of problems with jagged movement. This week I decided to scavange all parts I had laying around and start a new...

In the last couple of month i worked on a new design for my new mini quad. And this build i wanted to try something different. For a long time now i wanted to make a lowrider quad but i was scared i couldn't fit the electronics. With this build i think it's possible. The space between the two...

For the last couple of months i was thinking about making a 180 size quadcopter, but i had my doubts. I thought it was perhaps too small. But a couple of weeks ago i saw someone fly a 180 size quadcopter (a epiquad) and i knew i wanted to make one. See the 2 video's for the complete buildlog...