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[Planecrasher]

Hi!
i am new to RC and have found out that foam is a good material. Is this a good type? If not can anyone sugest Another type on amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/Pacon-Board-...084392&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=foam+board&psc=1

 

[PsyBorg]

Depending where you live the original water resistant foam board is cheaper directly from the FT store. Why not go OG and get the good stuff.

https://store.flitetest.com/foam-board/

 

[Bromego]

I buy and build all my planes from dollar tree foam board. I have only found it at dollar tree. For that price you could by 33 sheets!

 

[Planecrasher]

Thanks a lot! Does the dollar tree ship affordebly to EU or should i ship the FT version? While i am at it, what is the differens beteen a inrunner and an outrunner?

 

[jtrops]

I think Graupner sells Flitetest products in Europe. I'm not sure which items they stock, but it would most likely be better than ordering it from the U.S.

 

[kdobson83]

Dollar tree doesn't ship. It's a brick and motor store only. So over there in the EU you'd have to buy from FliteTest or the like. And yes, Graupner is selling ft stuff over there. I'd find someone to split a case with before I bought that Amazon stuff.

And outrunner, the bell spins with the motor. Inrunner does not. Most applications for this RC stuff you'll want outrunner.

 

[Planecrasher]

Thanks, I have a friend that tells me that the FT foam board is harder to use than other foam.
Is it the same thing or is the FT foam harder to use?

 

[jtrops]

Thanks, I have a friend that tells me that the FT foam board is harder to use than other foam.
Is it the same thing or is the FT foam harder to use?

Harder than what? It's pretty easy to cut, fold, glue, tape, and paint. There might be something that's easier to use in some regards, but the FT stuff isn't hard to use at all.

 

[Planecrasher]

OK, Thanks

 

[TurtlesThatFly]

You can try Depron too. It's equivalent foam (in terms of construction) and it's widely available in the EU. It's also lighter than foam board and is easier to shape. If you want to have paper on both sides, you can get paper that matches the foam's size and spray adhesive on both sides to make it stick on to both sides.

http://depronfoam.com/

 

[SlingShot]

You can try Depron too. It's equivalent foam (in terms of construction) and it's widely available in the EU. It's also lighter than foam board and is easier to shape. If you want to have paper on both sides, you can get paper that matches the foam's size and spray adhesive on both sides to make it stick on to both sides.

http://depronfoam.com/

+1
Based on reading stuff here on the forum, Depron seems to be the preferred DYI material in Europe for foamboard airplanes

 

[Andrew]

Hi!
i am new to RC and have found out that foam is a good material. Is this a good type? If not can anyone sugest Another type on amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/Pacon-Board-...084392&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=foam+board&psc=1

Good luck to those can that for $33US. In Australia from "Amazon Australia" we are charged $129AU for the exact same product, we get screwed by the Australia Tax (and just about everything else here)

https://www.amazon.com.au/pacon-board

I prefer to use Depron, my last box of Depron came from Hobbyking

 

[Daniel Kezar]

im assuming that is not paper covered? it would be waterproof then. also where do you get that depron? link pls?

 

[Daniel Kezar]

wait a second... that amazon link.... 129 bucks? really? that price doesnt seem right unless it is for like 150 sheets.

 

[Andrew]

im assuming that is not paper covered? it would be waterproof then. also where do you get that depron? link pls?

No paper therefore it's water proof, I brought mine when HK started to sell it, at that time it was exactly same as Depron (identical to what sold at Depron Australia ) but now HK site says it similar, hobbyking aero-modelling-foam-board So I can no longer vouch for them.

 

[Andrew]

wait a second... that amazon link.... 129 bucks? really? that price doesnt seem right unless it is for like 150 sheets.

Yes that right AU$129 for 10 sheets for us Australian's from Amazon Australia.

 

[Daniel Kezar]

Yes that right AU$129 for 10 sheets for us Australian's from Amazon Australia.

wow!! that is a very expensive foam!!

 

[TurtlesThatFly]

A little history lesson on the foam for foamies

wow!! that is a very expensive foam!!

Yep! Back before Flitetest got popular, Depron and fanfold foam was the staple foam for people that made scratch built foamies and businesses that made foam kits and ARFs. If you go on RCGroups, almost every old thread in their scratch built foamies section had planes primarily made with these foams. Because it was produced in the EU and was almost exclusively in the EU, people in the US went to RCFoam to buy it.

http://www.rcfoam.com/depron-and-epp-foam-suppliers/

When the Readi-Board foam craze came along, people start switching over to that foam and used that instead (ExperimentalAirlines was one of the main reasons why this stuff got so popular). During this time, fanfold eventually began getting less popular after one of the two fanfold companies, the Dow Chemical Company, discontinued it. The whole depron thing also faded out in 2015 because the Austrian company that produced it, Selit, discontinued Depron-Aero, the flat depron that was made for RC planes in favor of the giant insulation foam Depron rolls, which made the foam warped and sometimes scratched. Even though you can still get fanfold from hardware shops (it's Peter Sripol's new foam of choice), foams like DTFB and MPF dominate the kit, ARF, and scratch built foamie communities nowadays.

 

[Daniel Kezar]

very interesting. thanks for the history lesson!