Here's my Duster. I used the speed build kit and some parts I had in the parts bin. I have the typical HXT900s , an orange 6 channel receiver WITH an orange flight stabilizer, a Suppo 2212/13 motor with a master airscrew 9x6 and a 20 amp esc. The foam board was coated with poly after assembly and then I used colored packing tape. This combination has made it even more durable, even when landing in snow and getting wet, I see no degradation of the foam board. Nice and strong and water resistant.
She flies like a dream and then when I flip the flight stabilizer on.....oh she's like butter. Love this plane and hope to build more FT planes soon.
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So I bought a spraypaint can of minwax and that turned into a disaster. Apparently you can't use any thickness at all and the paper comes peeling off. I kind of ruined the entire top of my Dusty. What's my next step after making all the paper peel off the foamboard? Use tape over the foam?
This is my Duster!
It is not finished yet, i'm waiting for the electronics to arrive.
This is not a kit, i found this material in library, students use it a lot to make house modeling (here in Kosova). They head 5mm and 3mm, i took the 3mm one.
You guys are awesome! :applause:
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We just about finished our build but have a question on the power pod. There are cut outs for the alignment tabs but with the way the power pod mounts, the front most tabs don't ever go near the slots cut in the fuse as they sit too low. The rear ones do fit in but of course on a slight shallow angle.
Seems to work fine like this but thought I'd ask... Don't see why they cut out the front tabs on the fuse if your don't need them lol.
Thanks
Tim
Hmm, I just watched Planes, and the T-33 mod on Dusty near the end got me thinking. I'm redrawing the plans to have T-33 wings sans tip tanks. This should be fun!
Oh, I also have a 1600kv surprise waiting for it.