Aireal Anarchist
Elite member
I have been building and designing planes since we only had sticks, tissue paper and control line flying, but brand new when it comes to foam board and love the concept, so watching bunch of build videos on utube one guy had the cleanest build I had seen by far and he Ironed his edges, and he started this back in 2014!
wanting to learn more about it I did a search and ended up here watching battleaxe's video on ironing FB
( so you can blame battleaxe Im here )
I dont struggle with cut beveled edges, using my monokote iron I beveled edges so easliy and neatly, I can also round off my edges for aerodynamics and clean looks but what I appreciated the most was the structural integrity benefits when you iron a beveled edge and it melts the foam to a clean bevel, it makes my trailing edges on flaps and ailerons etc so much stronger and more ridgid. so thanks for that video @BATTLEAXE
and the question is ....why are so many not using the technique, I see so many builds with far more time care and detail than I put in my planes, but I now notice those open foam core edges and some are smeared with hotsnot to stop the de lamination but it makes that nice work look ragged at times when a few minutes with your wifes or moms clothes iron can not only be more aesthetically pleasing but make your build stronger in some areas
is there a reason you guys arent sneaking your wifes/moms iron?..... besides fear of the wrath
wanting to learn more about it I did a search and ended up here watching battleaxe's video on ironing FB
( so you can blame battleaxe Im here )
I dont struggle with cut beveled edges, using my monokote iron I beveled edges so easliy and neatly, I can also round off my edges for aerodynamics and clean looks but what I appreciated the most was the structural integrity benefits when you iron a beveled edge and it melts the foam to a clean bevel, it makes my trailing edges on flaps and ailerons etc so much stronger and more ridgid. so thanks for that video @BATTLEAXE
and the question is ....why are so many not using the technique, I see so many builds with far more time care and detail than I put in my planes, but I now notice those open foam core edges and some are smeared with hotsnot to stop the de lamination but it makes that nice work look ragged at times when a few minutes with your wifes or moms clothes iron can not only be more aesthetically pleasing but make your build stronger in some areas
is there a reason you guys arent sneaking your wifes/moms iron?..... besides fear of the wrath
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