FT Goblin Question

[epiper93]

So......I’m addicted. Ordered up the Baron speed build kit, love it. Flew it today. Flies great. How hard are the scratch builds to do? I’ve got a bunch of motors and ESC’s laying around I would love to go buy a few sheets of foam board and try to do a scratch build.

 

[tomatwalden]

So......I’m addicted. Ordered up the Baron speed build kit, love it. Flew it today. Flies great. How hard are the scratch builds to do? I’ve got a bunch of motors and ESC’s laying around I would love to go buy a few sheets of foam board and try to do a scratch build.

Scratch building is pretty easy. It just takes some time to accurately cut out all the pieces and can be a bit laborious I find. Biggest challenge can sometimes be getting hold of the right foam board. I learnt the hard way that different foams can sometimes result in odd CG problems (I scratch built an FT arrow with local foamboard and I had to use lead in the nose to get the CG right).

 

[Monte.C]

So......I’m addicted. Ordered up the Baron speed build kit, love it. Flew it today. Flies great. How hard are the scratch builds to do? I’ve got a bunch of motors and ESC’s laying around I would love to go buy a few sheets of foam board and try to do a scratch build.

Do it! Go crazy, building is fun. The only issue I found was that the FT Mini Speedster plans I downloaded from them seem to have been made for Dollar Tree foam board, not their brown waterproof stuff, both of which I have. Turns out the FTFB is thicker than the DTFB and it made a difference in the build, things not fitting just right. If you're a builder and you know about it ahead of time (which I didn't) then you can correct as you go.
Their more recent plans might be for a FTFB build now. Might be good to verify, maybe here on the forum?

 

[The Hangar]

Do it! Go crazy, building is fun. The only issue I found was that the FT Mini Speedster plans I downloaded from them seem to have been made for Dollar Tree foam board, not their brown waterproof stuff, both of which I have. Turns out the FTFB is thicker than the DTFB and it made a difference in the build, things not fitting just right. If you're a builder and you know about it ahead of time (which I didn't) then you can correct as you go.
Their more recent plans might be for a FTFB build now. Might be good to verify, maybe here on the forum?

foamboard seems to vary in thickness and length from sheet to sheet.

 

[BATTLEAXE]

foamboard seems to vary in thickness and length from sheet to sheet.

Its not an exact science but there are always ways to make it work.

 

[Schiksie]

Building the Goblin from scratch also Still wonder why they designed the bottom to be open so you stick the lipo to the "ceiling" ? I now closed the bottom and but a hatch on top to put in the lipo and also made a hatch in the back so i can reach the electronics if needed. Hopefully will have my first flight this saturday