Well I finally broke down and decided I'm gonna try balsa. I've been searching for something that really grabbed my attention, had detailed plans and was a decent size. So I chose this version of the SBD because it was the best set of plans I could find online for free, and they were complete. Its drawn but a Scottish fellow H.W. Taylor and it has a 69" wingspan. On my best days I'm 70 inches tall.
https://aerofred.com/details.php?image_id=80831
I was looking to have the plans cut for me but localfiend offered to help with some of the cad work. Well got me started in the right direction any way. I started with DoubleCAD for the first time today. Dale has a nice video on how to get pictures or plans loaded into DoubleCad and how he gets everything to scale. So far I'm liking this better then sketchup. Its taking some getting used to but I think I will over come. Here is my first attempt of tracing parts to get them ready for someone to laser cut.
I'm going to keep this thread updated as the build goes on. I'm not sure how active it will be but I'll keep things updated.
https://aerofred.com/details.php?image_id=80831
I was looking to have the plans cut for me but localfiend offered to help with some of the cad work. Well got me started in the right direction any way. I started with DoubleCAD for the first time today. Dale has a nice video on how to get pictures or plans loaded into DoubleCad and how he gets everything to scale. So far I'm liking this better then sketchup. Its taking some getting used to but I think I will over come. Here is my first attempt of tracing parts to get them ready for someone to laser cut.
I'm going to keep this thread updated as the build goes on. I'm not sure how active it will be but I'll keep things updated.