Americium95
Member
Hi,
I have been thinking about doing a project on stripping down a weed eater for the engine and attaching it to a homemade plane of some sorts. I have seen videos of people doing it and thought it would be a much cheaper alternative than buying a brand new engine/plane combo. Has anyone ever had any experience with doing this? I have had trouble finding plans at all online for wood planes. I was also thinking about making it out of that thick foam from Lowe's and poly-coat it. I am no expert at flying electric planes but have flown the FT Bloody Wonder so this is just not my area of expertise.
My main motive for this is to get some experience with gas driven models because I am interested in full size airplanes for college. I just figured that I would run this by anybody that might have a clue as to how I should go about this. I am up for the challenge and have been wanting a good project to start on this winter. I will get specs on the weed eater when I find it and post them but other wise the I am open to any and all suggestions, ya know, within the budget of a high school student
Thanks, Dave
I have been thinking about doing a project on stripping down a weed eater for the engine and attaching it to a homemade plane of some sorts. I have seen videos of people doing it and thought it would be a much cheaper alternative than buying a brand new engine/plane combo. Has anyone ever had any experience with doing this? I have had trouble finding plans at all online for wood planes. I was also thinking about making it out of that thick foam from Lowe's and poly-coat it. I am no expert at flying electric planes but have flown the FT Bloody Wonder so this is just not my area of expertise.
My main motive for this is to get some experience with gas driven models because I am interested in full size airplanes for college. I just figured that I would run this by anybody that might have a clue as to how I should go about this. I am up for the challenge and have been wanting a good project to start on this winter. I will get specs on the weed eater when I find it and post them but other wise the I am open to any and all suggestions, ya know, within the budget of a high school student
Thanks, Dave