Captain Dunsel
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Been away for a while, hence the late reply. No, it's balsa, covered with doped Polyspan.
Anybody else scratch building tonight?
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Jo's squadron
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Sorry if I missed it but did you finish it?
CrshNBrn
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I did. I just haven't painted it or flown it yet.
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Very close! But actually I based it roughly on the Sonicmodel AR wing👍 (because it had 3 dimensional images!😂😂)
SonicModell AR. Wing Classic 900mm Wingspan EPP Flying Wing RC Airplane - Kit Version
With more than 40000+ units sold worldwide, SonicModell has decided to come up with the "Classic" 900mm Wingspan EPP RC Airplane. This RC Airplane is a DYI for any pilot and is compatible with all FPV and HD cameras like GoPro, DJI, Runcam, etc.www.getfpv.com
So I traded my E-flite Balsa ARF J-3 cub for a RMRC Recruit. Pretty even trade and we both got something we wanted. Turns out The RMRC Recruit is just An AR Wing with a FC and different stickers. So now I have a pair of AR Wings.
He is a Balsa guy, and he was talking about how he always wanted a J3, and I said, Hmmmm. I have an ARF that is just sitting in my basement.
His eyes lit up.like a little kid when I walked in to the office today. 😁
Houndpup Rc
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Nice!!👍👍
RickHunter
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Just starting blueprinting a 200% single engine FT Legacy. Thought about redoing the 200% sea duck, but decided to change it up. Gonna have to figure out a sturdy landing gear.
Mr Man
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Cool!
Houndpup Rc
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RickHunter
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Houndpup Rc
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Nice! (How many hours approx?)
RickHunter
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About 2.5 ro 3 hrs to cut and tape together. Little extra time now, but I can reuse these blueprints over and over. 150ish sheets of paper
Houndpup Rc
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I was going to say..😂😂 Our A-10 was over 600sheets and took a LONG LONG time to cut and stitch!🤣🤣
RickHunter
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It does. I save time and paper by not cutting out duplicates as well. Just flip the wings over ect....
Houndpup Rc
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Oh nice!👍
Captain Dunsel
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Gave my wife one of those Cubs for her birthday in 2014. She finally wore it out, so I managed to snag another one last year. She loves Cubs! I did have to pull the enormous motor the second Cub had, so I could replace it with something that flies more scale-like.
Captain Dunsel
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Cut out the parts for an all-wood model over the last two days, then laminated wood to make the rudder.
The design started as a Curtis Jenny, then mutated into something with shorter wings (for a better roll rate) and a wider forward fuse. Lam 1 shows what I used to make the laminations: a pan filled with boiling water (no ammonia), masking tape, Titebond II glue, and a balsa stripper (to cut the laminations). Glue applied between each strip, the whole thing taped around a cardboard form (covered with plastic sandwich wrap). Last shot shows the results, after drying. The 'glitch' on the top of the rudder will be filled in with spackle, then sanded. I find laminations like this hold up a lot better than a jigsaw puzzle assortment of pieces.
I drew the plans up in LibreCAD; the attached plans shot is a pretty crude, scaled down approximation of the plans I used.
The design started as a Curtis Jenny, then mutated into something with shorter wings (for a better roll rate) and a wider forward fuse. Lam 1 shows what I used to make the laminations: a pan filled with boiling water (no ammonia), masking tape, Titebond II glue, and a balsa stripper (to cut the laminations). Glue applied between each strip, the whole thing taped around a cardboard form (covered with plastic sandwich wrap). Last shot shows the results, after drying. The 'glitch' on the top of the rudder will be filled in with spackle, then sanded. I find laminations like this hold up a lot better than a jigsaw puzzle assortment of pieces.
I drew the plans up in LibreCAD; the attached plans shot is a pretty crude, scaled down approximation of the plans I used.
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Flying Monkey fab
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Is that based on a Qromer Stingray?
Flying Monkey fab
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Delta Twin, also by Qromer. Minus the landing gear. I never put landing gear on small stuff.
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