OrangutangSurfer
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My buddy has an eFlite Apprentice with the float set and it's just awesome, so I found some DIY floats and slapped them on a FT Storch and we both headed to the lake. The sad little floats I made worked but not well and I wanted a better experience with the DTFB price tag.
Here's a quick video of the Test flight.
These floats are 20" and should fit about every FT plane, I decided to build the BJ-J3 cub, that article can be found here: BJ-J3 Cub the plane flies amazing it's an easy build and is a lot of fun to fly. I had been doing touch and goes across a parking lot when I knew I wanted floats on this plane.
from a single sheet of DTFB you can make both floats, they are scaleable but i think anymore than a few inches and they will get too wide/tall, I'm going to make a second PDF file that has them stretched to fit the storch. Between those two options you should be able to scale one PDF or the other to fit your needs.
The floats retain that V hull you see in most that are purchased, and are almost identical in shape. Attaching the gear can get challenging but I intend on adding pictures to this post in the near future to show everything from the cheap simple way to do it and some more advanced methods for the hard core DIY'er.
Ever since I got hooked up on flitetest i've wanted to give back to everyone that has helped me I hope these are a hit with the FT community so far they are working great for me!
- Jes
PS I have the sketchup file ready to go, I have been able to print it at 100% scale and reproduce these floats. Can anyone tell me how to get that cool logo and specs on the PDF? I can't figure out if it's a sketchup option or something post processing. PM me any instructions or video that can get me going in the right direction, I'd like to dress up the file and at least ad my name to it before I post it up, thanks in advance!
Here's a quick video of the Test flight.
These floats are 20" and should fit about every FT plane, I decided to build the BJ-J3 cub, that article can be found here: BJ-J3 Cub the plane flies amazing it's an easy build and is a lot of fun to fly. I had been doing touch and goes across a parking lot when I knew I wanted floats on this plane.
from a single sheet of DTFB you can make both floats, they are scaleable but i think anymore than a few inches and they will get too wide/tall, I'm going to make a second PDF file that has them stretched to fit the storch. Between those two options you should be able to scale one PDF or the other to fit your needs.
The floats retain that V hull you see in most that are purchased, and are almost identical in shape. Attaching the gear can get challenging but I intend on adding pictures to this post in the near future to show everything from the cheap simple way to do it and some more advanced methods for the hard core DIY'er.
Ever since I got hooked up on flitetest i've wanted to give back to everyone that has helped me I hope these are a hit with the FT community so far they are working great for me!
- Jes
PS I have the sketchup file ready to go, I have been able to print it at 100% scale and reproduce these floats. Can anyone tell me how to get that cool logo and specs on the PDF? I can't figure out if it's a sketchup option or something post processing. PM me any instructions or video that can get me going in the right direction, I'd like to dress up the file and at least ad my name to it before I post it up, thanks in advance!
