FT Duster - BUILD

[The Hangar]

one problem.... this plane is not scale... the canopy is far to square and high.... if you look at the real thing... it is different, very different

It's not meant to be scale! John's working on a scale one, but this is the cartoon one. I'll definitely be building the scale air tractor when it comes out, but for now I'm really enjoying my ft duster - it's a fast and simple build and is very fun to fly.

 

[bisco]

For the red lines on plans I cut partway with a knife (pretty shallow) and then drag on old gift card or plastic hotel key through it. That's more of a 90% cut. To score the inside folds for the airfoil I just cut the paper then drag the tip of a bbq skewer through it.

thank you fidget!
in dragging the card and skewer, does that cut more foam, or simply compress it?

 

[The Hangar]

thank you fidget!
in dragging the card and skewer, does that cut more foam, or simply compress it?

I find dragging a propeller through the cavity makes a very sharp and clean cut without going through the paper.

 

[bisco]

thanks! i have plenty of broken props

 

[bisco]

Pictures of the Duster

As promised.... View attachment 34659

that's beautiful, well done!

 

[bisco]

anyone know how to bend the foam on the lines josh says to crease? should i just bend it against a straightedge, or slit the paper on the other side?

 

[The Hangar]

anyone know how to bend the foam on the lines josh says to crease? should i just bend it against a straightedge, or slit the paper on the other side?

Bend it against a straightedge. Making slits on the other side will cause a lot of issues.

 

[bisco]

Bend it against a straightedge. Making slits on the other side will cause a lot of issues.

thank you hanger!

 

[Quinnyperks]

Nightflyyer made a video about it.

 

[bisco]

Nightflyyer made a video about it.

thanks! any idea how i would find it? search does not find member 'nightflyyer'

 

[Quinnyperks]

thanks! any idea how i would find it? search does not find member 'nightflyyer'

It’s on youtube.

 

[bisco]

It’s on youtube.

thanks!

 

[bisco]

wow, nightflyyer is an amazing person

 

[Quinnyperks]

wow, nightflyyer is an amazing person

Yeah he has some interesting stuff.

 

[bisco]

wow, this a difficult plane to fly! (for me)

i am using the aura and getting pretty good at intermediate, but every time i switch to advanced, it just wants to fall out of the sky.
i don't fly it fast enough to keep it stable.

 

[bisco]

the tiled plans are missing again. all i get is 404 not found. does anyone know where they might be?

 

[The Hangar]

the tiled plans are missing again. all i get is 404 not found. does anyone know where they might be?

Here they are:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/plans.flitetest.com/stonekap/FT-DUSTER-TILED-PLANS.pdf

 

[bisco]

Here they are:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/plans.flitetest.com/stonekap/FT-DUSTER-TILED-PLANS.pdf

thanks hanger,
there used to be an adobe download that allowed me to scale down the size of my first duster. am i missing something?

 

[The Hangar]

thanks hanger,
there used to be an adobe download that allowed me to scale down the size of my first duster. am i missing something?

No problem, you should be able to download these and open them up in Adobe. Here are the full size plans:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/plans.flitetest.com/stonekap/FT-DUSTER-plans.pdf