Hello! I'm Tom. I have been flying for a little over twenty years. I took a bit of a leave from hobbies in general when I got married and started having kids. I'm getting back into it now, thanks to the concept of foam board planes. I scratch build. My first one that is mostly complete is an FT simple cub. I tweaked the plans a tad, adding 3/4" of length to each wing section to utilize the full width of a sheet of board. I skipped the dihedral step so it's a flat wing. With some oversized tires, I'm going for a bush STOL plane. I just started on an FT mustang as well. I'm contemplating cutting flaps into it. It doesn't need them, but it would look super cool. Has anyone had any success with servoless retracts on foam board models? That's another thing I am considering. I look forward to the introduction of the standard swappable size scout as that might be #3. I also want to do a Lancaster bomber. A big one. 60" or bigger wingspan. I'll probably engineer that one myself. I fathom that four mini swappables should have enough thrust. Either a Lancaster or a C-120 with swappable cargo pods and all. My 3 year old daughter is adamant that these are her planes. I will build one for her. A pink sparrow probably. I will make it RC, maybe a plane launched glider or an EDF glued into the V of the tail as someone has previously recommended to me.
I like to take my kids to the park and fly there regularly. Unfortunately, I live right next to an air force base, so I can't fly around my house. I often drive to a model airport in salt lake city (I live in Layton) to fly with my brother. He's been flying since before I was born. He has been on flight teams and what not. He's also getting back into the hobby. We have our oldest nephew tag along with us. He is learning. I'm trying to get him on the foam board board wagon. I think an FT explorer is right up his alley. My brother is a little skeptical of the foam board thing. It's not cool to him. He's a Nitro guy turning to Gas now that the 10cc and 15cc are getting good. I think he might dig a streamer combat plane though.
So that's me in a nutshell.
I like to take my kids to the park and fly there regularly. Unfortunately, I live right next to an air force base, so I can't fly around my house. I often drive to a model airport in salt lake city (I live in Layton) to fly with my brother. He's been flying since before I was born. He has been on flight teams and what not. He's also getting back into the hobby. We have our oldest nephew tag along with us. He is learning. I'm trying to get him on the foam board board wagon. I think an FT explorer is right up his alley. My brother is a little skeptical of the foam board thing. It's not cool to him. He's a Nitro guy turning to Gas now that the 10cc and 15cc are getting good. I think he might dig a streamer combat plane though.
So that's me in a nutshell.
